Immobilised whole-cell recombinant monoamine oxidase biocatalysis

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015 Feb;99(3):1229-36. doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-5983-1. Epub 2014 Aug 8.

Abstract

This work demonstrates the first example of the immobilisation of MAO-N whole cells to produce a biocatalyst that remained suitable for repetitive use after 11 months of storage and stable up to 15 months after immobilisation. The production of Escherichia coli expressing recombinant MAO-N was scaled up to bioreactors under regulated, previously optimised conditions (10% DO, pH 7), and the amount of biomass was almost doubled compared to flask cultivation. Subsequently, pilot immobilisation of the whole-cell biocatalyst using LentiKats technology was performed. The amount of the immobilised biomass was optimised and the process was scaled up to a production level by immobilising 15 g of dry cell weight per litre of polyvinyl alcohol to produce 3 kg of whole-cell ready-to-use biocatalyst. The immobilised biocatalyst retained its initial activity over six consecutive biotransformations of the secondary amine model compound 3-azabicylo [3,3,0]octane, a building block of the hepatitis C drug telaprevir. Consecutive cultivation cycles in growth conditions not only increased the initial specific activity of biocatalyst produced on the industrial plant by more than 30%, but also significantly increased the rate of the biotransformation compared to the non-propagated biocatalyst.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biogenic Monoamines / metabolism
  • Bioreactors / microbiology
  • Cells, Immobilized / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Monoamine Oxidase / genetics
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Biogenic Monoamines
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Monoamine Oxidase