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TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY
Volume 15, Issue 18, Pages 2933-2937Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2004.07.055
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alpha-Ketoglutarate, employed to treat mild chronic renal insufficiency, was obtained through enzymatic oxidation of monosodium glutamate (MSG) catalyzed by L-glutamate dehydrogenase (L-gluDH) coupled with NADH oxidase for the regeneration of NADH back to NAD(+). The irreversible reduction of molecular oxygen to water by NADH oxidase is demonstrated to drive oxidation of MSG to alpha-ketoglutarate to completion. L-gluDH was found to be inhibited by all three oxidative deamination products, alpha-ketoglutarate, NADH, and ammonia. As the pH in the current system was balanced by sodium, not ammonia, and NADH was recycled to NAD(+), inhibition of L-gluDH by alpha-ketoglutarate is believed to present the biggest challenge to an efficient process. In a batch experiment, we achieved a volumetric productivity of 1 g/(L(.)d). (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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