A screening among marine yeasts was carried out for nitrile hydrolyzing activity. Meyerozyma guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) was able to efficiently grow on benzonitrile and cyclohexanecarbonitrile (CECN) as sole nitrogen sources. A two-step one-pot method for obtaining cells of M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) endowed with high nitrilase activity was established; the resulting whole cells converted different nitriles with high molar conversions and showed interesting enantioselectivity toward racemic substrates. Nitrilase from M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) displayed high activity on aromatic substrates, but also arylaliphatic and aliphatic substrates were accepted. Salt-resistant M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) was used in media with different salinity, being highly active up to 1.5 M NaCl concentration. Finally, hydrolysis of nitriles was efficiently performed using a bioprocess (yeast growth and biotransformation with resting cells) entirely carried out in seawater.
Marine microorganisms for biocatalysis : selective hydrolysis of nitriles with a salt-resistant strain of meyerozyma guilliermondii / I. Serra, C. Capusoni, F. Molinari, L. Musso, L. Pellegrino, C. Compagno. - In: MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 1436-2228. - 21:2(2019 Apr), pp. 229-239. [10.1007/s10126-019-09875-0]
Marine microorganisms for biocatalysis : selective hydrolysis of nitriles with a salt-resistant strain of meyerozyma guilliermondii
I. Serra
;C. Capusoni;F. Molinari;L. Musso;L. Pellegrino;C. Compagno
2019
Abstract
A screening among marine yeasts was carried out for nitrile hydrolyzing activity. Meyerozyma guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) was able to efficiently grow on benzonitrile and cyclohexanecarbonitrile (CECN) as sole nitrogen sources. A two-step one-pot method for obtaining cells of M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) endowed with high nitrilase activity was established; the resulting whole cells converted different nitriles with high molar conversions and showed interesting enantioselectivity toward racemic substrates. Nitrilase from M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) displayed high activity on aromatic substrates, but also arylaliphatic and aliphatic substrates were accepted. Salt-resistant M. guilliermondii LM2 (UBOCC-A-214008) was used in media with different salinity, being highly active up to 1.5 M NaCl concentration. Finally, hydrolysis of nitriles was efficiently performed using a bioprocess (yeast growth and biotransformation with resting cells) entirely carried out in seawater.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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