The invention discloses an acidification
hydrolysis method for improving the yield of
hermetia illucens
small molecule peptides and application. The acidification
hydrolysis method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out acidification pretreatment on
hermetia illucens bodies, and adding
protease for
hydrolysis treatment under an acidic condition; by means of acidic hydrolysis, on one hand, bacterial
cell membrane
proton gradient imbalance can be achieved,
membrane protein of bacterial
cell membranes is inactivated,
organic acid can penetrate through bacterial
cell membranes,
intracellular dissociation is achieved,
intracellular pH is reduced, ATP synthesis is inhibited, then microbial activity is inhibited, and sterilization of
bacteria in
hermetia illucens is achieved; on the other hand,
hydrogen bonds and salt bridges in the
hermetia illucens protein can be destroyed by the acid environment, so that a compact spherical structure of the
protein is expanded, more
enzyme cutting sites (especially hydrophobic residues) are exposed, and more
small molecule peptide fragments are obtained. Through tests, small peptides with the molecular weight of 729 Da to 246 Da in the hydrolyzed product account for 73.03% of the total content.