Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages 734-743Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.173
Keywords
Rhizomucor miehei lipase; Yeast surface display; Biodiesel production; Crosslinking study; Palm fatty acid distillate; Soybean fatty acid distillate
Funding
- CNPq [406754/2013-6]
- CAPES [23038.004870/2015-11]
- FAPERJ [202.713/16, E-26/202.251/2018, E-26/203276/2017]
- Petrobras
- MINECO of Spanish Government [CTQ2013-41507-R]
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This study successfully utilized a novel biocatalyst RML-PIR1 for producing biodiesel from residual agro-industrial fatty acids. The biocatalyst demonstrated optimal activity at 45 degrees C, with high stability and enhanced reuse potential through treatment with GA and PEG. This new biocatalyst shows promising potential for biotechnological applications, particularly in large-scale biofuel production.
This work aimed the application of a new biocatalyst for biodiesel production from residual agro-industrial fatty acids. A recombinant Pichia pastoris displaying lipase from Rhizomucor miehei (RML) on the cell surface, using the PIR-1 anchor system, were prepared using glycerol as the carbon source. The biocatalyst, named RML-PIR1 showed optimum temperature of 45 degrees C (74.0 U/L). The stability tests resulted in t1/2 of 3.49 and 2.15 h at 40 and 45 degrees C, respectively. RML-PIR1 was applied in esterification reactions using industrial co-products as substrates, palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and soybean fatty acid distillate (SFAD). The highest productivity was observed for SFAD after 48 h presenting 79.1% of conversion using only 10% of biocatalyst and free-solvent system. This is about ca. eight times higher than commercial free RML in the same conditions. The stabilizing agents study revealed that the treatment using glutaraldehyde (GA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) enabled increased stability and reuse of biocatalyst. It was observed by SEM analysis that the treatment modified the cell morphology. RML-PIR1-GA presented 87.9% of the initial activity after 6 reuses, whilst the activity of unmodified RML-PIR decreased by 40% after the first use. These results were superior to those obtained in the literature, making this new biocatalyst promising for biotechnological applications, such as the production of biofuels on a large scale.
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