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METABOLIC ENGINEERING
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages 134-142Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.10.005
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Alkanes; Whole-cell biocatalysis; alpha,omega-diols; alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acids; Monooxygenases
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Direct and selective terminal oxidation of medium-chain n-alkanes is a major challenge in chemistry. Efforts to achieve this have so far resulted in low specificity and overoxidized products. Biocatalytic oxidation of mediumchain n-alkanes - with for example the alkane monooxygenase AlkB from P. putida GPo1-on the other hand is highly selective. However, it also results in overoxidation. Moreover, diterminal oxidation of medium-chain nalkanes is inefficient. Hence, alpha,omega-bifunctional monomers are mostly produced from olefins using energy intensive, multi-step processes. By combining biocatalytic oxidation with esterification we drastically increased diterminal oxidation upto 92 mol% and reduced overoxidation to 3% for n-hexane. This methodology allowed us to convert medium-chain n-alkanes into alpha,omega-diacetoxyalkanes and esterified alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acids. We achieved this in a one-pot reaction with resting-cell suspensions of genetically engineered Escherichia coli. The combination of terminal oxidation and esterification constitutes a versatile toolbox to produce alpha,omega bifunctional monomers from n-alkanes.
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