Relationship between interfacial hydrophobicity and hydroxylation activity of fungal cells located on an organic-aqueous interface

Shinobu Oda; Naoki Sakamoto; Hideo Horibe; Akihiko Kono; Shinichi Ohashi

doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.11.017

Relationship between interfacial hydrophobicity and hydroxylation activity of fungal cells located on an organic-aqueous interface

J Biosci Bioeng. 2013 May;115(5):544-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.11.017. Epub 2012 Dec 29.

Authors

Shinobu Oda¹, Naoki Sakamoto, Hideo Horibe, Akihiko Kono, Shinichi Ohashi

Affiliation

¹ Genome Biotechnology Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 3-1 Yatsukaho, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-0838, Japan. odas@neptune.kanazawa-it.ac.jp

PMID: 23276519
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.11.017

Abstract

In a liquid-liquid interface bioreactor, fungal cells locate in a hydrophilic polyacrylonitrile microsphere layer on an aqueous-organic interface. In this article, effects of hydrophobicity of the interface on n-decane hydroxylation activity of Monilliera sp. NAP 00702 was examined. (-)-4-Decanol production was significantly enhanced to 132% by addition of polytetrafluoroethylene.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkanes / metabolism*
Bioreactors / microbiology
Fungi / metabolism*
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Hydroxylation
Water / chemistry

Substances

Alkanes
Water
decane