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Repeated production of 6-(N-hydroxyethyl)-amino-6-deoxy-α-l-sorbofuranose by immobilized Gluconobacter oxydans cells with a strategy of in situ exhaustive cell regeneration

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The major troubles in 6-(N-hydroxyethyl)-amino-6-deoxy-α-l-sorbofuranose (6NSL) production from N-2-hydroxyethyl glucamine (NHEG) by Gluconobacter oxydans were low cell yield during cell preparation and loss of cells’ biocatalytic ability during biotransformation, resulting in high production cost and low 6NSL production. The target of this work was to enhance 6NSL production by reusing cells and improving the cells biocatalytic ability. First, inhibitory effects of substrate and product on 6NSL production, and optimization of cell regeneration condition were investigated, respectively. Then repeated production of 6NSL by immobilized cell using a strategy of in situ exhaustive cell regeneration in a bubble column bioreactor was developed. As a result, the bioprocess underwent nine cycles, the average 6NSL production and conversion rate of NHEG to 6NSL reached 42.6 g L−1 and 83.1% in each batch was achieved, respectively.

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This study was funded by National Major Project of Scientific Instruments Development of China (2012YQ15008713), granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of PR China.

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HZ and ZY designed this study; HZ and ZZ conducted the experiments; HZ, ZZ, and KX analyzed the data; HZ and ZZ wrote the paper; KX revised the manuscript. All the authors have read the manuscript critically.

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Hu, ZC., Zhao, ZY., Ke, X. et al. Repeated production of 6-(N-hydroxyethyl)-amino-6-deoxy-α-l-sorbofuranose by immobilized Gluconobacter oxydans cells with a strategy of in situ exhaustive cell regeneration. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 43, 1781–1789 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-020-02368-8

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