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These proteins were subjected to in silico analysis using BLAST and BIOPEP-UWM database. Sequence similarity search by BLAST revealed that the aligned vitellogenin sequences from Epinephelus coioides and Epinephelus lanceolatus share 70% identity, which indicates that the sequence sample has significant similarity with proteins in sequence databases. Moreover, prediction of potential bioactivities through BIOPEP-UWM database resulted in high numbers of peptides predominantly with dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) and angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE-I) inhibitory activities. Pepsin (pH &gt; 2) was predicted to be the most promising enzyme for the production of bioactive peptides from GR protein, which theoretically released 82 DPP-IV inhibitory peptides and 47 ACE-I inhibitory peptides. Overall, this work highlighted the potentiality of giant grouper roe as raw material for the generation of pharmaceutical products. 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