The invention discloses soybean-derived
cholesterol-lowering polypeptide as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of
biology. The
amino acid sequence of the soybean-derived
cholesterol-lowering polypeptide is shown as any one of SEQ ID NO.1-2. The invention further discloses a preparation method of the soybean-derived
cholesterol-lowering polypeptide. The two kinds of functional polypeptides obtained through screening are derived from natural
plant soybeans and have a definite
cholesterol lowering effect, the action mechanism of the polypeptides is that the activity of
cholesterol esterase is specifically inhibited,
hydrolysis and absorption of dietary cholesterol ester are reduced, then the cholesterol level in the body is reduced, and the
cholesterol lowering effect is achieved. The action is doubly verified through a molecular docking technology and an in-vitro
enzyme activity inhibition experiment, the mechanism is clear, and the action target is definite. In view of the characteristics, the two polypeptides as natural cholesterol-lowering
active components can be directly used as functional factors to develop
functional food and products in the related
medicine field, which are beneficial to maintaining the health level of blood fat (cholesterol), and have remarkable application value and wide market prospect.