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Zhao L, Geng J, Guo Y, Liao X, Liu X, Wu R, Zheng Z, Zhang R. Expression of the Thermobifida fusca xylanase Xyn11A in Pichia pastoris and its characterization. BMC Biotechnol 2015; 15:18. [PMID: 25887328 PMCID: PMC4369062 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-015-0135-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Xylan is a major component of plant cells and the most abundant hemicellulose. Xylanases degrade xylan into monomers by randomly cleaving β-1,4-glycosidic bonds in the xylan backbone, and have widespread potential applications in various industries. The purpose of our study was to clone and express the endoxylanase gene xynA of Thermobifida fusca YX in its native form and with a C-terminal histidine (His) tag in Pichia pastoris X-33. We analyzed and compared these two forms of the protein and examined their potential applications in various industries. RESULTS The xynA gene from T. fusca YX was successfully cloned and expressed using P. pastoris X-33. We produced a recombinant native form of the protein (rXyn11A) and a C-terminal His-tagged form of the desired protein (rXyn11A-(His)6). The specific activities of rXyn11A and rXyn11A-(His)6 in culture supernatants approached 149.4 and 133.4 U/mg, respectively. These activities were approximately 4- and 3.5-fold higher than those for the non-recombinant wild-type Xyn11A (29.3 U/mg). Following purification, the specific activities of rXyn11A and rXyn11A-(His)6 were 557.35 and 515.84 U/mg, respectively. The specific activity of rXyn11A was 8% higher than that of rXyn11A-(His)6. Both recombinant xylanases were optimally active at 80°C and pH 8.0, and exhibited greater than 60% activity between pH 6-9 and 60-80°C. They exhibited similar pH stability, while rXyn11A exhibited better thermostability; N-glycosylation enhanced the thermostability of both recombinant xylanases. The products of beechwood xylan hydrolyzed by both xylanases included xylobiose, xylotriose, xylotetraose and xylopentaose. CONCLUSIONS The C-terminal His tag had adverse effects when added to the Xyn11A protein. The thermostability of both recombinant xylanases was enhanced by N-glycosylation. Their stabilities at a high pH and temperature indicate their potential for application in various industries.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Guo YQ, Wu QP, Shao XX, Shen T, Liu YL, Xu ZG, Guo ZY. Secretory overexpression and isotopic labeling of the chimeric relaxin family peptide R3/I5 in Pichia pastoris. Amino Acids 2015; 47:1117-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-1939-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Çalık P, Ata Ö, Güneş H, Massahi A, Boy E, Keskin A, Öztürk S, Zerze GH, Özdamar TH. Recombinant protein production in Pichia pastoris under glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter: From carbon source metabolism to bioreactor operation parameters. Biochem Eng J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nguyen TTT, Truong THD, Le GB, Duong HX, Nguyen QB, Nguyen DQ. Generation and characterization of soluble interleukin-33 receptor fused with immunoglobulin gamma-1 constant domain expressed by Pichia pastoris yeast. J Pharm Pharmacol 2015; 67:329-37. [PMID: 25644762 DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Interleukin (IL)-33 is a novel member of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 family, which plays an important role in the immune response. IL-33 was proved to involve in many inflammatory and allergic diseases, thus the inhibition of this cytokine may be a promising treatment for these diseases. Arms of the study were to generate mouse soluble IL-33 receptor fused with human IgG1 Fc domain (msIL33R-Fc) expressed by Pichia pastoris yeast and to characterize the IL-33 inhibitory activity of this protein. METHODS Clone of P. pastoris expressing msIL33R-Fc was established and the recombinant protein was harvested from culture supernatant by protein A sepharose beads. Recombinant msIL33R-Fc was analysed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting and activity of the protein was investigated using the immunoprecipitation and the bio-assay on EL-4 cells. KEY FINDINGS P. pastoris-derived msIL33R-Fc was expressed as a glyco-protein and perhaps in dimeric form. The glycosylation of protein expressed by P. pastoris yeast was more intensive and more heterogeneous compared with the counterpart protein expressed from HEK293 cells. Similar to HEK293-derived protein, msIL33R-Fc from P. pastoris was able to capture IL-33 and to interfere with the interaction between IL-33 and IL-33R in in-vitro condition. In IL-33-stimulated EL-4 cell bio-assay, P. pastoris-derived msIL33R-Fc suppressed IL-33 activity similarly as HEK293-derived msIL33R-Fc did. CONCLUSIONS P. pastoris yeast can express and secrete bio-functional fusion protein sIL33R-Fc IgG1 and this expression system may be beneficial in future studies on the fusion protein.
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Ferrer-Miralles N, Saccardo P, Corchero JL, Xu Z, García-Fruitós E. General introduction: recombinant protein production and purification of insoluble proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1258:1-24. [PMID: 25447856 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2205-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Proteins are synthesized in heterologous systems because of the impossibility to obtain satisfactory yields from natural sources. The production of soluble and functional recombinant proteins is among the main goals in the biotechnological field. In this context, it is important to point out that under stress conditions, protein folding machinery is saturated and this promotes protein misfolding and, consequently, protein aggregation. Thus, the selection of the optimal expression organism and the most appropriate growth conditions to minimize the formation of insoluble proteins should be done according to the protein characteristics and downstream requirements. Escherichia coli is the most popular recombinant protein expression system despite the great development achieved so far by eukaryotic expression systems. Besides, other prokaryotic expression systems, such as lactic acid bacteria and psychrophilic bacteria, are gaining interest in this field. However, it is worth mentioning that prokaryotic expression system poses, in many cases, severe restrictions for a successful heterologous protein production. Thus, eukaryotic systems such as mammalian cells, insect cells, yeast, filamentous fungus, and microalgae are an interesting alternative for the production of these difficult-to-express proteins.
