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Tiedemann S, Stang A, Last S, Gefflaut T, von Langermann J. Preparative Coupled Enzymatic Synthesis of L-Homophenylalanine and 2-Hydroxy-5-oxoproline with Direct In Situ Product Crystallization and Cyclization. ACS OMEGA 2025; 10:14382-14389. [PMID: 40256536 PMCID: PMC12004150 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2025] [Revised: 03/10/2025] [Accepted: 03/14/2025] [Indexed: 04/22/2025]
Abstract
A continuous in situ crystallization concept is presented for the coupled preparative synthesis of L-homophenylalanine and 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline (a cyclized form of α-ketoglutarate) using the α-transaminase from Megasphaera elsdenii. The process consists of a spontaneous reactive crystallization step of the enantiopure amino acid itself and a parallel spontaneous cyclization of the deaminated cosubstrate in solution. In parallel, these effects significantly improve the overall productivity of the biocatalytic reaction. Batch, repetitive, and fed-batch processes were investigated, and the fed-batch option proved to be the most viable option. The fed-batch process was subsequently used for a coupled synthesis approach at the gram scale. In total, >18 g of chemically pure L-homophenylalanine and >9 g of 2-hydroxy-5-oxoproline were isolated. This optimized process allows for the design of effective transaminase-catalyzed reactions at a preparative scale utilizing standard (fed-)batch-mode crystallizers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sven Tiedemann
- Otto
von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Chemistry, Biocatalysis Group, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Otto
von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Chemistry, Biocatalysis Group, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Otto
von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Chemistry, Biocatalysis Group, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Université
Clermont Auvergne, Institut de Chimie de
Clermont-Ferrand, 24 avenue
des Landais, 63178 Aubiere Cedex, France
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- Otto
von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Chemistry, Biocatalysis Group, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Cheng J, Zhang C, Zhang K, Li J, Hou Y, Xin J, Sun Y, Xu C, Xu W. Cyanobacteria-Mediated Light-Driven Biotransformation: The Current Status and Perspectives. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:42062-42071. [PMID: 38024730 PMCID: PMC10653055 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c05407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
Most chemicals are manufactured by traditional chemical processes but at the expense of toxic catalyst use, high energy consumption, and waste generation. Biotransformation is a green, sustainable, and cost-effective process. As cyanobacteria can use light as the energy source to power the synthesis of NADPH and ATP, using cyanobacteria as the chassis organisms to design and develop light-driven biotransformation platforms for chemical synthesis has been gaining attention, since it can provide a theoretical and practical basis for the sustainable and green production of chemicals. Meanwhile, metabolic engineering and genome editing techniques have tremendous prospects for further engineering and optimizing chassis cells to achieve efficient light-driven systems for synthesizing various chemicals. Here, we display the potential of cyanobacteria as a promising light-driven biotransformation platform for the efficient synthesis of green chemicals and current achievements of light-driven biotransformation processes in wild-type or genetically modified cyanobacteria. Meanwhile, future perspectives of one-pot enzymatic cascade biotransformation from biobased materials in cyanobacteria have been proposed, which could provide additional research insights for green biotransformation and accelerate the advancement of biomanufacturing industries.
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- Jie Cheng
- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea,
School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570100, China
- Xiamen
Key Laboratory of Urban Sea Ecological Conservation and Restoration,
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean
and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- Xiamen
Key Laboratory of Urban Sea Ecological Conservation and Restoration,
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean
and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotech-nology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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- School
of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China
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Li A, Li X, Pang W, Tian Q, Wang T, Zhang L. Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode to enhance the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy02335f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode was successfully applied for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase.
