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ABSTRACT: Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) catalyzes the oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids. Cyanobacterium Synechococcus contains one ALDH enzyme (Sp2771), together with a novel 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase, to complete a non-canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle. However, the molecular mechanisms for substrate selection and cofactor preference by Sp2771 are largely unknown. Here, we report crystal structures of wild type Sp2771, Sp2771 S419A mutant and ternary structure of Sp2771 C262A mutant in complex with NADP(+) and SSA, as well as binary structure of Gluconobacter oxydans aldehyde dehydrogenase (Gox0499) in complex with PEG. Structural comparison of Sp2771 with Gox0499, coupled with mutational analysis, demonstrates that Ser157 residue in Sp2771 and corresponding Pro159 residue in Gox0499 play critical structural roles in determining NADP(+) and NAD(+) preference for Sp2771 and Gox0499, respectively, whereas size and distribution of hydrophobic residues along the substrate binding funnel determine substrate selection. Hence, our work has provided insightful structural information into cofactor and substrate selection by ALDH.
Journal of Structural Biology 03/2013; · 3.41 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A nitrilase-mediated pathway has significant advantages in the production of optically pure (R)-(-)-mandelic acid. However, unwanted byproduct, low enantioselectivity, and specific activity reduce its value in practical applications. An ideal nitrilase that can efficiently hydrolyze mandelonitrile to optically pure (R)-(-)-mandelic acid without the unwanted byproduct is needed. RESULTS: A novel nitrilase (BCJ2315) was discovered from Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 through phylogeny-based enzymatic substrate specificity prediction (PESSP). This nitrilase is a mandelonitrile hydrolase that could efficiently hydrolyze mandelonitrile to (R)-(-)-mandelic acid, with a high enantiomeric excess of 98.4%. No byproduct was observed in this hydrolysis process. BCJ2315 showed the highest identity of 71% compared with other nitrilases in the amino acid sequence. BCJ2315 possessed the highest activity toward mandelonitrile and took mandelonitrile as the optimal substrate based on the analysis of substrate specificity. The kinetic parameters Vmax, Km, Kcat, and Kcat/Km toward mandelonitrile were 45.4 mumol/min/mg, 0.14 mM, 15.4 s-1, and 1.1x105 M-1s-1, respectively. The recombinant Escherichia coli M15/BCJ2315 had a strong substrate tolerance and could completely hydrolyze mandelonitrile (100 mM) with fewer amounts of wet cells (10 mg/ml) within 1 h. CONCLUSIONS: PESSP is an efficient method for discovering an ideal mandelonitrile hydrolase. BCJ2315 has high affinity and catalytic efficiency toward mandelonitrile. This nitrilase has great advantages in the production of optically pure (R)-(-)-mandelic acid because of its high activity and enantioselectivity, strong substrate tolerance, and having no unwanted byproduct. Thus, BCJ2315 has great potential in the practical production of optically pure (R)-(-)-mandelic acid in the industry.
BMC Biotechnology 02/2013; 13(1):14. · 2.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study developed a simple, efficient method for producing racemic β-phenylalanine acid (BPA) and its derivatives via the enantioselective acylation catalyzed by the penicillin G acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis (Af-PGA). When the reaction was run at 25°C and pH 10 in an aqueous medium containing phenylacetamide and BPA in a molar ratio of 2:1, 8 U/mL enzyme and 0.1 M BPA, the maximum BPA conversion efficiency at 40 min only reached 36.1%, which, however, increased to 42.9% as the pH value and the molar ratio of phenylacetamide to BPA were elevated to 11 and 3:1, respectively. Under the relatively optimum reaction conditions, the maximum conversion efficiencies of BPA derivatives all reached about 50% in a relatively short reaction time (45-90 min). The enantiomeric excess value of product (ee(p) ) and enantiomeric excess value of substrate (ee(s) ) were all above 98% and 95%, respectively. These results suggest that the method established in this study is practical, effective, and environmentally benign and may be applied to industrial production of enantiomerically pure BPA and its derivatives.
Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology 01/2013; 43(2):207-16. · 0.47 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Dextran has already been widely applied in food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. In this study, a novel intracellular dextran dextrinase (DDase, EC 2.4.1.2) from Gluconobacter oxydans DSM-2003 exhibiting catalytic activity to synthesize dextran from maltodextrin was purified to homogeneity by ultrasonic cell disruption, ion exchange chromatography, and gel filtration. This procedure showed 187.5-fold purification from the cell-free extract with 41.9 % yield. And the apparent molecular weight was estimated to be 62 kDa by SDS-PAGE. It was different from the reported literatures, which found that the molecular weight of intracellular and extracellular DDase of G. oxydans ATCC-11894 was 300 and 152 kDa, respectively. Otherwise, it showed different physicochemical characteristics (optimal temperature and pH, thermal, pH stability, effect of metal ions) from the DDase of G. oxydans ATCC-11894. This indicated that DDase of G. oxydans DSM-2003 was a novel one compared to the reported literatures.
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 09/2012; · 1.94 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Microbial lipases particularly Pseudomonas lipases are widely used for biotechnological applications. It is a meaningful work to design experiments to obtain high-level active lipase. There is a limiting factor for functional overexpression of the Pseudomonas lipase that a chaperone is necessary for effective folding. As previously reported, several methods had been used to resolve the problem. In this work, the lipase (LipA) and its chaperone (LipB) from a screened strain named AB which belongs to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were overexpressed in E.coli with two dual expression plasmid systems to enhance the production of the active lipase LipA without in vitro refolding process. RESULTS: In this work, we screened a lipase-produced strain named AB through the screening procedure, which was identified as P. aeruginosa on the basis of 16S rDNA. Genomic DNA obtained from the strain was used to isolate the gene lipA (936 bp) and lipase specific foldase gene lipB (1023 bp). One single expression plasmid system E.coli BL21/pET28a-lipAB and two dual expression plasmid systems E.coli BL21/pETDuet-lipA-lipB and E.coli BL21/pACYCDuet-lipA-lipB were successfully constructed. The lipase activities of the three expression systems were compared to choose the optimal expression method. Under the same cultured condition, the activities of the lipases expressed by E.coli BL21/pET28a-lipAB and E.coli BL21/pETDuet-lipA-lipB were 1300U/L and 3200U/L, respectively, while the activity of the lipase expressed by E.coli BL21/pACYCDuet-lipA-lipB was up to 8500U/L. The lipase LipA had an optimal temperature of 30[degree sign]C and an optimal pH of 9 with a strong pH tolerance. The active LipA could catalyze the reaction between fatty alcohols and fatty acids to generate fatty acid alkyl esters, which meant that LipA was able to catalyze esterification reaction. The most suitable fatty acid and alcohol substrates for esterification were octylic acid and hexanol, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The effect of different plasmid system on the active LipA expression was significantly different. pACYCDuet-lipA-lipB was more suitable for the expression of active LipA than pET28a-lipAB and pETDuet-lipA-lipB. The LipA showed obvious esterification activity and thus had potential biocatalytic applications. The expression method reported here can give reference for the expression of those enzymes that require chaperones.
BMC Biotechnology 09/2012; 12(1):58. · 2.35 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Recently the biosynthetic mechanism of FR-008/Candicidin was gradually revealed, and a whole gene cluster responsible for
its biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. FR-008 was cloned and identified. A series of novel FR-008/Candicidin derivatives were obtained by a combination of biochemical
methods, which have potential application in medicine and agriculture. The yield of the antibiotic was enhanced twofold when
adding CuSO4 to the culture medium at a concentration of 42.8mg/l in a 3.7l fermentor, which led to more rapid glucose consumption and
decreased cell growth. Enzyme activities related to glucose metabolism were enhanced greatly by copper addition. Transcriptional
analysis of samples in the fermentation process demonstrated adding copper sulfate to the fermentation medium could bring
a large increase of transcriptional level of the FR-008/Candicidin biosynthetic genes fscA, fscB, fscC and fscD. This study demonstrated that the copper ion played a crucial role in antibiotic biosynthesis and was understood to be related
to the key enzyme activities and the gene transcriptional levels. These results would be very useful for maximizing productivity
of the antibiotic in an upscaled fermentation.
KeywordsFR-008/Candicidin complex–Copper sulfate–Enzyme activity–Transcriptional analysis–
Streptomyces sp. FR-008
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 04/2012; 27(9):2033-2039. · 1.53 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A reverse phase liquid chromatography method with diode array detection was developed to evaluate the quality of Cirsium setosum through establishing chromatographic fingerprint and simultaneous determination of six phenolic compounds, namely chlorogenic
acid, caffeic acid, rutin, linarin, luteolin and apigenin. The chromatographic separation was performed on an Agilent SB-C18 column (250×4.6mm, 5.0μm) with a gradient elution program using a mixture of acetonitrile and 0.5% aqueous acetic acid
(v/v) as mobile phase within 25min at 326nm wavelength. The correlation coefficients of similarity were determined from the
LC fingerprints, and they shared a close similarity. The LC with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry experiment was
performed to further confirm the identity of phenolic compounds. The six phenolic compounds showed good regression (R
2>0.9995) within test ranges and the recovery of the method was in the range of 95.8–102.8%. In addition, the content of
those six phenolic compounds in C. setosum growing in different locations of China was determined to establish the effectiveness of the method. The results indicated
that the developed method by having a combination of chromatographic fingerprint and quantification analysis could be readily
utilized as a quality control method for C. setosum and its related traditional Chinese medicinal preparations.
