Pilot-Scale Production of Peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita

The pilot-scale production of the peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita (rAaeUPO) is demonstrated. In a fed-batch fermentation of the recombinant Pichia pastoris, the enzyme was secreted into the culture medium to a final concentration of 0.29 g L-1 corresponding to 735 g of the peroxygenase in 2500 L of the fermentation broth after 6 days. Due to nonoptimized downstream processing, only 170 g of the enzyme has been isolated. The preparative usefulness of the so-obtained enzyme preparation has been demonstrated at a semipreparative scale (100 mL) as an example of the stereoselective hydroxylation of ethyl benzene. Using an adjusted H2O2 feed rate, linear product formation was observed for 7 days, producing more than 5 g L-1 (R)-1-phenyl ethanol. The biocatalyst performed more than 340.000 catalytic turnovers (942 g of the product per gram of rAaeUPO).

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The pilot-scale production of the peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita (rAaeUPO) is demonstrated, resulting in a final concentration of 0.29 g L-1 after 6 days of fermentation. However, only 170 g of the enzyme has been isolated due to nonoptimized downstream processing. The enzyme preparation showed preparative usefulness at a semipreparative scale for the stereoselective hydroxylation of ethyl benzene, achieving more than 340,000 catalytic turnovers and producing over 5 g L-1 (R)-1-phenyl ethanol in 7 days.