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ArticleScientific reports2019

Novel biotechnological glucosylation of high-impact aroma chemicals, 3(2H)- and 2(5H)-furanones.

Isabelle Effenberger, Thomas Hoffmann, Rafal Jonczyk, Wilfried Schwab

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabelle EffenbergerBiotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Thomas HoffmannBiotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Rafal JonczykBiotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Wilfried SchwabBiotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354, Freising, Germany. wilfried.schwab@tum.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9753-3967
Technical University of Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucosyltransferases are versatile biocatalysts to chemically modify small molecules and thus enhance their water solubility and structural stability. Although the genomes of all organisms harbor a multitude of glucosyltransferase genes, their functional characterization is hampered by the lack of high-throughput in-vivo systems to rapidly test the versatility of the encoded proteins. We have developed and applied a high-throughput whole cell biotransformation system to screen a plant glucosyltransferase library. As proof of principle, we identified 25, 24, 15, and 18 biocatalysts transferring D-glucose to sotolone, maple furanone, furaneol and homofuraneol, four highly appreciated flavor compounds, respectively. Although these 3(2H)- and 2(5H)-furanones have extremely low odor thresholds their glucosides were odorless. Upscaling of the biotechnological process yielded titers of 5.3 and 7.2 g/L for the new to nature β-D-glucopyranosides of sotolone and maple furanone, respectively. Consequently, plant glucosyltransferase show stunning catalytic activities, which enable the economical production of novel and unexplored chemicals with exciting new functionalities by whole-cell biotransformation.

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OdorantsBiocatalysisBiotransformationEscherichia coliFuransGlucosidesGlucosyltransferasesPlant ProteinsFuransGlucosidesGlucosyltransferasesPlant Proteins

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PMID31358872
PMCPMC6662797
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