Chromatographia 04/2012; 70(1):125-131. · 1.20 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Four strains with high phenanthrene-degrading ability were isolated from petroleum badly polluted soil. The strainPseudomonas sp. ZJF08 demonstrated the highest rate of degradation (138. 1 mg·L−1·day−1) among them and degraded 97.1% of the phenanthrene in one week. The activities of two key enzymes of ZJF08, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon dioxygenase and catechol-2,3-oxygenase (C23O), were also assayed during the degradation of phenanthrene. Both
of them reached their maximums on the 2nd day of degradation. The C23O gene (C7) ofPseudomonas sp. ZJF08 was cloned and expressed inEscherichia coli, and its gene product was purified by a Ni-NTA-agarose column. The optimum temperature for the purified C23O was 40°C at
pH 7.5 and the C23O activity could be still detected when the temperature reached 70°C. The results showed that the C23O fromPseudomonas sp. strain ZJF08 exhibited better thermostability than its homologs reported.
Annals of Microbiology 04/2012; 57(4):503-508. · 0.69 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: It is a potential approach to enhance the hydrophobic compounds biodegradation by microorganisms in the present of surfactants
in contaminated soil. The application, of surfactants has been considered as a potential method to enhance remediation effect
of hydrophobic compounds by microorganisms in contaminated soils. The effects of four different surfactants on the biodegradation
of phenanthrene were investigated in this research. The results showed that Triton X-100 enhanced the rate of degradation
throughout the process at three different concentrations significantly. Meanwhile, Triton X-100 was difficult to be degraded
byPseudomonas sp. ZJF08. Both sodium dodecyl sulphate and Tween 80 enhanced the phenanthrene biodegradation rate at the initial phase of
the biodegradation process, and the rate was slowed down after about 80 hours. Additionally, these two surfactants could be
used as the carbon source easily by strain ZJF08. Tween 20 inhibited the degradation of phenanthrene, but it was the best
carbon source forPseudomonas sp. ZJF08 growth in mineral medium.
Annals of Microbiology 04/2012; 58(3):439-442. · 0.69 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this study, d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) and catalase (CAT) in the permeabilized recombinant Pichia pastori cells were well investigated. It appeared that their thermal stability was negatively correlated with the apparent enzymatic
activities. The frozen-melted cells presented the best stability and the lowest apparent activities of DAAO and CAT, whereas
the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) permeabilized cells displayed the weakest stability and the highest apparent activities
of the two enzymes. Simultaneous action of DAAO and CAT in the CTAB-permeabilized cells and glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic
acid acylase (GA) immobilized on carrier contributed to the conversion of cephalosporin C (CPC) to 7-aminocephalosporanic
acid (7-ACA) with a yield of 76.2%. During such a reaction cycle, no visible activity loss occurred at the immobilized GA,
whereas the loss rates of DAAO and CAT activities were about 0.029 and 1.13Umin−1, respectively. Nevertheless, this problem could be easily solved by continuous feeding of the new permeabilized cell suspension
at the rate of 6mlh−1 to the reactor. Following such a fed-batch strategy, these permeabilized cells and the immobilized GA could be efficiently
reused for 6 and 15 reaction cycles, respectively, yielding around 76% 7-ACA at each reaction cycle.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 04/2012; 26(1):145-152. · 1.53 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Gluconobacter oxydans can rapidly and effectively transform glycerol to dihydroxyacetone (DHA) by membrane-bound quinoprotein sorbitol dehydrogenase (mSLDH). Two mutant strains of GDHE Δadh pBBR-PtufBsldAB and GDHE Δadh pBBR-sldAB derived from the GDHE strain were constructed for the enhancement of DHA production. Growth performances of both strains were largely improved after adaptively growing in the medium with glucose as the sole carbon source. The resulting GAT and GAN strains exhibited better catalytic property than the GDHE strain in the presence of a high concentration of glycerol. All strains of GDHE, GAT and GAN cultivated on glucose showed enhanced catalytic capacity than those grown on sorbitol, indicating a favorable prospect of using glucose as carbon source to reduce the cost in industrial production. It was also the first time to reveal that the expression level of the sldAB gene in glucose-growing strains were higher than that of the strains cultivated on sorbitol.
