Title
In vitro production of L-cysteine using thermophilic enzymes
Conference Dates
September 24-28, 2017
Abstract
L-Cysteine (L-Cys) is a commercially important amino acid and widely used in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Commercial production of L-Cys has long been done by an acid-hydrolysis of human hair and animal feather, leading to the generation of a large quantity of hazardous wastes. Although several biotechnology companies have recently launched a fermentative production of L-Cys using engineered bacteria, these processes suffer from the low product titer mainly due to the cytotoxic effect of L-Cys. To provide an alternative approach for the commercial production of L-Cys, we aimed at the development of a non-fermentative, in vitro manufacturing system using thermophilic enzymes. In this system, enzymes from (hyper)thermophilic bacteria and archaea were assembled to construct an in vitro synthetic pathway for the one-pot conversion of glucose to L-Cys (Figure 1). By using experimentally optimized concentrations of enzymes, L-Cys could be produced at a rate of 0.9 g/L/h with a molar conversion yield of 25%.
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Recommended Citation
Kohsuke Honda, Hironori Taniguchi, Yohei Hanatani, Kenji Okano, Makoto Imura, and Ryo Iwakiri, "In vitro production of L-cysteine using thermophilic enzymes" in "Enzyme Engineering XXIV", Pierre Monsan, Toulouse White Biotechnology, France Magali Remaud-Simeon, LISBP-INSA, University of Toulouse, France Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2017). https://dc.engconfintl.org/enzyme_xxiv/107