Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 59-67Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1831
Keywords
galacto-oligosaccharides; GOS; fed-batch enzymatic synthesis; -galactosidase; Aspergillus oryzae; prebiotics
Funding
- Fondecyt from Conicyt, Chile [1100050]
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile [DII 037.112/2008]
- Conicyt [21080173]
- [Mecesup2 UCV0608]
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Fed-batch synthesis of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) from lactose with -galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae was evaluated experimentally and reaction yield was maximized via optimal control technique. The optimal lactose and enzyme feed flow rate profiles were determined using a model for GOS synthesis previously reported by the authors. Experimentally it was found that fed-batch synthesis allowed an increase on the maximum total GOS concentration from 115 (batch synthesis) to 218 g L-1 as consequence of the increase in total sugars concentration from 40 to 58% w/w. Such high concentration of total sugars was not attainable in batch operation because of the low solubility of lactose at the reaction temperature (40 degrees C). Simulations predicted a GOS yield of 32.5 g g(-1) in fed-batch synthesis under optimal conditions, while experimentally the same yield as in batch synthesis was obtained (28 g g(-1)). Besides, an enrichment of total oligosaccharides in GOS with a high polymerization degree (GOS-5 and GOS-6) was observed in the fed-batch synthesis. Experimental profiles for all sugars were similar to the ones predicted by simulation, which supports the use of this methodology for the optimization of GOS synthesis. (c) 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 30:59-67, 2014
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