Bioresource technology 03/2012; 117:317-24. · 4.25 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Serratia marcescens has been proved to be a potential strain for industrial 2,3-butanediol production for its high yield, productivity, and other advantages. In this study, the genes slaA, slaB, slaC, and slaR were successfully cloned which were further confirmed to be encoding acetolactate decarboxylase, acetolactate synthase, 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase, and a LysR-like regulator, respectively. Unlike in Klebsiella sp. or Klebsiella pneumonie and Vibrio sp. or Vibrio cholerae, the gene slaC is separated from other genes. Then it showed that two regulators, SwrR and SlaR, are in charge of this process by exerting effect on the transcription of genes slaA and slaB. By contrast, the expression of gene slaC is unaffected by the two regulators. It means that these two regulators affect the production of 2,3-butanediol by regulating the production of acetoin. Based on these findings, we successfully accelerated the 2,3-butanediol production by inactivation of gene swrR. The obtained results and further investigations should lead to a more suitable fermentation strategy and strain improvement which would be applicable to the industrial production of 2,3-butanediol.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 03/2012; 93(5):2147-59. · 3.42 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The magnetic chitosan nanocomposites have been studied intensively and been used practically in various biomedical and biological applications including enzyme immobilization. However, the loading capacity and the remained activity of immobilized enzyme based on existing approaches are not satisfied. Simpler and more effective immobilization strategies are needed. Here we report a simple catechol modified protocol for preparing a novel catechol-chitosan (CCS)-iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) composites carrying adhesive moieties with strong surface affinity. The ω-transaminase (ω-TA) was immobilized onto this magnetic composite via nucleophilic reactions between catechol and ω-TA. Under optimal conditions, 87.5% of the available ω-TA was immobilized on the composite, yielding an enzyme loading capacity as high as 681.7 mg/g. Furthermore, the valuation of enzyme activity showed that ω-TA immobilized on CCS-IONPs displayed enhanced pH and thermal stability compared to free enzyme. Importantly, the immobilized ω-TA retained more than 50% of its initial activity after 15 repeated reaction cycles using magnetic separation and 61.5% of its initial activity after storage at 4°C in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) for 15 days. The results suggested that such adhesive magnetic composites may provide an improved platform technology for bio-macromolecules immobilized.
PLoS ONE 01/2012; 7(7):e41101. · 4.09 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Gluconobacter oxydans enable to oxidize sugars and polyols incompletely to corresponding materials with potential industrial applications, containing around 75 putative dehydrogenases. One of these putative dehydrogenases, Gox2181, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), and its X-ray crystal structure was determined to a resolution of 1.8 Å. Gox2181 formed a homo-tetramer in the crystal that was coincident with the apparent molecular mass determined in the solution. Gox2181 displayed α/β-folding patterns, the conserved catalytic tetrad of Asn119-Ser147-Tyr162-Lys166, and the NAD-binding pocket, which aligned well with the 'classical' type of short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) enzymes. Gox2181 was denoted SDR51C based on the SDR nomenclature system. The purified recombinant Gox2181 was demonstrated to be NAD(H)-dependent and active towards a wide range of substrates, including sugar alcohols, secondary alcohols, ketones, and ketoses. Among the substrates tested, Gox2181 displayed preference for secondary hydroxyl or carbonyl groups, showing low K(m) values with d-arabitol and butanedione.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 11/2011; 415(2):410-5. · 2.48 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report the construction of two filamentous fungi Trichoderma reesei expression vectors, pWEF31 and pWEF32. Both vectors possess the hygromycin phosphotransferase B gene expression cassette and the strong promoter and terminator of the cellobiohydrolase 1 gene (cbh1) from T. reesei. The two newly constructed vectors can be efficiently transformed into T. reesei with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The difference between pWEF31 and pWEF32 is that pWEF32 has two longer homologous arms. As a result, pWEF32 easily undergoes homologous recombination. On the other hand, pWEF31 undergoes random recombination. The applicability of both vectors was tested by first generating the expression vectors pWEF31-red and pWEF32-red and then detecting the expression of the DsRed2 gene in T. reesei Rut C30. Additionally, we measured the exo-1,4-β-glucanase activity of the recombinant cells. Our work provides an effective transformation system for homologous and heterologous gene expression and gene knockout in T. reesei. It also provides a method for recombination at a specific chromosomal location. Finally, both vectors will be useful for the large-scale gene expression industry.
