Abstract:
To explore the inhibiting effect of phosvitin phosphopeptide (PPP) on
α-amylase, enabling it to regulate blood glucose levels and alleviate type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study employed enzymatic hydrolysis of phosvitin with the inhibition rate of
α-amylase as an index, followed by enzyme inhibition kinetics experiments to analyze the inhibitory type of PPP on
α-amylase. LC-MS identification was conducted, and molecular docking was performed to screen for highly active
α-amylase inhibitory peptides, which were subsequently validated. The results showed that optimal enzymatic hydrolysis conditions involved initial hydrolysis with trypsin (7000 U/g), followed by pepsin (60000 U/g) for 6 hours each. The prepared PPP exhibited the highest
α-amylase inhibition rate (70.69±1.71)% at a concentration of 7.81×10
−3 mg/mL. PPP acted as a mixed-type inhibitor. Two novel highly active
α-amylase inhibitory peptides FGTEPDAK and IWGR were identified and screened, exhibiting IC
50 values of (0.80±0.14)×10
−3 mg/mL and (1.80±0.31)×10
−3 mg/mL, respectively; both significantly lower than the positive control acarbose's IC
50 value (3.17±0.47)×10
−3 mg/mL. This study highlights the potential use of PPP as a new hypoglycemic substance in developing functional foods for alleviating type 2 diabetes mellitus.