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- Neus Ferrer-Miralles
- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Xi H, Tian Y, Zhou N, Zhou Z, Shen W. Characterization of an N-glycosylated Bacillus subtilis leucine aminopeptidase expressed in Pichia pastoris. J Basic Microbiol 2014; 55:236-46. [PMID: 25389014 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201400368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Aminopeptidase is an important flavorsome especially in protein hydrolysate debittering by removing hydrophobic amino acid residue at the N-terminal end. Besides, it is also applied to preparation of active peptides and analysis of protein sequence. In this study, leucine aminopeptidase from Bacillus subtilis was cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris, a widely used heterologous protein expression host. Then it was purified and characterized. After methanol induction for 96 h, the aminopeptidase activity in culture supernatant reached 28.4 U ml(À1) , which was 7.1 times that of wild strain B. subtilis Zj016. The optimal temperature and pH of the purified recombinant enzyme were 60 °C and 8.5, respectively. The purified aminopeptidase was stable within 30-60 °C and pH 8.0-9.0. It was intensively inhibited by Ni(2β) , Ca(2β) , DL-dithiothreitol (DTT) and ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), but activated by Co(2β) . The Km toward leucine-p-nitroanilines (Leu-pNA) of the enzyme was 0.97 mM. The sequence analysis of aminopeptidase indicated three potential N-glycosylation sites and it was further verified via MALDI-TOF-MS analysis. Consequently, the N-glycosylated aminopeptidase exhibited higher thermostability and catalytic efficiency. The purified enzyme exhibited two bands through sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) while a single band can be identified when the enzyme was deglycosylated. Circular dichroism spectroscopy indicated that the secondary structure of recombinant aminopeptidase was similar to the wild-type.
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- Hongxing Xi
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Zhang Y, Yang S, Dai X, Liu L, Jiang X, Shao M, Chi S, Wang C, Yu C, Wei K, Zhu R. Protective immunity induced by the vaccination of recombinant Proteus mirabilis OmpA expressed in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 105:33-8. [PMID: 25317910 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Proteus mirabilis (P. mirabilis) is a zoonotic pathogen that has recently presented a rising infection rate in the poultry industry. To develop an effective vaccine to protect chickens against P. mirabilis infection, OmpA, one of the major outer membrane proteins of P. mirabilis, was expressed in Pichia pastoris. The concentration of the expressed recombinant OmpA protein reached 8.0μg/mL after induction for 96h with 1.0% methanol in the culture. In addition, OmpA protein was confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using the antibody against Escherichia coli-expressed OmpA protein. Taishan Pinus massoniana pollen polysaccharide, a known plant-derived adjuvant, was mixed into the recombinant OmpA protein to prepare the OmpA subunit vaccine. We then subcutaneously inoculated this vaccine into chickens to examine the immunoprotective effects. ELISA analysis indicated that an excellent antibody response against OmpA was elicited in the vaccinated chickens. Moreover, a high protection rate of 80.0% was observed in the vaccinated group, which was subsequently challenged with P. mirabilis. The results suggest that the eukaryotic P. mirabilis OmpA was an ideal candidate protein for developing an effective subunit vaccine against P. mirabilis infection.
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- Yongbing Zhang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Avenue, Taian, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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Enhanced expression of recombinant elastase in Pichia pastoris through the substitution of Thr for Ser in Asn-Xaa-Ser sequons. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 175:428-35. [PMID: 25308616 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1284-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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N-glycosylation usually occurs at the Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr sequon of glycoproteins in Pichia pastoris, exerting great effects on expression efficiency; however, Asn-Xaa-Thr is more efficiently glycosylated than Asn-Xaa-Ser. In this study, the role of the two sequons in the expression of recombinant elastase (rPAE) was investigated. At N43, N212, and N280 of rPAE, Asn-Xaa-Thr was substituted for the native Asn-Xaa-Ser sequon through site-directed mutagenesis, and the two sequon forms were introduced into rPAE at N36 and N264. As expected, substitution at N36, N43, N212, and N280 enhanced the degree of N-glycosylation. At N212 or N280, substitution increased rPAE production effectively by 43 and 25 %, respectively. In comparison, at N36, N43, and N264, the change inhibited rPAE expression to varying extents; specifically, substitution at N36 resulted in a 31 % decrease, while substitution at N43 or N264 resulted in a decrease of less than 9 %. It is suggested that the effect of the substitution of Asn-Xaa-Thr for Asn-Xaa-Ser on rPAE expression is roughly related to the role of the original Asn-Xaa-Ser sequon. As the conversion of Ser to Thr at N-glycosylation sites through site-directed mutagenesis is easily achieved, it is a feasible means of improving the expression of recombinant proteins in P. pastoris.
