Hydroperoxide production from linoleic acid by heterologous Gaeumannomyces graminis tritici lipoxygenase: Optimization and scale-up

  • Juan José Villaverde*
  • , Vincent van der Vlist
  • , Sónia A.O. Santos
  • , Thomas Haarmann
  • , Kim Langfelder
  • , Minni Pirttimaa
  • , Antti Nyyssölä
  • , Sirpa Jylhä
  • , Tarja Tamminen
  • , Kristiina Kruus
  • , Leo de Graaff
  • , Carlos Pascoal Neto
  • , Mário M.Q. Simões
  • , M.R.M. Domingues
  • , Armando J.D. Silvestre
  • , Jasmin Eidner
  • , Johanna Buchert
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Linoleic acid was converted into hydroperoxides by a Gaeumannomyces graminis tritici lipoxygenase produced recombinantly in Trichoderma reesei. Hydroperoxide production was optimized using a face-centred experimental design in order to study the effects of pH, temperature and time on the conversion of linoleic acid into four regioisomeric hydroperoxyoctadecadienoic acids (HPODE): 13-(Z,E)-, 9-(E,Z)-, 13-(E,E)-, 9-(E,E)-HPODE. Fitting equations described satisfactorily the system behavior and showed that reaction time was the most influencing independent variable. A set of independent variables (pH = 6.7, temperature = 23.9 °C and time = 18 h) allowed to obtain high yields of hydroperoxides (88.0%) with a good selectivity for the 13-(Z,E)-HPODE isomer (47.4%) when the initial substrate concentration was 10 g/L. The production was further investigated using industrially relevant linoleic acid concentrations (100–300 g/L) leading to HPODE yields of ∼40% and the volumetric productivity 3.6 g/(L h), and a selectivity for 13-(Z,E)-HPODE of around 74%.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)82-90
    JournalChemical Engineering Journal
    Volume217
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Fatty acid hydroperoxides
    • linoleic acid
    • lipoxygenase
    • optimization
    • scale-up

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