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Abstract
Biologically catalyzed reactions often produce enantiomers of the product; however, only one configuration is desired. Reaction conditions are known to affect enantiomer ratios and reaction kinetics, but little is known regarding the effect of processing conditions on whole-cell biocatalysis. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells were grown in batch on glucose at pH = 4, 5, and 7, and then immobilized on Celite beads or in calcium alginate beads and used as the biocatalyst for the conversion of acetophenone in hexane to (S)-1-phenylethanol at water activities of 0.37, 0.61, and 0.80. S. cerevisiae was used as a model microorganism for the whole-cell catalyzed reaction. The initial reaction rate (IRR) and the final (S)-1-phenylethanol concentration were quantified for each treatment. The highest IRR value (94.9 µmol/h) and the highest final concentration of (S)-1-phenylethanol (17.8 mM) were observed on Celite-immobilized cells grown at pH 5 or 7, with the main effect of growth medium pH highly statistically significant. The main effect of water activity and the interactions of the two were not statistically significant (a = 0.05). The cells immobilized in calcium alginate beads favored a water activity of 0.61, resulting in an IRR of 916.2 µmol/h/g dcw, averaged over pH. The highest final concentration of (S)-1-phenylethanol (4.8 mM) was achieved with cells grown at pH 5 or 7. Calcium alginate beads gave the highest initial reaction rate with a growth pH of 7 and a water activity of 0.61. However, pH of 5 and water activity of 0.61 resulted in the highest final concentration of (S)-1-phenylethanol.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.26805
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This article is published with the approval of the Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and designated Paper No. 09‐05‐003.
Repository Citation
Coleman, Nicholas P.; Crofcheck, Czarena; Nokes, Sue E.; and Knutson, Barbara L., "Effects of Growth Media pH and Reaction Water Activity on the Conversion of Acetophenone to (S)-1-Phenylethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Immobilized on Celite 635 and in Calcium Alginate" (2009). Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications. 30.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/bae_facpub/30
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Transactions of the ASABE, v. 52, issue 2, p. 665-671.
© 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
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