A Novel Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptide from the Milk Casein: Virtual Screening and Docking Studies

Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important physiological role in the regulation of hypertension. In this study, we applied virtual screening to discover a novel angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitory peptides from milk casein. One potential hit was identified based on docking scores, subsequently confirmed by activity studies in vitro (IC50=20.85 μmol L−1). The proposed peptide in this study contains a unique sequence, Lys-Val-Leu-Ile-Leu-Ala. Moreover, we performed the docking studies to understand the binding mode between the enzyme and peptide hit.