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Volume 7, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Biotechnol Biomater
ISSN: 2155-952X JBTBM, an open access journal
March 20-21, 2017 Rome, Italy
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15th World Congress on
2nd International Conference on
Biotechnology And Biotech Industries Meet
Enzymology and Molecular Biology
Enzymology & Mol. Biology 2017
Biotechnology Congress 2017
March 20-21, 2017
The effect of natural deep eutectic solvent on laccase catalyzed polycatechin synthesis
Ayse Ezgi Unlu1, 2, Brinda Prasad1, Kishan Anavekar1, Paul Bubenheim1 and Andreas Liese1
1Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
2Ankara University, Turkey
C atechin is a crucial member of flavonoids that show antioxidant properties both in vivo and in vitro. However, flavonoid
monomers, like catechin, have some disadvantages such as low solubility and pro-oxidant activity. These drawbacks are reported
to disappear in the polymerized form. The polymerization of catechin was reported using organic solvents to provide solubility in
many studies. We present here the effect of natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) as green solvents on laccase catalyzed polycatechin
synthesis. The reaction media contained catechin (5 mg ml-1), acetate buffer (pH=5) and betaine (B)-mannose (M) (5:2, molar
amount) at mentioned amounts. The effect of B-M amount (5, 50-90%), laccase concentration (15.6-125 U) and temperature (25-
40ºC) were investigated on polycatechin synthesis. The antioxidant activities of the polycatechins were tested in terms of superoxide
radical scavenging activity and xanthine/xanthine oxidase activity. Size exclusion chromatography and HPLC analysis were used as
analytical methods. According to the results, 5% B-M containing reaction media provided high molecular weight polycatechin that
was comparable with acetone containing media. Therefore organic solvent content could be discarded from the reaction. However,
handling of the reaction media and recovery of the product were challenging steps at increased NADES content. The conversion
rate of catechin was found to increase with increasing laccase amount. Additionally, high laccase concentration (125 U) was found
to provide high molecular weight and yield. On the other hand, temperature had no significant effect on polycatechin formation at
tested range (25-40ºC). All polycatechins obtained were found to have increased superoxide radical scavenging activity and xanthine/
xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity when compared to monomer catechin. This study showed that polycatechin synthesis pathway
could be shifted to a green route using NADES.
Biography
Ayse Ezgi Unlu has expertise in enzymes, enzymatic reactions, fermentation, protein synthesis, proteomics, enzymatic biopolymers and green solvents. The
synthesis of Naproxen, a member of NSAIDs, was the subject of her Master’s thesis by using commercial lipase subjected to various pre-treatment strategies that
enhanced the activity. Investigation of different parameters on the production of lipase by Candida rugosa and also proteomic analysis of the isoenzymes was
another subject of her interest. She has done her Post-doctoral research on the synthesis of flavonoids using green solvents.
Ayse Ezgi Unlu et al., J Biotechnol Biomater 2017, 7:1(Suppl)