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Structure and Coordination Determination of Peptide-metal Complexes Using 1D and 2D 1H NMR
Published on: December 16, 2013
Structural identification and combination mechanism of iron (II)-chelating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) skin
Wen-Ying Liu1, Jie Ren2, Xiu-Yuan Qin2
1Engineering Laboratory for Agro Biomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083 People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In order to utilize salmon skin for high value, and investigate the structural identification and combination mechanism of iron (II)-chelating peptides systemically, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) skin, a by-product of Atlantic salmon processing, was treated by two-step enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain salmon skin active peptides (SSAP). Then they reacted with iron (II) to obtain iron (II)-chelating salmon skin active peptides (SSAP-Fe) with a high iron (II) chelating ability of 98.84%. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid ammonium salt hydrate (ANS) combined fluorescence measurement, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and full wavelength ultraviolet (UV) scanning showed that the structural characteristics of SSAP changed before and after chelating iron (II). Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and mass spectrometry were used to identify and quantify the peptides in SSAP-Fe. Four peptide sequences (STEGGG, GIIKYGDDFMH, PGQPGIGYDGPAGPPGPPGPPGAP and QNQRESWTTCRSQSSLPDG) were identified. The content of PGQPGIGYDGPAGPPGPPGPPGAP was the highest, at 25.17 μg/mg. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of these four peptides were also investigated, and the results indicated that they have satisfactory predicted ADMET properties. Molecular docking technology was used to analyze the binding sites between iron (II) and SSAP, and it was found that PGQPGIGYDGPAGPPGPPGPPGAP had the lowest predicted binding energy with iron (II) and the most stable predicted binding energy with iron (II). This results showed that the stability of SSAP-Fe were closely related to the number of covalent bonds and the types of amino acids. This study revealed the structure and combination mechanism of SSAP-Fe, and indicated that SSAP-Fe prepared by chelation may be used as a Fe supplement that can be applied in functional foods or ingredients.
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