采用分子克隆手段从基因组数据库中获得5个可以不对称还原苯丙酮酸合成手性苯乳酸的酮酸还原酶,并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中成功表达。比较5个重组酮酸还原酶的酶活、转化率、ee值等指标,来源于干酪乳杆菌的酮酸还原酶LcKAR表现出最高的比活力和选择性。纯酶LcKAR的比活力为0.32 U/mg,在不对称还原反应中遵循Prelog规则,产物为(R)-苯乳酸,且ee〉99%。对重组大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)/pET28a-LcKAR的培养基及发酵条件进行优化,最适培养条件为种龄6 h,接种体积分数为3%,诱导剂IPTG浓度为0.6 mmol/L,诱导时间为5 h,经发酵培养后LcKAR的发酵酶活达到2.17×10^3 U/L。
Phenyllactic acid was one o f the most important compounds with wide application in pharmaceuticals and biological preservatives. Five ketoacid reductases capable o f asymmetric reduction of phenylpyruvic acid (PPA) into phenyllactic acid (PLA) were obtained from genome databases, and were heterogeneously over-expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3 ). Among 5 enzymes, the recombinant ketoacid reductase from Lactobacillus casei ( LcKAR) displayed the best biocatalytic performance,with the highest specific activity of 0.32 U/mg of purified enzyme and enantioselectivity of 〉99%. This LcKAR obeys Prelog rule in the asymmetric reduction of PPA into (R )-PLA. The fermentation medium composition and culture conditions of recombinant E.coli BL21 (DE3)/pET28a-LcKAR were optimized to be seed age of 6 h ,3% inoculation, induced with 0.6 mmol/L IPTG at 30℃ for 5 h. Under above optimal conditions, the LcKAR production could reach 2.17 kU/L in a 3 L bioreactor.