Study of Bioactive Proteins and Peptides from Microbial and Food Origin
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 4832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbiology; antimicrobials; antibiotic resistance; natural compounds
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Interests: food proteins; bioactive peptides; natural antimicrobials; biofilms; bacterial physiology; proteomics
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Interests: transport phenomena; bioconversions; production of biofuels; extraction; membranes; biotechnology in the food industry; modeling; waste valorization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food-borne proteins and the related peptides are growing in interest due to their biological activity and their possibility of entering in either in preparations and supplements for food and pharmaceutical uses. Due the high costs in terms of water demand and carbon footprint, food proteins from food surplus or waste are increasingly addressing to fuel circular food chains, even supporting the value chain of novel foods. The same advantages concern the microbial and single cell proteins (SCP) proposed as advantageous alternative protein source recently leading to patented revolutionary foods. Based on the selected microorganisms and readily available substrates and waste streams, poorly studied peptides might also be secreted generating high-value products. Unfortunately, the health promoting properties of these products need an appropriate validation to support any nutritional and / or health claims before their commercial distribution. In addition to this, studies on this topic are still fragmented and suffer from the lack of efficient and sustainable enrichment- methodologies that also preserve their biological activity managing the safety risks. The main bottlenecks in these approaches are represented by the purification process of protein and peptides in order to match the yield maximization of target compounds, prevent deterioration and loss of functionality and finally accommodate the needs of industrial processing.
All the step over-mentioned should be finalised to their application in industrial process, following some requirements, like safety, resources optimization and sustainability. As consequence interest in bio process modeling and control is significantly increased in the research community, thanks also to new process approach. At the same time, consolidate technologies, like membrane separation processes and enzyme immobilization techniques could be continuously improved thanks to the research in new materials, new analytical method as well as new field of application. Sustainability, in terms of energy and environment represents another significant point of interest for the development for achievement of bioactive proteins and peptides
Accordingly, the aim of this Molecules Special Issue is to cover new findings on the sustainable production of proteins and peptides of food and pharmaceutical interest with special reference to efficient biotechnological strategies. Review articles that make substantial advances within this field will also be considered.
As Guest Editors of this Special Issue of Molecules, we therefore encourage scientists working in any field involving bioactive proteins and peptides from microbial and food sources addressed to industrial applications to contribute to recent research that may lead to significant advances in the area.
Dr. Leonardo Caputo
Dr. Laura Quintieri
Prof. Dr. Vincenza Calabrò
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Protein foods
- Biopeptides for food and pharmaceutical uses
- Single cell proteins (SCP)
- Peptidomic
- Membrane processes
- Industrial scale- up
- Safety assessment
- Sustainability
- Bioreactors
- Bioprocess modelling and control
