Production of oligoglucuronans by enzymatic depolymerization of nascent glucuronan

Biotechnol Prog. 2005 Nov-Dec;21(6):1775-81. doi: 10.1021/bp0501930.

Abstract

An original bioreactor process for production of oligoglucuronans was developed using the Sinorhizobium meliloti M5N1CS strain that produces glucuronan. This anionic homopolysaccharide was composed of beta-D-(1,4)-glucopyranosyluronic residues variably O-acetylated at C-3 and/or C-2 positions according to culture conditions. It was depolymerized during its biosynthesis by addition of a fungal glucuronan lyase activity in broths. After purification by tangential ultrafiltration and low-pressure liquid chromatography, (1)H NMR and ESI-Q/TOF-MS characterized the poly- and oligoglucuronic acid fractions. This enzymatic bioreactor strategy authorized the production in gram quantity of an unsaturated and no acetylated oligoglucuronan with a degree of polymerization of 3.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biotechnology
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / isolation & purification
  • Oligosaccharides / metabolism*
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases / metabolism
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Sinorhizobium meliloti / enzymology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases
  • glucuronan lyase