Biotransformation of eugenol to ferulic acid by a recombinant strain of Ralstonia eutropha H16.
The gene loci ehyAB, calA, and calB, encoding eugenol hydroxylase, coniferyl alcohol dehydrogenase, and coniferyl aldehyde dehydrogenase, respectively, which are involved in the first steps of eugenol catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199, were amplified by PCR and combined to construct a catabolic gene cassette. This gene cassette was cloned in the newly designed broad-host-range vector pBBR1-JO2 (pBBR1-JO2ehyABcalAcalB) and transferred to Ralstonia eutropha H16. A recombinant strain of R. eutropha H16 harboring this plasmid expressed functionally active eugenol hydroxylase, coniferyl alcohol dehydrogenase, and coniferyl aldehyde dehydrogenase. Cells of R. eutropha H16(pBBR1-JO2ehyABcalAcalB) from the late-exponential growth phase were used as biocatalysts for the biotransformation of eugenol to ferulic acid. A maximum conversion rate of 2.9 mmol of eugenol per h per liter of culture was achieved with a yield of 93.8 mol% of ferulic acid from eugenol within 20 h, without further optimization.
Institut für Mikrobiologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Jörg
J
Overhage
Alexander
A
Steinbüchel
Horst
H
Priefert
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001711:Biotransformation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005054:Eugenol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D005054:Eugenol; C004999:ferulic acid; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C402685:eugenol hydroxylase