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Iron-binding properties of sugar cane yeast peptides
Lucia de la Hoz1, Alexandre N Ponezi, Raquel F Milani
1Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Food Chemistry and Applied Nutrition Center, Avenida Brasil, 2880, P.Box 139, Campinas, SP 13070-178,Brazil. lucia.delahoz@gmail.com
Abstract:
The extract of sugar-cane yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was enzymatically hydrolysed by Alcalase, Protex or Viscozyme. Hydrolysates were fractionated using a membrane ultrafiltration system and peptides smaller than 5kDa were evaluated for iron chelating ability through measurements of iron solubility, binding capacity and dialyzability. Iron-chelating peptides were isolated using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). They showed higher content of His, Lys, and Arg than the original hydrolysates. In spite of poor iron solubility, hydrolysates of Viscozyme provided higher iron dialyzability than those of other enzymes. This means that more chelates of iron or complexes were formed and these kept the iron stable during simulated gastro-intestinal digestion in vitro, improving its dialyzability.
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