Glucose‐to‐fructose conversion at high temperatures with xylose (glucose) isomerases from Streptomyces murinus and two hyperthermophilic Thermotoga species
- 19 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 80 (2), 185-194
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.10362
Abstract
The conversion of glucose to fructose at elevated temperatures, as catalyzed by soluble and immobilized xylose (glucose) isomerases from the hyperthermophiles Thermotoga maritima (TMGI) and Thermotoga neapolitana 5068 (TNGI) and from the mesophile Streptomyces murinus (SMGI), was examined. At pH 7.0 in the presence of Mg2+, the temperature optima for the three soluble enzymes were 85°C (SMGI), 95° to 100°C (TNGI), and >100°C (TMGI). Under certain conditions, soluble forms of the three enzymes exhibited an unusual, multiphasic inactivation behavior in which the decay rate slowed considerably after an initial rapid decline. However, the inactivation of the enzymes covalently immobilized to glass beads, monophasic in most cases, was characterized by a first‐order decay rate intermediate between those of the initial rapid and slower phases for the soluble enzymes. Enzyme productivities for the three immobilized GIs were determined experimentally in the presence of Mg2+. The highest productivities measured were 750 and 760 kg fructose per kilogram SMGI at 60°C and 70°C, respectively. The highest productivity for both TMGI and TNGI in the presence of Mg2+ occurred at 70°C, pH 7.0, with approximately 230 and 200 kg fructose per kilogram enzyme for TNGI and TMGI, respectively. At 80°C and in the presence of Mg2+, productivities for the three enzymes ranged from 31 to 273. A simple mathematical model, which accounted for thermal effects on kinetics, glucose–fructose equilibrium, and enzyme inactivation, was used to examine the potential for high‐fructose corn syrup (HFCS) production at 80°C and above using TNGI and SMGI under optimal conditions, which included the presence of both Co2+ and Mg2+. In the presence of both cations, these enzymes showed the potential to catalyze glucose‐to‐fructose conversion at 80°C with estimated lifetime productivities on the order of 2000 kg fructose per kilogram enzyme, a value competitive with enzymes currently used at 55° to 65°C, but with the additional advantage of higher fructose concentrations. At 90°C, the estimated productivity for SMGI dropped to 200, whereas, for TNGI, lifetime productivities on the order of 1000 were estimated. Assuming that the most favorable biocatalytic and thermostability features of these enzymes can be captured in immobilized form and the chemical lability of substrates and products can be minimized, HFCS production at high temperatures could be used to achieve higher fructose concentrations as well as create alternative processing strategies. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 80: 185–194, 2002.Keywords
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