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Free radicals, such as superoxide anions (O2·-) or hydroxyl radicals (HO·), can cause protein damage and DNA mutations that can initiate several diseases, including coronary heart diseases and diabetes. Antioxidants that can scavenge free radicals play an important role in biological systems.An antioxidant peptide derived from Pinctada fucata has great poteintial for scavenging free radicals. Howeverthe the low rates of enzymatic hydrolysis extraction and purification, as well as the higher costs for purifying from Pinctada fucata meat, suggest that this natural and safe antioxidant peptide would not meet industrialized production requirements. Thus we submit a designed AOP that can be easily produced and purified in E.coli, named 'DSAOP'.
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