title: Conversion of a cyanhydrin compound into S-(-)-3-phenyllactic acid by enantioselective hydrolytic activity of Pseudomonas sp. BC-18.
abstract: A Pseudomonas strain, named BC-18, which can convert racemic phenylacetaldehyde-cyanhydrin (3-phenyllactonitrile) enantioselectively to S-(-)-3-phenyllactic acid (S-PLA), was isolated from soil. Although PLA produced with intact cells contained the S enantiomers of approximately 75% enantiomeric excess (% e.e.), repeated crystallization gave a higher purity (99.8% e.e.) of the S configuration product. Production of S-PLA was significantly increased when 2.0% (w/v) of calcium chloride were added to the reaction mixture for precipitation of S-PLA. Chemical mutagenesis yielded a mutant strain, named BC348-9, with 16 times higher activity (40 mU/OD630), compared with that of the parent strain (2.5 mU/OD630). When the mutant strain BC348-9 was used, approximately 18 g/OD630 was produced, which is 12 times higher than that of the parent strain. The final accumulation of PLA exceeded 6.0%, 1.2 times higher than that of the parent strain.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Nitto Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horinouchi
mesh_terms: D002122:Calcium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009570:Nitriles / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C104075:3-phenyllactonitrile; D007773:Lactates; D009570:Nitriles; C017648:3-phenyllactic acid; D002122:Calcium Chloride