期刊
AMB EXPRESS
卷 1, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-1-24
关键词
biocatalysis; cyanobacteria; ketone reduction; light energy; NADPH; photosynthesis
资金
- Japanese Organic Synthetic Chemistry Organization Award for Research Planning (Sumitomo Chemical Co.)
- JSPS [23370013]
Effective utilization of photosynthetic microorganisms as potential biocatalysts is favorable for the production of useful biomaterials and the reduction of atmospheric CO2. For example, biocatalytic transformations are used in the synthesis of optically active alcohols. We previously found that ketone reduction in cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942 is highly enantioselective and remarkably enhanced under light illumination. In this study, the mechanism of light-enhanced ketone reduction was investigated in detail using several inhibitors of photosynthetic electron transport and of enzymes of the Calvin cycle. It is demonstrated that light intensity and photosynthesis inhibitors significantly affect the ketone reduction activity in Synechococcus. This indicates that the reduction correlates well with photosynthetic activity. Moreover, ketone reduction in Synechococcus specifically depends upon NADPH and not NADH. These results also suggest that cyanobacteria have the potential to be utilized as biocatalytic systems for direct usage of light energy in various applications such as syntheses of useful compounds and remediation of environmental pollutants.
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