Journal
BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 71-78Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s00449-009-0365-2
Keywords
Uridine 5-diphosphogalactose; Optimization of biosynthetic process; Recombinant E. coli
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea [M10417060004-04N1706-00410]
- Korea government [R0A-2007-000-10007-0]
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Five recombinant Escherichia coli extracts harboring overexpressed galactokinase, galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase, UDP-glucose pyrophophorylase, UMP kinase, and acetate kinase (AK) were utilized for the production of UDP-galactose (UDP-Gal). We analyzed the parameters which limit the yield of UDP-Gal in the reaction, and the reaction was optimized by increasing the concentration of AK. AK was used for the ATP regeneration as well as the conversion of UDP to UTP. The activities of four overexpressed enzymes were identically fixed, and then we increased the activity of AK to 20 times higher than others. The extracts catalyzed the production of UDP-Gal from UMP (10 mM), galactose (12 mM), ATP (1 mM), and acetyl phosphate (40 mM). As the result of the reaction, the conversion yield of UDP-Gal reached to 95% from 10 mM UMP.
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