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- Aipeng Li
- Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 518057 Shenzhen
- China
- School of Life Sciences
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- School of Life Sciences
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 710072 Xi'an
- China
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- Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 518057 Shenzhen
- China
- School of Life Sciences
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Li A, Yuchi Q, Li X, Pang W, Li B, Xue F, Zhang L. Discovery of a novel ortho-haloacetophenones-specific carbonyl reductase from Bacillus aryabhattai and insight into the molecular basis for its catalytic performance. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 138:781-790. [PMID: 31351953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.07.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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To exploit robust biocatalysts for chiral 1-(2-halophenyl)ethanols synthesis, an ortho-haloacetophenones-specific carbonyl reductase (BaSDR1) gene from Bacillus aryabhattai was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The impressive properties regarding BaSDR1 application include preference for NADH as coenzyme, noticeable tolerance against high cosubstrate concentration, and remarkable catalytic performance over a broad pH range from 5.0 to 10.0. The optimal temperature was 35 °C, with a half-life of 3.1 h at 35 °C and 0.75 h at 45 °C, respectively. Notably, BaSDR1 displayed excellent catalytic performance toward various ortho-haloacetophenones, providing chiral 1-(2-halophenyl)ethanols with 99% ee for all the substrates tested. Most importantly, the docking results indicated that the enzyme-substrate interactions and the steric hindrance of halogen atoms act in a push-pull manner in regulating enzyme catalytic ability. These results provide valuable clues for the structure-function relationships of BaSDR1 and the role of halogen groups in catalytic performance, and offer important reference for protein engineering and mining of functional compounds.
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- Aipeng Li
- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, 518057 Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China
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- School of Marine and Bioengineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, 224051 Yancheng, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072 Xi'an, China.
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Seo CSG, Morris RH. Catalytic Homogeneous Asymmetric Hydrogenation: Successes and Opportunities. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Chris S. G. Seo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S3H6 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S3H6 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Wang P, Yang X, Lin B, Huang J, Tao Y. Cofactor self-sufficient whole-cell biocatalysts for the production of 2-phenylethanol. Metab Eng 2017; 44:143-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Integration of whole-cell reaction and product isolation: Highly hydrophobic solvents promote in situ substrate supply and simplify extractive product isolation. J Biotechnol 2017; 257:110-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Smith SAM, Prokopchuk DE, Morris RH. Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using New Iron(II) (P-NH-N-P′) Catalysts: Changing the Steric and Electronic Properties at Phosphorus P′. Isr J Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201700019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Samantha A. M. Smith
- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ont. Canada M5S 3H6
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ont. Canada M5S 3H6
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ont. Canada M5S 3H6
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Smith SAM, Lagaditis PO, Lüpke A, Lough AJ, Morris RH. Unsymmetrical Iron P-NH-P′ Catalysts for the Asymmetric Pressure Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones. Chemistry 2017; 23:7212-7216. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Samantha A. M. Smith
- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ontario M5S3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ontario M5S3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz; Saarstraße 21 55122 Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ontario M5S3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Toronto; 80 Saint George St. Toronto Ontario M5S3H6 Canada
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Schmölzer K, Lemmerer M, Gutmann A, Nidetzky B. Integrated process design for biocatalytic synthesis by a Leloir Glycosyltransferase: UDP-glucose production with sucrose synthase. Biotechnol Bioeng 2016; 114:924-928. [PMID: 27775150 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Nucleotide sugar-dependent ("Leloir") glycosyltransferases (GTs), represent a new paradigm for the application of biocatalytic glycosylations to the production of fine chemicals. However, it remains to be shown that GT processes meet the high efficiency targets of industrial biotransformations. We demonstrate in this study of uridine-5'-diphosphate glucose (UDP-glc) production by sucrose synthase (from Acidithiobacillus caldus) that a holistic process design, involving coordinated development of biocatalyst production, biotransformation, and downstream processing (DSP) was vital for target achievement at ∼100 g scale synthesis. Constitutive expression in Escherichia coli shifted the recombinant protein production mainly to the stationary phase and enhanced the specific enzyme activity to a level (∼480 U/gcell dry weight ) suitable for whole-cell biotransformation. The UDP-glc production had excellent performance metrics of ∼100 gproduct /L, 86% yield (based on UDP), and a total turnover number of 103 gUDP-glc /gcell dry weight at a space-time yield of 10 g/L/h. Using efficient chromatography-free DSP, the UDP-glc was isolated in a single batch with ≥90% purity and in 73% isolated yield. Overall, the process would allow production of ∼0.7 kg of isolated product/L E. coli bioreactor culture, thus demonstrating how integrated process design promotes the practical use of a GT conversion. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2017;114: 924-928. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Katharina Schmölzer
