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Multi-enzyme catalytic preparation of D-alanine

  • SONG Xian-Bing ,
  • YANG Yu ,
  • WANG Man-Man ,
  • HE Ran-Feng ,
  • ZHANG Yu-Ming ,
  • WANG Zi-Qiang ,
  • LI Xiao-Lian ,
  • WANG Yun-Shan
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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, China 2. State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 3. Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceutical Preparation and Delivery (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 4. School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, China 5. School of Life Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China

Received date: 2024-11-22

  Revised date: 2025-03-02

  Online published: 2025-08-26

Abstract

D-Alanine (D-Ala) is an important chiral amino acid with a wide range of applications in the fields of medicine, food, and chemical industry. In this project, a "two-bacteria, four-enzyme" catalytic process for the preparation of D-Ala, a fed-batch fermentation process with pRMA [E.coli BL21(DE3)Alr-Dadx--pRSFDuet-1-MaiA-AspA] and pEAD2 [E.coli BL21(DE3)Alr-Dadx--pETDuet-1-AspR-DaaT] trains was established to achieve co-expression of maleic acid cis?trans isomerase (MaiA)/asparaginase (AspA) and aspartate racemase (AspR)/D-amino acid transcarbamylase (DaaT). Additionally, process parameters for multiple enzyme preparation of D-Ala with maleic anhydride (MA) as the substrate were optimized, including temperature, pH, and concentrations of pyruvate, pyridoxal phosphate, maleic anhydride, and pRMA/pEAD2 cells, leading to the development of an efficient enzymatic conversion process for D-Ala. The results showed that the cell concentration and apparent activity of pRMA reached the maximum value of 72.56 g/L and 554.49±30.96 U, respectively, at 23 h. In contrast, the apparent activity of pEAD2 could reach 513.74±38.25 U at 9 h, and the cell concentration was 30.75 g/L. For the multi-enzyme preparation of D-Ala, the optimized catalytic system was composed of 1.5 mol/L MA, 5.0 mmol/L pyridoxal phosphate and 3.52 g/L pyruvic acid. The dosages of pRMA and pEAD2 cells were 6.60 g/L and 9.80 g/L, added at 3 h intervals. The optimum reaction conditions were pH=8.0, temperature of 50℃, and rotation speed of 200 r/min for 24 h. The substrate conversion rate was up to 99.00%, and the yield of D-Ala reached 93.97%. Under the above optimal conditions, when the reaction volume was scaled up 40-fold, from 100 mL to 4 L, there was no significant difference in substrate conversion and product yield, which laid the foundation for its industrial application.

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SONG Xian-Bing , YANG Yu , WANG Man-Man , HE Ran-Feng , ZHANG Yu-Ming , WANG Zi-Qiang , LI Xiao-Lian , WANG Yun-Shan . Multi-enzyme catalytic preparation of D-alanine[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2025 , 25(8) : 862 -871 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.224362

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