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Verçosa JV, Carmo EJ, Filho SA. Genetic transformation to integrate two expression cassettes into the genome of yeast Pichia pastoris. BMC Proc 2014. [PMCID: PMC4210779 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-8-s4-p254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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He Y, Wang K, Yan N. The recombinant expression systems for structure determination of eukaryotic membrane proteins. Protein Cell 2014; 5:658-72. [PMID: 25119489 PMCID: PMC4145085 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0086-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic membrane proteins, many of which are key players in various biological processes, constitute more than half of the drug targets and represent important candidates for structural studies. In contrast to their physiological significance, only very limited number of eukaryotic membrane protein structures have been obtained due to the technical challenges in the generation of recombinant proteins. In this review, we examine the major recombinant expression systems for eukaryotic membrane proteins and compare their relative advantages and disadvantages. We also attempted to summarize the recent technical strategies in the advancement of eukaryotic membrane protein purification and crystallization.
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- Yuan He
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-membrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Tsinghua university, Beijing, 100084, China
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Yin C, Zhao W, Zheng L, Chen L, Tan Q, Shang X, Ma A. High-level Expression of a Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (PoMn-SOD) from Pleurotus ostreatus in Pichia pastoris. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 174:259-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1057-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Verma HK, Shukla P, Alfatah M, Khare AK, Upadhyay U, Ganesan K, Singh J. High level constitutive expression of luciferase reporter by lsd90 promoter in fission yeast. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101201. [PMID: 24999979 PMCID: PMC4085059 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Because of a large number of molecular similarities with higher eukaryotes, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been considered a potentially ideal host for expressing human proteins having therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications. However, efforts in this direction are hampered by lack of a strong promoter. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a strong, constitutive promoter from S. pombe. A new expression vector was constructed by cloning the putative promoter region of the lsd90 gene (earlier reported to be strongly induced by heat stress) into a previously reported high copy number vector pJH5, which contained an ARS element corresponding to the mat2P flanking region and a truncated URA3m selectable marker. The resulting vector was used to study and compare the level of expression of the luciferase reporter with that achieved with the known vectors containing regulatable promoter nmt1 and the strong constitutive promoter adh1 in S. pombe and the methanol-inducible AOX1 promoter in Pichia pastoris. Following growth in standard media the new vector containing the putative lsd90 promoter provided constitutive expression of luciferase, at a level, which was 19-, 39- and 10-fold higher than that achieved with nmt1, adh1 and AOX1 promoters, respectively. These results indicate a great potential of the new lsd90 promoter-based vector for commercial scale expression of therapeutic proteins in S. pombe.
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
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Liu Y, Zhang T, Qiao J, Liu X, Bo J, Wang J, Lu F. High-yield phosphatidylserine production via yeast surface display of phospholipase D from Streptomyces chromofuscus on Pichia pastoris. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2014; 62:5354-5360. [PMID: 24841277 DOI: 10.1021/jf405836x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The gene encoding phospholipase D (PLD) from Streptomyces chromofuscus was displayed on the cell surface of Pichia pastoris GS115/pKFS-pldh using a Flo1p anchor attachment signal sequence (FS anchor). The displayed PLD (dPLD) showed maximum enzymatic activity at pH 6.0 and 55 °C and was stable within a broad range of temperatures (20-65 °C) and pHs (pH 4.0-11.0). In addition, the thermostability, acid stability and organic solvent tolerance of the dPLD were significantly enhanced compared with the secreted PLD (sPLD) from S. chromofuscus. Use of dPLD for conversion of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and l-serine to phosphatidylserine (PS) showed that 67.5% of PC was converted into PS at the optimum conditions. Moreover, the conversion rate of PS remained above 50% after 7 repeated batch cycles. Thus, P. pastoris GS115/pKFS-pldh shows the potential for viable industrial production of PS.
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- Yihan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes, The College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology , Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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Optimising expression of the recombinant fusion protein biopesticide ω-hexatoxin-Hv1a/GNA in Pichia pastoris: sequence modifications and a simple method for the generation of multi-copy strains. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 41:1237-47. [PMID: 24898110 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1466-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Production of recombinant protein bio-insecticides on a commercial scale can only be cost effective if host strains with very high expression levels are available. A recombinant fusion protein containing an arthropod toxin, ω-hexatoxin-Hv1a, (from funnel web spider Hadronyche versuta) linked to snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) is an effective oral insecticide and candidate biopesticide. However, the fusion protein was vulnerable to proteolysis during production in the yeast Pichia pastoris. To prevent proteolysis, the Hv1a/GNA fusion expression construct was modified by site-directed mutagenesis to remove a potential Kex2 cleavage site at the C-terminus of the Hv1a peptide. To obtain a high expressing clone of P. pastoris to produce recombinant Hv1a/GNA, a straightforward method was used to produce multi-copy expression plasmids, which does not require multiple integrations to give clones of P. pastoris containing high copy numbers of the introduced gene. Removal of the Kex2 site resulted in increased levels of intact fusion protein expressed in wild-type P. pastoris strains, improving levels of intact recombinant protein recoverable. Incorporation of a C-terminal (His)6 tag enabled single step purification of the fusion protein. These modifications did not affect the insecticidal activity of the recombinant toxin towards lepidopteran larvae. Introduction of multiple expression cassettes increased the amount of secreted recombinant fusion protein in a laboratory scale fermentation by almost tenfold on a per litre of culture basis. Simple modifications in the expression construct can be advantageous for the generation of high expressing P. pastoris strains for production of a recombinant protein, without altering its functional properties.
