Dietary protein from different sources escapes host digestion and is differentially modified by gut microbiota.

ABSTRACT: Protein is an essential macronutrient and variations in its source and quantity have been shown to impact long-term health outcomes. Differential health impacts of dietary proteins from various sources are likely driven by differences in their digestibility by the host and subsequent availability to the intestinal microbiota. However, our current understanding regarding the fate of dietary proteins from different sources in the gut, specifically how component proteins within these sources interact with the host and the gut microbiota, is limited. To determine which dietary proteins are efficiently digested by the host, and which proteins escape host digestion and are used by the gut microbiota, we used high-resolution mass spectrometry to quantify proteins that constitute different dietary

SUBMITTER: Awan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11230375 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature