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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2025

4-O-Methylglucaric Acid Production from Xylan with Uronic Acid Oxidase and Comparison to Glucaric Acid from Glucose.

Kevin Marrs, Thu V Vuong, Emma R Master

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Kevin MarrsDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada.
Thu V VuongDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-6975
Emma R MasterDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-9817

Funding

Bioproducts Cluster and Bioindustrial Innovation CanadaDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryDepartment of ChemistryGovernment of CanadaNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 528163NSERC Alliance program 570676Sustainable Canadian Agricultural PartnershipUniversity of Toronto
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes an enzymatic pathway to produce high purity 4-O-methylglucaric acid from xylan, an underutilized fraction of lignocellulosic biomass. Beechwood xylan was enzymatically hydrolysed using a commercial xylanase and an α-glucuronidase from Amphibacillus xylanus to form 4-O-methylglucuronic acid, which was then purified by anion exchange chromatography and subsequently oxidized to 4-O-methylglucaric acid using a recombinantly produced uronic acid oxidase from Citrus sinensis. Enzymatic oxidation with uronic acid oxidase afforded 95 % yield in 72 hours which is considerably higher than yields previously achieved using a glucooligosaccharide oxidase from Sarocladium strictum. 4-O-methylglucaric acid was isolated by precipitation and purified by recrystallization. Characterization by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy confirmed product identity and high purity (97.8 % w/w). 4-O-methylglucaric acid's performance as a detergent builder was compared to commercial glucaric acid. At 10 : 1 molar ratios of detergent builder to calcium, 4-O-methylglucaric acid provided similar calcium sequestration performance to glucaric acid (less than 5 % difference) at pH 7 and pH 10 in the presence of surfactants, including sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate. Given their similar calcium sequestration performance, 4-O-methylglucaric acid could effectively substitute for glucaric acid in detergent formulations.

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Glucaric AcidGlucoseXylansGlucaric AcidGlucoseXylans4-O-methylglucaric acidBiomassEnzymesGlucaric acidUronic acid oxidase

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PMID39831666
PMCPMC11907395

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