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Biocatalytic Production of Glucosamine from N-Acetylglucosamine by Diacetylchitobiose Deacetylase

  • Jiang, Zhu (Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Lv, Xueqin (Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Liu, Yanfeng (Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Shin, Hyun-dong (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology) ;
  • Li, Jianghua (Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Du, Guocheng (Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Liu, Long (Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University)
  • Received : 2018.05.27
  • Accepted : 2018.07.18
  • Published : 2018.11.28
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Abstract

Glucosamine (GlcN) is widely used in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. Currently, GlcN is mainly produced by traditional multistep chemical synthesis and acid hydrolysis, which can cause severe environmental pollution, require a long prodution period but a lower yield. The aim of this work was to develop a whole-cell biocatalytic process for the environment-friendly synthesis of glucosamine (GlcN) from N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). We constructed a recombinant Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis strains as efficient whole-cell biocatalysts via expression of diacetylchitobiose deacetylase ($Dac_{ph}$) from Pyrococcus furiosus. Although both strains were biocatalytically active, the performance of B. subtilis was better. To enhance GlcN production, optimal reaction conditions were found: B. subtilis whole-cell biocatalyst 18.6 g/l, temperature $40^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5, GlcNAc concentration 50 g/l and reaction time 3 h. Under the above conditions, the maximal titer of GlcN was 35.3 g/l, the molar conversion ratio was 86.8% in 3-L bioreactor. This paper shows an efficient biotransformation process for the biotechnological production of GlcN in B. subtilis that is more environmentally friendly than the traditional multistep chemical synthesis approach. The biocatalytic process described here has the advantage of less environmental pollution and thus has great potential for large-scale production of GlcN in an environment-friendly manner.

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