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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 5, Pages 859-864Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1931-x
Keywords
Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB); Whole-cell biocatalyst; Ethyl lactate; Biodegradable plastics; Enantiomer synthesis
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The whole-cell biocatalyst displaying Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) on the yeast cell surface with alpha-agglutinin as the anchor protein was easy to handle and possessed high stability. The lyophilized CALB-displaying yeasts showed their original hydrolytic activity and were applied to an ester synthesis using ethanol and l-lactic acid as substrates. In water-saturated heptane, CALB-displaying yeasts catalyzed ethyl lactate synthesis. The synthesis efficiency increased depending on temperature and reached approximately 74% at 50A degrees C. The amount of l-ethyl lactate increased gradually. l-Ethyl lactate synthesis stopped at 200 h and restarted after adding of l-lactic acid at 253 h. It indicated that CALB-displaying yeasts retained their synthetic activity under such reaction conditions. In addition, CALB-displaying yeasts were able to recognize l-lactic acid and d-lactic acid as substrates. l-Ethyl lactate was prepared from l-lactic acid and d-ethyl lactate was prepared from d-lactic acid using the same CALB-displaying whole-cell biocatalyst. These findings suggest that CALB-displaying yeasts can supply the enantiomeric lactic esters for preparation of useful and improved biopolymers of lactic acid.
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