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Expression and One-Step Purification of Recombinant Proteins Using an Alternative Episomal Vector for the Expression of N-Tagged Heterologous Proteins inPichia pastoris. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 76:368-71. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.110628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wu D, Teng D, Xi D, Wang X, Wang X, Mao R, Zhang Y, Dai H, Wang J. Rapid cloning, expression and purification of a novel high-activity alkaline phosphatase with detoxification of lipopolysaccharide. Process Biochem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Kelle S, Zelena K, Krings U, Linke D, Berger RG. Expression of soluble recombinant lipoxygenase from Pleurotus sapidus in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 95:233-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Quantifying the Effects of Frequency and Amplitude of Periodic Oxygen-Related Stress on Recombinant Protein Production in Pichia pastoris. Bioengineering (Basel) 2013. [DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering1010047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Yin C, Zheng L, Chen L, Tan Q, Shang X, Ma A. Cloning, expression, and characterization of a milk-clotting aspartic protease gene (Po-Asp) from Pleurotus ostreatus. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 172:2119-31. [PMID: 24338250 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0674-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An aspartic protease gene from Pleurotus ostreatus (Po-Asp) had been cloned based on the 3' portion of cDNA in our previous work. The Po-Asp cDNA contained 1,324 nucleotides with an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,212 bp encoding 403 amino acid residues. The putative amino acid sequence included a signal peptide, an activation peptide, two most possible N-glycosylation sites and two conserved catalytic active site. The mature polypeptide with 327 amino acid residues had a calculated molecular mass of 35.3 kDa and a theoretical isoelectric point of 4.57. Basic Local Alignment Search Tool analysis showed 68-80 % amino acid sequence identical to other basidiomycetous aspartic proteases. Sequence comparison and evolutionary analysis revealed that Po-Asp is a member of fungal aspartic protease family. The DNA sequence of Po-Asp is 1,525 bp in length without untranslated region, consisting of seven exons and six introns. The Po-Asp cDNA without signal sequence was expressed in Pichia pastoris and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis demonstrated the molecular mass of recombinant Po-Asp was about 43 kDa. The crude recombinant aspartic protease had milk-clotting activity.
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- Chaomin Yin
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Microbial Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Han M, Wang X, Yan G, Wang W, Tao Y, Liu X, Cao H, Yu X. Modification of recombinant elastase expressed in Pichia pastoris by introduction of N-glycosylation sites. J Biotechnol 2013; 171:3-7. [PMID: 24333122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A novel N-glycosylation site was introduced into recombinant elastase (rPAE) at N36, N67, or N264 through the site-directed mutagenesis of I38T, A69T, or N266T, respectively. The A69T mutation completely inhibited the expression of rPAE. As expected, the I38T and N266T mutant proteins exhibited higher degrees of N-glycosylation compared with the wild type rPAE. The I38T mutant was more efficient in the hydrolysis of casein in aqueous medium and exhibited higher specific activity and k(cat) values and a lower K(m) value. In contrast, the N266T mutant and the wild type displayed similar values. Importantly, the I38T mutant achieved in higher rates and yields of peptide synthesis in 50% (v/v) dimethylsulfoxide, whereas the N266T mutant was similar to the wild type rPAE. Furthermore, the maximum yield of Z-Ala-Phe-NH2 synthesis catalyzed by the I38T mutant protein (87%) was higher than those achieved by the wild type (78%) and N266T mutant (78%) proteins. Neither the I38T nor the N266T mutation exerted significant effects on the rPAE solvent stability. In aqueous medium, the I38T mutation decreased the rPAE thermostability, and the N266T mutation slightly improved that. In conclusion, the I38T mutation improved the potential of rPAE in industrial applications.
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- Minghai Han
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- Huaian Institute of Supervision & Inspection on Product Quality, Huaian 223300, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Zhang JP, Deng YF, Zhou ZL, Hou JF. Expression and identification of recombinant chicken vascular endothelial growth factor in Pichia pastoris and its role in the pathogenesis of tibial dyschondroplasia. Poult Sci 2013; 92:3214-27. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Weinacker D, Rabert C, Zepeda AB, Figueroa CA, Pessoa A, Farías JG. Applications of recombinant Pichia pastoris in the healthcare industry. Braz J Microbiol 2013; 44:1043-8. [PMID: 24688491 PMCID: PMC3958167 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013000400004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Since the 1970s, the establishment and development of the biotech industry has improved exponentially, allowing the commercial production of biopharmaceutical proteins. Nowadays, new recombinant protein production is considered a multibillion-dollar market, in which about 25% of commercial pharmaceuticals are biopharmaceuticals. But to achieve a competitive production process is not an easy task. Any production process has to be highly productive, efficient and economic. Despite that the perfect host is still not discovered, several research groups have chosen Pichia pastoris as expression system for the production of their protein because of its many features. The attempt of this review is to embrace several research lines that have adopted Pichia pastoris as their expression system to produce a protein on an industrial scale in the health care industry.
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- Daniel Weinacker
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Producción Agropecuaria, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Tian J, Zhang Y, Liu B, Zuo D, Jiang T, Guo J, Zhang W, Wu N, Fan Y. Presep: predicting the propensity of a protein being secreted into the supernatant when expressed in Pichia pastoris. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79749. [PMID: 24278168 PMCID: PMC3836778 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pichia pastoris is commonly used for the production of recombinant proteins due to its preferential secretion of recombinant proteins, resulting in lower production costs and increased yields of target proteins. However, not all recombinant proteins can be successfully secreted in P. pastoris. A computational method that predicts the likelihood of a protein being secreted into the supernatant would be of considerable value; however, to the best of our knowledge, no such tool has yet been developed. We present a machine-learning approach called Presep to assess the likelihood of a recombinant protein being secreted by P. pastoris based on its pseudo amino acid composition (PseAA). Using a 20-fold cross validation, Presep demonstrated a high degree of accuracy, with Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) and overall accuracy (Q2) scores of 0.78 and 95%, respectively. Computational results were validated experimentally, with six β-galactosidase genes expressed in P. pastoris strain GS115 to verify Presep model predictions. A strong correlation (R(2) = 0.967) was observed between Presep prediction secretion propensity and the experimental secretion percentage. Together, these results demonstrate the ability of the Presep model for predicting the secretion propensity of P. pastoris for a given protein. This model may serve as a valuable tool for determining the utility of P. pastoris as a host organism prior to initiating biological experiments. The Presep prediction tool can be freely downloaded at http://www.mobioinfor.cn/Presep.
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- Jian Tian
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics (Beijing), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Lee EC, Ohk SO, Suh BY, Park N, Kim BJ, Kim D, Chun YJ. Cloning and Expression in Pichia pastoris of a New Cytochrome P450 Gene from a Dandruff-causing Malassezia globosa. Toxicol Res 2013; 26:47-52. [PMID: 24278505 PMCID: PMC3834455 DOI: 10.5487/tr.2010.26.1.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Revised: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Malassezia fungi are responsible for various human skin disorders including dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis. Of the Malassezia fungi, Malassezia globosa (M. globosa) is one of the most common in human scalp. The completed genome sequence of M. globosa contains four putative cytochrome P450 genes. To determine the roles of Malassezia P450 enzymes in the biosynthesis of ergosterol, we isolated MGL3996 gene from M. globosa chromosomal DNA by PCR. The MGL3996 gene encodes an enzyme of 616 amino acids, which shows strong similarity with known CYP52s of other species. MGL3996 gene was cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) heterologous yeast expression system. Using the yeast microsomes expressing MGL3996 protein, a typical P450 CO-difference spectrum was shown with absorption maximum at 448 nm. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed a protein band of apparent molecular weight 69 kDa and Western blot with anti-histidine tag antibody showed that MGL3996 was successfully expressed in P. pastoris. Cloning and expression of a new P450 gene is an important step to study the P450 monooxygenase system of M. globosa and to understand the role of P450 enzymes in pathophysiology of dandruff.
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- Eun Chang Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756
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Rabert C, Weinacker D, Pessoa A, Farías JG. Recombinants proteins for industrial uses: utilization of Pichia pastoris expression system. Braz J Microbiol 2013; 44:351-6. [PMID: 24294221 PMCID: PMC3833127 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013005000041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The innovation in industrial process with impact in the efficient production is the major challenge for actual industry. A high numerous of enzymes are utilized in at different level of process; the search for new alternatives with better characteristic has become a field of study of great interest, the recombinant protein achievement in a different host system is an alternative widely assessed for production of this. The microorganism Pichia pastoris has been used like a successful expression system in diverse areas, improved the yield and extraction-recovery of the product expressed. The reported of diverse authors in the production of enzymes with different application in industry is varied, in this review the different industry areas and the characteristic of the enzymes produced are detailed.
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- Claudia Rabert
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias y Administración, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. ; Departamento de Producción Agropecuaria, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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A dynamic method for the investigation of induced state metabolic capacities as a function of temperature. Microb Cell Fact 2013; 12:94. [PMID: 24127686 PMCID: PMC4015482 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Science-based recombinant bioprocess designs as well as the design of statistical experimental plans for process optimization (Design of Experiments, DoE) demand information on physiological bioprocess boundaries, such as the onset of acetate production, adaptation times, mixed feed metabolic capabilities or induced state maximum metabolic rates as at the desired cultivation temperature. Dynamic methods provide experimental alternatives to determine this information in a fast and efficient way. Information on maximum metabolic capabilities as a function of temperature is needed in case a reduced cultivation temperature is desirable (e.g. to avoid inclusion body formation) and an appropriate feeding profile is to be designed. Results Here, we present a novel dynamic method for the determination of the specific growth rate as a function of temperature for induced recombinant bacterial bioprocesses. The method is based on the control of the residual substrate concentration at non-limiting conditions with dynamic changes in cultivation temperature. The presented method was automated in respect to information extraction and closed loop control by means of in-line Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) residual substrate measurements and on-line first principle rate-based soft-sensors. Maximum induced state metabolic capabilities as a function of temperature were successfully extracted for a recombinant E. coli C41 fed-batch bioprocess without the need for sampling in a time frame of 20 hours. Conclusions The presented method was concluded to allow the fast and automated extraction of maximum metabolic capabilities (specific growth rate) as a function of temperature. This complements the dynamic toolset necessary for science-based recombinant bacterial bioprocess design and DoE design.
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Kovačević G, Blažić M, Draganić B, Ostafe R, Gavrović-Jankulović M, Fischer R, Prodanović R. Cloning, Heterologous Expression, Purification and Characterization of M12 Mutant of Aspergillus niger Glucose Oxidase in Yeast Pichia pastoris KM71H. Mol Biotechnol 2013; 56:305-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9709-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Response surface methodology based optimization of β-glucosidase production from Pichia pastoris. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 172:380-93. [PMID: 24081708 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0519-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/15/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The thermotolerant yeast Pichia etchellsii produces multiple cell bound β-glucosidases that can be used for synthesis of important alkyl- and aryl-glucosides. Present work focuses on enhancement of β-glucosidase I (BGLI) production in Pichia pastoris. In the first step, one-factor-at-a-time experimentation was used to investigate the effect of aeration, antifoam addition, casamino acid addition, medium pH, methanol concentration, and mixed feed components on BGLI production. Among these, initial medium pH, methanol concentration, and mixed feed in the induction phase were found to affect BGLI production. A 3.3-fold improvement in β-glucosidase expression was obtained at pH 7.5 as compared to pH 6.0 on induction with 1 % methanol. Addition of sorbitol, a non-repressing substrate, led to further enhancement in β-glucosidase production by 1.4-fold at pH 7.5. These factors were optimized with response surface methodology using Box-Behnken design. Empirical model obtained was used to define the optimum "operating space" for fermentation which was a pH of 7.5, methanol concentration of 1.29 %, and sorbitol concentration of 1.28 %. Interaction of pH and sorbitol had maximum effect leading to the production of 4,400 IU/L. The conditions were validated in a 3-L bioreactor with accumulation of 88 g/L biomass and 2,560 IU/L β-glucosidase activity.
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Yang S, Kuang Y, Li H, Liu Y, Hui X, Li P, Jiang Z, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Xu A, Li S, Liu P, Wu D. Enhanced production of recombinant secretory proteins in Pichia pastoris by optimizing Kex2 P1' site. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75347. [PMID: 24069404 PMCID: PMC3777899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pichiapastoris is one of the most widely used expression systems for the production of recombinant secretory proteins. Its universal application is, however, somewhat hampered by its unpredictable yields for different heterologous proteins, which is now believed to be caused in part by their varied efficiencies to traffic through the host secretion machinery. The yeast endoprotease Kex2 removes the signal peptides from pre-proteins and releases the mature form of secreted proteins, thus, plays a pivotal role in the yeast secretory pathways. In this study, we found that the yields of many recombinant proteins were greatly influenced by Kex2 P1' site residues and the optimized P1's amino acid residue could largely determine the final amount of secretory proteins synthesized and secreted. A further improvement of secretory yield was achieved by genomic integration of additional Kex2 copies, which again highlighted the importance of Kex2 cleavage to the production of recombinant secretory proteins in Pichia yeast.
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- Song Yang
- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- The Key Laboratory of Research and Utilization of Ethnomedicinal Plant Resources of Hunan Province, Department of Life Sciences, Huaihua College, Huaihua, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Site-Directed Mutagenesis Improves the Thermostability and Catalytic Efficiency of Aspergillus niger N25 Phytase Mutated by I44E and T252R. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 171:900-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0380-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ivashov VA, Zellnig G, Grillitsch K, Daum G. Identification of triacylglycerol and steryl ester synthases of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2013; 1831:1158-66. [PMID: 23524242 PMCID: PMC3787736 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In yeast like in many other eukaryotes, fatty acids are stored in the biologically inert form of triacylglycerols (TG) and steryl esters (SE) as energy reserve and/or as membrane building blocks. In the present study, we identified gene products catalyzing formation of TG and SE in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Based on sequence homologies to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the two diacylglycerol acyltransferases Dga1p and Lro1p and one acyl CoA:sterol acyltransferase Are2p from P. pastoris were identified. Mutants bearing single and multiple deletions of the respective genes were analyzed for their growth phenotype, lipid composition and the ability to form lipid droplets. Our results indicate that the above mentioned gene products are most likely responsible for the entire TG and SE synthesis in P. pastoris. Lro1p which has low fatty acid substrate specificity in vivo is the major TG synthase in this yeast, whereas Dga1p contributes less to TG synthesis although with some preference to utilize polyunsaturated fatty acids as substrates. In contrast to S. cerevisiae, Are2p is the only SE synthase in P. pastoris. Also this enzyme exhibits some preference for certain fatty acids as judged from the fatty acid profile of SE compared to bulk lipids. Most interestingly, TG formation in P. pastoris is indispensable for lipid droplet biogenesis. The small amount of SE synthesized by Are2p in a dga1∆lro1∆ double deletion mutant is insufficient to initiate the formation of the storage organelle. In summary, our data provide a first insight into the molecular machinery of non-polar lipid synthesis and storage in P. pastoris and demonstrate specific features of this machinery in comparison to other eukaryotic cells, especially S. cerevisiae.
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- Vasyl A. Ivashov
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Hu H, Gao J, He J, Yu B, Zheng P, Huang Z, Mao X, Yu J, Han G, Chen D. Codon optimization significantly improves the expression level of a keratinase gene in Pichia pastoris. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58393. [PMID: 23472192 PMCID: PMC3589435 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The main keratinase (kerA) gene from the Bacillus licheniformis S90 was optimized by two codon optimization strategies and expressed in Pichia pastoris in order to improve the enzyme production compared to the preparations with the native kerA gene. The results showed that the corresponding mutations (synonymous codons) according to the codon bias in Pichia pastoris were successfully introduced into keratinase gene. The highest keratinase activity produced by P. pastoris pPICZαA-kerAwt, pPICZαA-kerAopti1 and pPICZαA-kerAopti2 was 195 U/ml, 324 U/ml and 293 U/ml respectively. In addition, there was no significant difference in biomass concentration, target gene copy numbers and relative mRNA expression levels of every positive strain. The molecular weight of keratinase secreted by recombinant P. pastori was approx. 39 kDa. It was optimally active at pH 7.5 and 50°C. The recombinant keratinase could efficiently degrade both α-keratin (keratin azure) and β-keratin (chicken feather meal). These properties make the P. pastoris pPICZαA-kerAopti1 a suitable candidate for industrial production of keratinases.
