{"title":"Peptidomics profiling reveals the functions of endogenous peptides and parent proteins in donkey colostrum and mature milk","authors":"Jianting Ning, Jialu Chen, Qing Zhu, Xue Luo, Xiqing Yue","doi":"10.1016/j.jfca.2025.107483","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The endogenous peptides in milk are produced by protease hydrolysis in the mammary gland. They are important nutritional components with various biological activities. This study used 4D-label-free peptidomics technology to identify 5343 endogenous peptides from 933 parent proteins in donkey colostrum (DC) and 3726 endogenous peptides from 650 parent proteins in donkey mature milk (DM) by DB search. Furthermore, we screened non-toxic, non-allergenic bioactive peptides. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components of these parent proteins. According to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis, the predominant pathway of the differentially expressed parent proteins was associated with the ribosome. These findings provide significant insights into the functional diversity of parent proteins and the bioactivities of endogenous peptides in donkey milk during lactation. These results also offer theoretical guidance for the future development of donkey milk products.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15867,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Composition and Analysis","volume":"142 ","pages":"Article 107483"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Food Composition and Analysis","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157525002984","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The endogenous peptides in milk are produced by protease hydrolysis in the mammary gland. They are important nutritional components with various biological activities. This study used 4D-label-free peptidomics technology to identify 5343 endogenous peptides from 933 parent proteins in donkey colostrum (DC) and 3726 endogenous peptides from 650 parent proteins in donkey mature milk (DM) by DB search. Furthermore, we screened non-toxic, non-allergenic bioactive peptides. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components of these parent proteins. According to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis, the predominant pathway of the differentially expressed parent proteins was associated with the ribosome. These findings provide significant insights into the functional diversity of parent proteins and the bioactivities of endogenous peptides in donkey milk during lactation. These results also offer theoretical guidance for the future development of donkey milk products.
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The Journal of Food Composition and Analysis publishes manuscripts on scientific aspects of data on the chemical composition of human foods, with particular emphasis on actual data on composition of foods; analytical methods; studies on the manipulation, storage, distribution and use of food composition data; and studies on the statistics, use and distribution of such data and data systems. The Journal''s basis is nutrient composition, with increasing emphasis on bioactive non-nutrient and anti-nutrient components. Papers must provide sufficient description of the food samples, analytical methods, quality control procedures and statistical treatments of the data to permit the end users of the food composition data to evaluate the appropriateness of such data in their projects.
The Journal does not publish papers on: microbiological compounds; sensory quality; aromatics/volatiles in food and wine; essential oils; organoleptic characteristics of food; physical properties; or clinical papers and pharmacology-related papers.