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- Title
A novel nitrilase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 and its application to nicotinic acid production.
- Authors
Fan, Haiyang; Chen, Lifeng; Sun, Huihui; Wang, Hualei; Ren, Yuhong; Wei, Dongzhi
- Abstract
A novel aliphatic nitrilase, REH16, was found in Ralstonia eutropha H16 and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), and its enzymatic properties were studied. The temperature and pH optima were 37 °C and 6.6, respectively, and the best thermostability of the nitrilase was observed at 25 °C, which preserved 95% of activity after 120 h of incubation. REH16 has a broad hydrolytic activity toward aliphatic and heterocyclic nitriles and showed high tolerance of 3-cyanopyridine; this enzyme could hydrolyze as high as 100 mM 3-cyanopyridine completely. To improve the 3-cyanopyridine conversion efficiency in an aqueous reaction system, water-miscible organic solvents were tested, and ethanol (10% v/v) was chosen as the optimal co-solvent. Finally, under optimized conditions, using the fed-batch reaction mode, total of 1050 mM 3-cyanopyridine was hydrolyzed completely in 20.8 h with eight substrate feedings, yielding 129.2 g/L production of nicotinic acid and thus showing a potential for industrial application.
- Subjects
NITRILASES; NIACIN; RALSTONIA eutropha; ESCHERICHIA coli; BIOTRANSFORMATION (Metabolism)
- Publication
Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering, 2017, Vol 40, Issue 8, p1271
- ISSN
1615-7591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00449-017-1787-x