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Production of Lactobacillus kefir cells for asymmetric synthesis of a 3,5-dihydroxycarboxylate

  • Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

An efficient fedbatch process for the production of Lactobacillus kefir DSM 20587 cells was developed. An improvement in space time yield of 270% (3.7 gDCW l-1-day-1) and in final enzyme activity of 440% (9.1 U/ml) was achieved on a 150 l scale by controlling the oxygen transfer rate to 7-9 mmol l-1 h-1. The cells exhibited good and highly stereoselective reducing activities against tert-butyl 6-chloro-3,5-dioxohexanoate. tert-Butyl (3R,5S)-6-chloro-dihydroxyhexanoate, a chiral building block for HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor synthesis, was produced with 47.5% yield and >99% ee at C33 and C55 in a simple batch biotransformation process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-622
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume67
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005

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