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Saturday, 27 February 2016

Immobilization of nitrilase for synthesis of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid

Immobilization of nitrilase on bioinspired silica for efficient synthesis of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid from 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanenitrile  from Li-Qun Jin, Dong-Jing Guo, Zong-Tong Li, Zhi-Qiang Liu, Yu-Guo Zheng
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, DOI 10.1007/s10295-016-1747-5

This paper describes a simple and effective method to immobilize recombinant nitrilase, for efficient production of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid from 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanenitrile. The immobilized enzyme displayed better thermal stability, pH stability and shelf life compared to free nitrilase. Moreover, it showed excellent reusability and could be recycled up to 16 batches without significant loss in activity. 200 mM 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanenitrile was completely converted by the immobilized enzyme within 30 min, and the accumulation amount of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid reached 130 mmol/g of immobilized beads after 16 batches.



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