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- Hong Hu
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan, P. R. China
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Dagher SF, Azcarate-Peril MA, Bruno-Bárcena JM. Heterologous expression of a bioactive β-hexosyltransferase, an enzyme producer of prebiotics, from Sporobolomyces singularis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:1241-9. [PMID: 23241974 PMCID: PMC3568590 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03491-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) are indigestible dietary fibers that are able to reach the lower gastrointestinal tract to be selectively fermented by health-promoting bacteria. In this report, we describe the heterologous expression of an optimized synthetically produced version of the β-hexosyltransferase gene (Bht) from Sporobolomyces singularis. The Bht gene encodes a glycosyl hydrolase (EC 3.2.1.21) that acts as galactosyltransferase, able to catalyze a one-step conversion of lactose to GOS. Expression of the enzyme in Escherichia coli yielded an inactive insoluble protein, while the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris GS115 produced a bioactive β-hexosyltransferase (rBHT). The enzyme exhibited faster kinetics at pHs between 3.5 and 6 and at temperatures between 40 and 50°C. Enzyme stability improved at temperatures lower than 40°C, and glucose was found to be a competitive inhibitor of enzymatic activity. P. pastoris secreted a fraction of the bioactive rBHT into the fermentation broth, while the majority of the enzyme remained associated with the outer membrane. Both the secreted and the membrane-associated forms were able to efficiently convert lactose to GOS. Additionally, resting cells with membrane-bound enzyme converted 90% of the initial lactose into GOS at 68% yield (g/g) (the maximum theoretical is 75%) with no secondary residual (glucose or galactose) products. This is the first report of a bioactive BHT from S. singularis that has been heterologously expressed.
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- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine and Microbiome Core Facility, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Gasser B, Prielhofer R, Marx H, Maurer M, Nocon J, Steiger M, Puxbaum V, Sauer M, Mattanovich D. Pichia pastoris: protein production host and model organism for biomedical research. Future Microbiol 2013; 8:191-208. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pichia pastoris is the most frequently used yeast system for heterologous protein production today. The last few years have seen several products based on this platform reach approval as biopharmaceutical drugs. Successful glycoengineering to humanize N-glycans is further fuelling this development. However, detailed understanding of the yeast’s physiology, genetics and regulation has only developed rapidly in the last few years since published genome sequences have become available. An expanding toolbox of genetic elements and strains for the improvement of protein production is being generated, including promoters, gene copy-number enhancement, gene knockout and high-throughput methods. Protein folding and secretion have been identified as significant bottlenecks in yeast expression systems, pinpointing a major target for strain optimization. At the same time, it has become obvious that P. pastoris, as an evolutionarily more ‘ancient’ yeast, may in some cases be a better model for human cell biology and disease than Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Brigitte Gasser
- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), 1190 Vienna, Austria
- University of Applied Sciences FH-Campus Vienna, School of Bioengineering, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences (BOKU), Department of Biotechnology, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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Zhang K, Yu H, Xie W, Xu Z, Zhou S, Huang C, Sheng H, He X, Xiong J, Qian G. Expression of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR)-Fc fusion protein in Pichia pastoris and characterization of its anti-coxsackievirus activity. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:461-8. [PMID: 23376619 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 01/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptors (CARs) are the common cellular receptors which mediate coxsackievirus or adenovirus infection. Receptor trap therapy, which uses soluble viral receptors to block the attachment and internalization of virus, has been developed for the inhibition of virus infection. In this study, we have constructed a pPIC3.5K/CAR-Fc expression plasmid for the economical and scale-up production of CAR-Fc fusion protein in Pichia pastoris. The coding sequence of the fusion protein was optimized according to the host codon usage bias. The amount of the CAR-Fc protein to total cell protein was up to 10% by 1% methanol induction for 96h and the purity was up to 96% after protein purification. Next, the virus pull-down assay demonstrated the binding activity of the CAR-Fc to coxsackievirus. The analyses of MTT assay, immunofluorescence staining and quantitative real-time PCR after virus neutralization assay revealed that CAR-Fc could significantly block coxsackievirus B3 infection in vitro. In coxsackievirus B3 infected mouse models, CAR-Fc treatment reduced mortality, myocardial edema, viral loads and inflammation, suggesting the significant virus blocking effect in vivo. Our results indicated that the P. pastoris expression system could be used to produce large quantities of bioactive CAR-Fc for further clinical purpose.
