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Optimization of D-Phenyllactic Acid Production by Whole Cells of Recombinant Escherichia coli Using Response Surface Methodology

WANG Ying1,2, HE He1, HU Fagen1, QI Bin1, WANG Limei1, ZHU Yibo1,*   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Food and Biotechnology of Suzhou, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China;
    2. College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
  • Online:2016-04-15 Published:2016-04-13

Abstract:

The bioconversion conditions for the production of D-3-phenyllactic acid from phenylpyruvic acid (PPA) using
whole cells of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)/pET-28a-ldhD were studied. Using Plackett-Burman design, buffer pH, substrate
concentration and temperature were selected as the factors with significant influence on substrate conversion efficiency out
of 6 factors. Subsequently, the optimization of the three factors was carried out using Box-Behnken design and response
surface analysis. Results indicated that the optimal bioconversion conditions that provided the maximum molar conversion
efficiency of PPA (65.32%) during 30 min were buffer pH 7.0, substrate concentration 42 mmol/L, and temperature 38 ℃,
cell concentration 20 g/L and glucose concentration 20 g/L. Under these conditions, 119 mmol/L (19.75 g/L) of D-PLA with
a productivity of 4.94 g/(L·h) was obtained after 4 h transformation with intermittent PPA feeding.

Key words: D-phenyllactic acid, phenylpyruvic acid, recombinant Escherichia coli, biotransformation, response surface optimization

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