Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015-07-01

Optimization of Direct Lysine Decarboxylase Biotransformation for Cadaverine Production with Whole-Cell Biocatalysts at High Lysine Concentration.

Hyun Joong Kim, Yong Hyun Kim, Ji-Hyun Shin, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Ganesan Sathiyanarayanan, Hyung-Min Seo, Kwon Young Choi, Yung-Hun Yang, Kyungmoon Park

Index: J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 25 , 1108-13, (2015)

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Abstract

Cadaverine (1,5-diaminopentane) is an important industrial chemical with a wide range of applications. Although there have been many efforts to produce cadaverine through fermentation, there are not many reports of the direct cadaverine production from lysine using biotransformation. Whole-cell reactions were examined using a recombinant Escherichia coli strain overexpressing the E. coli MG1655 cadA gene, and various parameters were investigated for the whole-cell bioconversion of lysine to cadaverine. A high concentration of lysine resulted in the synthesis of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) and it was found to be a critical control factor for the biotransformation of lysine to cadaverine. When 0.025 mM PLP and 1.75 M lysine in 500 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH6) were used, consumption of 91% lysine and conversion of about 80% lysine to cadaverine were successfully achieved.