Producing natural flavours from isoamyl alcohol and fusel oil by using immobilised Rhizopus oryzae lipase

Enzymatic synthesis of short-chain esters (flavours) might enable their labelling as natural, increasing their value. Covalently immobilised Rhizopus oryzae lipase (EO-proROL) was used to synthesise isoamyl butyrate and acetate. In cyclohexane, the best performer reaction solvent, 1.8 times higher y...

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Autores: López Fernández, Josu|||0000-0003-2571-5275, Benaiges, M. Dolors|||0000-0002-6840-1981, Sebastian, Xavier|||0000-0003-4568-4939, Bueno, Jose María, Valero, Francisco|||0000-0003-0429-9620
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:259958
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/259958
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/catal12060639
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rhizopus oryzae lipase
Flavor
Fusel oil
Short-chain esters
Esterification
Komagataella phaffii
Immobilization
Isoamyl alcohol
Specificity
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Sumario:Enzymatic synthesis of short-chain esters (flavours) might enable their labelling as natural, increasing their value. Covalently immobilised Rhizopus oryzae lipase (EO-proROL) was used to synthesise isoamyl butyrate and acetate. In cyclohexane, the best performer reaction solvent, 1.8 times higher yield of isoamyl butyrate (ca. 100%) than isoamyl acetate (ca. 55%) was obtained. Optimum initial acid concentration (410 mM) and acid:alcohol mole ratio (0.5) were established by a central composite rotatable design to maximise isoamyl butyrate single-batch and cumulative production with reused enzyme. These conditions were used to scale up the esterification (150 mL) and to assess yield, initial esterification rate, productivity and enzyme operational stability. Commercial isoamyl alcohol and fusel oil results were found to be similar as regards yield (91% vs. 84%), initial reaction rate (5.4 µM min-1 with both substrates), operational stability (40% activity loss after five runs with both) and productivity (31.09 vs. 28.7 mM h-1). EO-proROL specificity for the structural isomers of isoamyl alcohol was also evaluated. Thus, a successful biocatalyst and product conditions ready to be used for isoamyl ester industrial production are here proposed.