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010, Graz, Austria.,Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010, Graz, Austria
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Ramesh H, Zajkoska P, Rebroš M, Woodley JM. The effect of cultivation media and washing whole-cell biocatalysts on monoamine oxidase catalyzed oxidative desymmetrization of 3-azabicyclo[3,3,0]octane. Enzyme Microb Technol 2015; 83:7-13. [PMID: 26777245 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
It is well known that washing whole-cells containing enzyme activities after fermentation, but prior to biocatalysis can improve their activity in the subsequent reaction. In this paper, we quantify the impact of both the fermentation media and cell washing on the performance of whole-cell biocatalysis. The results are illustrated using a recombinant monoamine oxidase (expressed in Escherichia coli, used in resting state) for the oxidative desymmetrization of 3-azabicyclo[3,3,0]octane. It was shown that the need for washing biocatalyst prior to use in a reaction is dependent upon growth medium. Unlike cells grown in LB medium, washing of the cells was essential for cells grown on TB medium. With TB media, washing the cells improved the final conversion by approximately a factor of two. Additionally, over 50-fold improvement was achieved in initial activity. A potential reason for this improvement in activity was identified to be the increase in transfer of substrates across the cell membrane as a result of cell washing.
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- Hemalata Ramesh
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Building 229, Søltofts Plads, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Building 229, Søltofts Plads, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Kratzer R, Woodley JM, Nidetzky B. Rules for biocatalyst and reaction engineering to implement effective, NAD(P)H-dependent, whole cell bioreductions. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:1641-52. [PMID: 26343336 PMCID: PMC5414839 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Access to chiral alcohols of high optical purity is today frequently provided by the enzymatic reduction of precursor ketones. However, bioreductions are complicated by the need for reducing equivalents in the form of NAD(P)H. The high price and molecular weight of NAD(P)H necessitate in situ recycling of catalytic quantities, which is mostly accomplished by enzymatic oxidation of a cheap co-substrate. The coupled oxidoreduction can be either performed by free enzymes in solution or by whole cells. Reductase selection, the decision between cell-free and whole cell reduction system, coenzyme recycling mode and reaction conditions represent design options that strongly affect bioreduction efficiency. In this paper, each option was critically scrutinized and decision rules formulated based on well-described literature examples. The development chain was visualized as a decision-tree that can be used to identify the most promising route towards the production of a specific chiral alcohol. General methods, applications and bottlenecks in the set-up are presented and key experiments required to "test" for decision-making attributes are defined. The reduction of o-chloroacetophenone to (S)-1-(2-chlorophenyl)ethanol was used as one example to demonstrate all the development steps. Detailed analysis of reported large scale bioreductions identified product isolation as a major bottleneck in process design.
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- Regina Kratzer
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- CAPEC-PROCESS Research Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads Building 229, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Van Hecke W, Kaur G, De Wever H. Advances in in-situ product recovery (ISPR) in whole cell biotechnology during the last decade. Biotechnol Adv 2014; 32:1245-1255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:1517-29. [PMID: 24362856 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5441-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Cofactor-dependent enzymes catalyze a broad range of synthetically useful transformations. However, the cofactor requirement also poses economic and practical challenges for the application of these biocatalysts. For three decades, considerable research effort has been devoted to the development of reliable in situ regeneration methods for the most commonly employed cofactors, particularly NADH and NADPH. Today, researchers can choose from a plethora of options, and oxidoreductases are routinely employed even on industrial scale. Nevertheless, more efficient cofactor regeneration methods are still being developed, with the aim of achieving better atom economy, simpler reaction setups, and higher productivities. Besides, cofactor dependence has been recognized as an opportunity to confer novel reactivity upon enzymes by engineering their cofactors, and to couple (redox) biotransformations in multi-enzyme cascade systems. These novel concepts will help to further establish cofactor-dependent biotransformations as an attractive option for the synthesis of biologically active compounds, chiral building blocks, and bio-based platform molecules.
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