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- Title
Sustainable production of valuable compound 3-succinoyl-pyridine by genetically engineering Pseudomonas putida using the tobacco waste.
- Authors
Wang, Weiwei; Xu, Ping; Tang, Hongzhi
- Abstract
Treatment of solid and liquid tobacco wastes with high nicotine content remains a longstanding challenge. Here, we explored an environmentally friendly approach to replace tobacco waste disposal with resource recovery by genetically engineering Pseudomonas putida. The biosynthesis of 3-succinoyl-pyridine (SP), a precursor in the production of hypotensive agents, from the tobacco waste was developed using whole cells of the engineered Pseudomonas strain, S16dspm. Under optimal conditions in fed-batch biotransformation, the final concentrations of product SP reached 9.8 g/L and 8.9 g/L from aqueous nicotine solution and crude suspension of the tobacco waste, respectively. In addition, the crystal compound SP produced from aqueous nicotine of the tobacco waste in batch biotransformation was of high purity and its isolation yield on nicotine was 54.2%. This study shows a promising route for processing environmental wastes as raw materials in order to produce valuable compounds.
- Subjects
PSEUDOMONAS putida; TOBACCO &; health; CIGARETTE smokers; AQUEOUS solutions; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; WASTE management biodegradation
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2015, p16411
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep16411