title: Efficient production of (R)-(-)-mandelic acid in biphasic system by immobilized recombinant E. coli.
abstract: The recombinant Escherichia coli M15/BCJ2315 which harbored a mandelonitrilase from Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 was immobilized via catecholic chitosan and functionalized with magnetism by iron oxide nanoparticles. The immobilized cells showed high activity recovery, enhanced stability and good operability in the enantioselective hydrolysis of mandelonitrile to (R)-(-)-mandelic acid. Furthermore, the immobilized cells were reused up to 15 cycles without any activity loss in completely hydrolyzing mandelonitrile (100 mM) within 1h in aqueous solution. The ethyl acetate-water biphasic system was built and optimized. Under the optimal conditions, as high as 1M mandelonitrile could be hydrolyzed within 4h with a final yield and ee value of 99% and 95%, respectively. Moreover, the successive hydrolysis of mandelonitrile was performed by repeated use of the immobilized cells for 6 batches, giving a final productivity (g L⁻¹ h⁻¹) and relative production (g g⁻¹) of 40.9 and 38.9, respectively.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
authors.forename: Kefeng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Hualei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Minjie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Siyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Dongzhi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000378:metabolism*; D000619:Aminohydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D057508:Burkholderia cenocepacia / Q000201:enzymology; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000097:Acetonitriles; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008333:Mandelic Acids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014867:Water; C045516:mandelonitrile; C007650:ethyl acetate; D000619:Aminohydrolases; C021867:nitrilase; C037938:mandelic acid
keywords: (R)-(−)-mandelic acid; Biphasic reaction; Catecholic chitosan; Immobilization; Nitrilase