PENGHAMBATAN ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE), SALAH SATU PARAMETER HIPERTENSI, OLEH DADIH SOYA HASIL FERMENTASI SPONTAN BAKTERI ASAM LAKTAT (BAL) Titian Suryawati Agustina 12/337816/PBI/1043 Program Pasca Sarjana, Fakultas Biologi, Universitas Gadjah Mada INTISARI Pengukuran aktivitas penghambatan ACE oleh dadih soya hasil fermentasi susu kedelai oleh bakteri asam laktat telah dilakukan sebagai upaya mencari alternatif penurun tekanan darah. Dadih soya dibuat dari biji kedelai varietas Anjasmoro (BPPTPH Gunung Kidul) dengan mengadaptasi metode pembuatan dadih, makanan khas Minangkabau. Uji aktivitas penghambatan ACE dilakukan dengan metode spektrofotometri dan hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa dadih soya hasil fermentasi spontan memiliki aktivitas penghambatan ACE sebesar 92,15%, yaitu 16% lebih tinggi daripada aktivitas penghambatan ACE oleh susu kedelai nonfermentasi. Sebanyak 32 isolat bakteri penghasil asam diperoleh melalui isolasi selektif dengan media MRSA-bromcressol purple. Screening BAL yang berperan dalam fermentasi dadih soya berdasarkan morfologi koloni, pengecatan Gram, aktivitas katalase, ada tidaknya spora, dan motilitas menghasilkan 16 isolat BAL. Pengujian dengan media skim milk agar terhadap 16 isolat BAL menghasilkan 10 isolat BAL proteolitik yang diduga sebagai strain anggota genus Lactobacillus (ds15, ds16, ds18, ds23, ds26, dan ds27), Leuconostoc (ds04, ds05, dan ds21), dan Streptococcus (ds02) berdasarkan karakteristik morfologis dan fisiologisnya. Berdasarkan konfirmasi data base kit API 50 CH/L (bioMerieux), isolat BAL proteolitik terpilih ds15 merupakan Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii dengan nilai probabilistik 94,4% dan digunakan sebagai kultur starter untuk menghasilkan dadih soya secara monokultur. Penambahan starter monokultur ds15 tidak meningkatkan aktivitas penghambatan ACE secara signifikan namun memberikan cita rasa yang berbeda dibandingkan dengan susu kedelai nonfermentasi. Berdasarkan metode SDS-PAGE diketahui bahwa dadih soya hasil fermentasi spontan, dadih soya monokultur, dan susu kedelai non-fermentasi memiliki pita protein dengan berat molekul ≤18,6 kD yang diduga mengandung peptida bioaktif penghambat ACE. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa dadih soya berpotensi sebagai alternatif penurun tekanan darah. Kata kunci: dadih soya, bakteri asam laktat, Angiotensin Converting Enzyme, peptida bioaktif, SDS-PAGE xii INHIBITION OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE), ONE OF THE HYPERTENSION PARAMETERS, BY DADIH SOYA PRODUCED BY SPONTANEOUS LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) FERMENTATION Titian Suryawati Agustina 12/337816 / PBI / 1043 Graduate Program, Faculty of Biology, Gadjah Mada University ABSTRACT Measurement of ACE inhibitory activity by dadih soya fermented by lactic acid bacteria was carried out as an attempt to find an alternative in lowering blood pressure. Dadih soya from soybean varieties Anjasmoro (BPPTPH Gunung Kidul) made by adapting the method of making dadih, typical Minangkabau’s food. ACE inhibitory activity was determined spectrophotometrically and the results showed that spontaneous fermented dadih soya had ACE inhibitory activity of 92.15%, which was 16% higher than the ACE inhibitory activity of non-fermented soy milk. As many as 32 acid-producing bacteria were obtained by selective isolation method with MRSA-bromcressol purple media and 16 isolates were obtained to be LAB based on colonial morphology, Gram stain, catalase activity, presence or absence of spores, and motility. Ten isolates among the 16 LAB isolates were obtained to be proteolytic strains which were identified to be member of three different genera namely Lactobacillus (ds15, ds16, ds18, ds23, ds26, and ds27), Leuconostoc (ds04, ds05, and ds21) and Streptococcus (ds02) based on morphological and physiological characteristics. Selected LAB with high proteolytic activity, ds15, identified as Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii by 94.4% probabilistic value based on confirmation of database API 50 CH/L kit (bioMerieux) and used as a starter culture to produce dadih soya in monoculture. The addition of starter culture ds15 did not significantly increase ACE inhibitory activity but gave a different taste compared to non-fermented soymilk. SDS-PAGE result showed that spontaneous fermented dadih soya, dadih soya fermented in monoculture method, and non-fermented soy milk have protein bands with a molecular weight ≤18.6 kD wich were suspected to contain bioactive peptides as ACE inhibitors. It can be concluded that dadih soya is potential as an alternative in lowering blood pressure. Keywords: dadih soya, lactic acid bacteria, Angiotensin Converting Enzyme, bioactive peptides, SDS-PAGE xiii