Identification and characterization of a wolfberry carboxypeptidase inhibitor from Lycium barbarum

• Main Authors: Huang, Jiayi, Wong, Ka Ho, Tan, Wei Liang, Tay, Stephanie Victoria, Wang, Shujing, Tam, James P.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science; Carboxypeptidase Inhibitor; Wolfberry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148027
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hyperstable cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs) represent an underexplored superfamily of bioactives in functional foods. An example is wolfberry of the Lycium barbarum family. Previously, we discovered a CRP, designated α-lybatide, from L. barbarum bark. Herein, we report the discovery of β-lybatide, a n...