Abstract
Halophila stipulacea is a well-known invasive marine sea grass in the Mediterranean Sea. Having been introduced into the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Channel, it is considered a Lessepsian migrant. Although, unlike other invasive marine seaweeds, it has not demonstrated serious negative impacts on indigenous species, it does have remarkable invasive properties. The present in-silico study reveals the biotechnological features of H. stipulacea by showing bioactive peptides from its rubisc/o protein. These are features such as antioxidant and hypolipideamic activities, dipeptidyl peptidase-IV and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitions. The reported data open up new applications for such bioactive peptides in the field of pharmacy, medicine and also the food industry.
Highlights
Invasive species are becoming an important problem in the Mediterranean Sea where many vectors exist, including inflowing water from the Suez Channel and ships’ ballast waters
BIOPEP parameters (A, AE, W, BHt and V) were extracted from the raw data and the results are presented in the Tables 1–10
The values were not calculated for prolyl endopeptidase, clostripain, thrombin, glutamyl endopeptidase II, Xaa-dipeptidase, chymosin, ginger protease
Summary
Invasive species are becoming an important problem in the Mediterranean Sea where many vectors exist, including inflowing water from the Suez Channel and ships’ ballast waters. One of the best-known invasive sea grasses is Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson [1], which was first reported in the Mediterranean Sea by Friscth [2]. This sea grass is abundant in the eastern Mediterranean Basin and very common along the Turkish coastline [3]. To the best of our knowledge, the bioactive peptides from invasive H. stipulacea have not been assessed, and the aim of the present contribution is to fill in this gap in the literature
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