Plasmid 10/2011; 67(1):67-71. · 1.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The characteristics of the new nitrilase-producing strain Rhodobacter sphaeroides LHS-305 were investigated. By investigating several parameters influencing nitrilase production, the specific cell activity was ultimately increased from 24.5 to 75.0 μmol g(-1) min(-1), and hereinto, the choice of inducer proved the most important factor. The aromatic nitriles (such as 3-cyanopyridine and benzonitrile) were found to be the most favorable substrates of the nitrilase by analyzing the substrate spectrum. It was speculated that the unsaturated carbon atom attached to the cyano group was crucial for this type of nitrilase. The value of apparent K (m), substrate inhibition constant, and product inhibition constant of the nitrilase against 3-cyanopyridine were 4.5 × 10(-2), 29.2, and 8.6 × 10(-3) mol L(-1), respectively. When applied in nicotinic acid preparation, the nitrilase is able to hydrolyze 200 mmol L(-1) 3-cyanopyridine with 93% conversion rate in 13 h by 6.1 g L(-1) cells (dry cell weight).
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 09/2011; 165(7-8):1556-67. · 1.94 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A lack of selectable markers was a hindrance in investigating gene function in Metarhizium robertsii. A reliable Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system based on the use of chlorimuron ethyl as the selectable marker was developed which could serve as a useful tool to inactivate genes involved in insect pathogenicity.
Journal of microbiological methods 08/2011; 87(2):241-3. · 2.43 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The genes of CS-2 lipase and its cognate foldase were cloned from Pseudomonas aeruginosa CS-2. A stop codon was not found in the lipase gene. The amino acid sequence deduced from the lipase gene from P. aeruginosa CS-2 showed 97.8%, 71.3%, and 71.2% identity with lipases from P. aeruginosa LST-03, P seudomonas mendocina ymp, and Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501, respectively. The co-expression of CS-2 lipase and its cognate foldase of P. aeruginosa CS-2 in E scherichia coli BL21 (DE3) resulted in the formation of a soluble lipase. The recombinant lipase and foldase were purified to homogeneity using nickel affinity chromatography and about 10.2-fold with 40.9% recovery was achieved for the purification of the recombinant lipase. The molecular masses of the lipase and the foldase were estimated to be 35.7 and 38.3 kDa in SDS-PAGE, respectively. The recombinant lipase showed stability in the presence of some organic solvents. The recombinant CS-2 lipase was immobilized and subsequently used for the synthesis of butyl acetate in heptane. The conversion of substrate decreased from 98.2% to 87.4% after 5 cycles in reuse of the immobilized lipase.
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 07/2011; 165(3-4):926-37. · 1.94 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A novel water-soluble dextran was synthesized from maltodextrin by cell-free extract of Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 2003. The dextran was purified by size exclusion chromatography, and the structure was determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer. Based on the spectral data, we found that the dextran contained only D-glucose residues. The ratio of nonreducing end glucopyranosyl (Glcp) to 6-linked Glcp to 4,6-linked Glcp was estimated to be 8.62:78.79:12.59 by methylation analysis. This result indicated the existence of a small proportion of α(1,4) branches in α(1,6) glucosyl linear chains. Here, we reported the first time a novel dextran was synthesized by G. oxydans DSM 2003.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 04/2011; 91(2):287-94. · 3.42 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-5-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-pentanoate is a potential intermediate for the synthesis of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (atorvastatin) that can lower the cholesterol level in human blood. In this study, in order to synthesize ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-5-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-pentanoate by bioreduction, the yeast strains in our lab were screened. Ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-5-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-pentanoate was found to be produced efficiently from ethyl 5-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-3-oxopentanoate by Pichia pastoris X-33. The effects of initial substrate concentration, reaction time, co-substrate, amount of yeast cells, pH, as well as the temperature on the yield and enantiomeric excesses (e.e. value) of product were examined in mono-phase system. The optimal reaction conditions are as fallows: substrate concentration 7 g/L, cell concentration 120 g/L, glucose concentration 120 g/L, pH 6.5, temperature 35 degrees C, reaction time 12 h, and the yield 93.12% with the high e.e. value of 98.55%.
Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology 04/2011; 27(4):579-83.
