An artificial multi-enzyme cascade biocatalysis for biomanufacturing of
nicotinamide mononucleotide from starch and nicotinamide in one-pot
Abstract
β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is an important precursor in the
synthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and confers
multiple health benefits, resulting in the rapid growth of NMN market
capacity in the fields of food and health care. To overcome the
drawbacks of NMN production by the existing chemical or microbial
fermentation method, there is an urgent need to develop a prospective
NMN production strategy with low cost, low pollution, and high yield. In
this study, we demonstrated an artificial in vitro multi-enzyme cascade
biocatalysis using starch and nicotinamide (Nam) as substrates for the
synthesis of NMN in one-pot. This multi-enzyme cascade reaction was
optimized in terms of pH value, buffer concentration, inorganic
phosphate concentration, enzyme composition, and phosphoenolpyruvate
concentration. Under optimized conditions, a high molar yield of 87.8%
for NMN was achieved using 3.2 mM Nam as substrate, and a molar yield of
55.37% for NMN was also achieved under the initial Nam concentration of
9.21 mM. This in vitro enzymatic platform provides a promising and
environmental friendliness biomanufacturing technology for the
production of NMN.