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Biocatalytic acylation of 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) was developed using whole cell of Aspergillus oryzae as a novel catalyst. 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis indicated that the whole-cell biocatalyst had more specific activity toward the 3′-hydroxyl group than 5′-hydroxyl group among the available hydroxyl groups in sugar moiety of ara-C. Except for glucose and maltose, 11 carbon sources supplemented to basal media, including Spans, Tweens, olive oil and oleic acid, exhibited notable enhancement effects on both the cell growth and the acylation reactions. It was suggested that the carbon sources containing controlled-release oleic acid were the important substrates for the production of fungal cell-bound lipase with specific activity, partially due to a gradual induction effect of their released oleic acid on the cell-bound lipase production. Despite the low initial reaction rate and substrate conversion, the addition of 2.0 g/l Span 80 resulted in a higher 3′-regioselectivity of the cells than 81%. By using Tween 85 at its optimum concentration of 5.0 g/l, however, the highest initial rates (3.2 mmol/l h) and substrate conversion (76%) of the whole-cell catalyzed acylation of ara-C can be achieved. It was also found that the 3′-regioselectivity of the cells showed observable increase by extending the culture time. And the activity of cell-bound lipase drastically increased in the early stage of cell growth and then declined in the late culture stage, whatever the culture media used. Our results thus indicated that A. oryzae whole cell was a promising green tool for biosynthesis of nucleoside esters with potential bioactivities.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20906031), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, SCUT (Grant No. 2009ZZ0020, 2011ZB0012), and the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 200805611022, No. 200805611104).
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Li, XF., Zhu, Z., Zhao, GL. et al. A novel biocatalytic approach to acetylation of 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine by Aspergillus oryzae whole cell in organic solvents. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 93, 143–150 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3444-7
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