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Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production
This study tested the hypothesis that the hydantoin-hydrolysing enzymes of a novel Pseudomonas putida, RUKM3s, with high-levels of activity of a non-stereoselective hydantoinase, and an L-selective N-carbamyl amino acid amidohydrolase (NCAAH), could be optimally extracted, partially purified for cha...
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| author | Bulawayo, Bernard T |
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| description | This study tested the hypothesis that the hydantoin-hydrolysing enzymes of a novel Pseudomonas putida, RUKM3s, with high-levels of activity of a non-stereoselective hydantoinase, and an L-selective N-carbamyl amino acid amidohydrolase (NCAAH), could be optimally extracted, partially purified for characterisation, stabilised by immobilisation, and applied as a biocatalyst for production of amino acids from 5-mono-substituted hydantoin substrates. Experiments were devised to optimise conditions for the production of RUKM3s biomass with high levels of hydantoin hydrolysing activity, and to evaluate techniques of protein extraction, enzyme isolation, purification and characterisation. The NCAAH ofRUKM3s is a dimer of approximately 60 k:Da, .with two subunits of approximately 30 k:Da each. The hydantoinase · is approximately 210 kDa. Methods of enzyme immobilisation were investigated and operational parameters of the immobilised biocatalysts were evaluated. Stabilisation of biocatalysts by immobilisation revealed that among five methods of immobilisation used, covalent coupling to Eupergit® C provided the most suitable biocatalyst formulation of the RUKM3s enzymes. A model of the hydantoinase reaction based on the stabilised biocatalyst was developed and tested by empirical studies in a bioreactor system. In the system, the high hydantoinase activity from RUK.M3s was coupled with the high NCAAH activity of a mutant Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain, RUOR-PNI, to enhance the overall product yield. It was . demonstrated that the combined bioreactor system could achieve close to 100 % conversion yields of amino acid, operating in a continuous substrate-feed mode. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38566 Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production Bulawayo, Bernard T Burton, Stephanie engineering This study tested the hypothesis that the hydantoin-hydrolysing enzymes of a novel Pseudomonas putida, RUKM3s, with high-levels of activity of a non-stereoselective hydantoinase, and an L-selective N-carbamyl amino acid amidohydrolase (NCAAH), could be optimally extracted, partially purified for characterisation, stabilised by immobilisation, and applied as a biocatalyst for production of amino acids from 5-mono-substituted hydantoin substrates. Experiments were devised to optimise conditions for the production of RUKM3s biomass with high levels of hydantoin hydrolysing activity, and to evaluate techniques of protein extraction, enzyme isolation, purification and characterisation. The NCAAH ofRUKM3s is a dimer of approximately 60 k:Da, .with two subunits of approximately 30 k:Da each. The hydantoinase · is approximately 210 kDa. Methods of enzyme immobilisation were investigated and operational parameters of the immobilised biocatalysts were evaluated. Stabilisation of biocatalysts by immobilisation revealed that among five methods of immobilisation used, covalent coupling to Eupergit® C provided the most suitable biocatalyst formulation of the RUKM3s enzymes. A model of the hydantoinase reaction based on the stabilised biocatalyst was developed and tested by empirical studies in a bioreactor system. In the system, the high hydantoinase activity from RUK.M3s was coupled with the high NCAAH activity of a mutant Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain, RUOR-PNI, to enhance the overall product yield. It was . demonstrated that the combined bioreactor system could achieve close to 100 % conversion yields of amino acid, operating in a continuous substrate-feed mode. 2023-09-13T07:06:21Z 2023-09-13T07:06:21Z 2005 2023-08-23T08:23:49Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38566 eng application/pdf Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment |
| spellingShingle | engineering Bulawayo, Bernard T Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| title_full | Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| title_fullStr | Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| title_short | Characterisation of the hydantoin-hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain RUKM3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| title_sort | characterisation of the hydantoin hydrolysing activity of pseudomonas putida strain rukm3s and development of biocatalyst for amino acid production |
| topic | engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38566 |
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