Novel organic solvent-responsive expression vectors for biocatalysis: application for development of an organic solvent-tolerant biodesulfurizing strain.
Novel organic solvent-responsive expression vectors for biocatalysis: application for development of an organic solvent-tolerant biodesulfurizing strain.
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10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.015
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2011-10
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11.4
通讯作者:
Fei Tao;Yanhua Liu;Qian Luo;Fei Su;Youqiang Xu;Fuli Li;Bo Yu;Cuiqing Ma;P. Xu
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作者:
Fei Tao;Yanhua Liu;Qian Luo;Fei Su;Youqiang Xu;Fuli Li;Bo Yu;Cuiqing Ma;P. Xu
Biodesulfurization is an attractive alternative to hydrodesulfurization for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum products. However, the fuel oils are toxic to microorganisms, which have seriously hindered the application of biodesulfurization. Here, a solvent-tolerant desulfurizing bacterium, Pseudomonas putida DS23, was developed using one of the organic solvent-responsive expression vectors newly constructed for biocatalysis, in which gene expression could be regulated in an organic solvent-dependent fashion. The biodesulfurizing activity of P. putida DS23 could be induced by all the organic solvents used. P. putida DS23 cells induced by n-hexane were able to degrade 56% of 0.5mM DBT in 12h in the biphasic reaction containing 33.3% (v/v) n-hexane, while the strain induced by isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside could only degrade 26% of 0.5mM DBT. These results suggested that use of the constructed organic solvent-responsive expression vectors can facilitate the biphasic biocatalysis involving organic solvents.