Synergistic production of L-arabinose from arabinan by the combined use of thermostable endo- and exo-arabinanases from Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus

Abstract

The optimum conditions for the production of L-arabinose from debranched arabinan were determined to be pH 6.5, 75°C, 20 g l(-1) debranched arabinan, 42 Um l(-1) endo-1,5-α-L-arabinanase, and 14 U ml(-1) α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and the conditions for sugar beet arabinan were pH 6.0, 75°C, 20 g l(-1) sugar beet arabinan, 3 U ml(-1) endo-1,5-α-L-arabinanase, and 24 U ml(-1) α-L-arabinofuranosidase. Under the optimum conditions, 16 g l(-1)l-arabinose was obtained from 20 g l(-1) debranched arabinan or sugar beet arabinan after 120 min, with a hydrolysis yield of 80% and a productivity of 8 g l(-1)h(-1). This is the first reported trial for the production of L-arabinose from the hemicellulose arabinan by the combined use of endo- and exo-arabinanases.