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- Kebin Zhang
- Center of Medical Experiment & Technology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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Chung BKS, Lakshmanan M, Klement M, Ching CB, Lee DY. Metabolic reconstruction and flux analysis of industrial Pichia yeasts. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:1865-73. [PMID: 23339015 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4702-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pichia yeasts have been recognized as important microbial cell factories in the biotechnological industry. Notably, the Pichia pastoris and Pichia stipitis species have attracted much research interest due to their unique cellular physiology and metabolic capability: P. pastoris has the ability to utilize methanol for cell growth and recombinant protein production, while P. stipitis is capable of assimilating xylose to produce ethanol under oxygen-limited conditions. To harness these characteristics for biotechnological applications, it is highly required to characterize their metabolic behavior. Recently, following the genome sequencing of these two Pichia species, genome-scale metabolic networks have been reconstructed to model the yeasts' metabolism from a systems perspective. To date, there are three genome-scale models available for each of P. pastoris and P. stipitis. In this mini-review, we provide an overview of the models, discuss certain limitations of previous studies, and propose potential future works that can be conducted to better understand and engineer Pichia yeasts for industrial applications.
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- Bevan Kai-Sheng Chung
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 20 Biopolis Way, #06-01, Centros, Singapore 138668, Singapore
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Alfaro MP, Deskins DL, Wallus M, DasGupta J, Davidson JM, Nanney LB, Guney MA, Gannon M, Young PP. A physiological role for connective tissue growth factor in early wound healing. J Transl Med 2013; 93:81-95. [PMID: 23212098 PMCID: PMC3720136 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2012.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that overexpress secreted frizzled-related protein 2 (sFRP2) exhibit an enhanced reparative phenotype. The secretomes of sFRP2-overexpressing MSCs and vector control-MSCs were compared through liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Proteomic profiling revealed that connective tissue growth factor (CTGF; CCN2) was overrepresented in the conditioned media of sFRP2-overexpressing MSCs and MSC-derived CTGF could thus be an important paracrine effector. Subcutaneously implanted, MSC-loaded polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) sponges and stented excisional wounds were used as wound models to study the dynamics of CTGF expression. Granulation tissue generated within the sponges and full-thickness skin wounds showed transient upregulation of CTGF expression by MSCs and fibroblasts, implying a role for this molecule in early tissue repair. Although collagen and COL1A2 mRNA were not increased when recombinant CTGF was administered to sponges during the early phase (day 1-6) of tissue repair, prolonged administration (>15 days) of exogenous CTGF into PVA sponges resulted in fibroblast proliferation and increased deposition of collagen within the experimental granulation tissue. In support of its physiological role, CTGF immunoinhibition during early repair (days 0-7) reduced the quantity, organizational quality and vascularity of experimental granulation tissue in the sponge model. However, CTGF haploinsufficiency was not enough to reduce collagen deposition in excisional wounds. Similar to acute murine wound models, CTGF was transiently present in the early phase of human acute burn wound healing. Together, these results further support a physiological role for CTGF in wound repair and demonstrate that when CTGF expression is confined to early tissue repair, it serves a pro-reparative role. These data also further illustrate the potential of MSC-derived paracrine modulators to enhance tissue repair.
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- Maria P Alfaro
- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
,Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Lemtiri-Chlieh F, Ali R. Characterization of heterologously expressed transporter genes by patch- and voltage-clamp methods: application to cyclic nucleotide-dependent responses. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1016:67-93. [PMID: 23681573 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-441-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The application of patch- and voltage-clamp methods to study ion transport can be limited by many -hurdles: the size of the cells to be patched and/or stabbed, the subcellular localization of the molecule of interest, and its density of expression that could be too low even in their own native environment. Functional expression of genes using recombinant DNA technology not only overcomes those hurdles but also affords additional and elegant investigations such as single-point mutation studies and subunit -associations/regulations. In this chapter, we give a step-by-step description of two electrophysiological methods, patch clamp and two-electrode voltage clamp (TEVC), that are routinely used in combination with heterologous gene expression to assist researchers interested in the identification and characterization of ion transporters. We describe how to (1) obtain and maintain the cells suitable for the use with each of the above-mentioned methods (i.e., HEK-293 cells and yeast spheroplasts to use with the patch-clamp methodology and Xenopus laevis oocytes with TEVC), (2) transfect/inject them with the gene of interest, and (3) record ion transport activities.
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- Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh
- Division of Chemical and Life Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Yegin S, Fernandez-Lahore M. A Thermolabile Aspartic Proteinase from Mucor mucedo DSM 809: Gene Identification, Cloning, and Functional Expression in Pichia pastoris. Mol Biotechnol 2012; 54:661-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-012-9608-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ivashov VA, Grillitsch K, Koefeler H, Leitner E, Baeumlisberger D, Karas M, Daum G. Lipidome and proteome of lipid droplets from the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2012; 1831:282-90. [PMID: 23041514 PMCID: PMC3787741 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lipid droplets (LD) are the main depot of non-polar lipids in all eukaryotic cells. In the present study we describe isolation and characterization of LD from the industrial yeast Pichia pastoris. We designed and adapted an isolation procedure which allowed us to obtain this subcellular fraction at high purity as judged by quality control using appropriate marker proteins. Components of P. pastoris LD were characterized by conventional biochemical methods of lipid and protein analysis, but also by a lipidome and proteome approach. Our results show several distinct features of LD from P. pastoris especially in comparison to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. P. pastoris LD are characterized by their high preponderance of triacylglycerols over steryl esters in the core of the organelle, the high degree of fatty acid (poly)unsaturation and the high amount of ergosterol precursors. The high phosphatidylinositol to phosphatidylserine of ~ 7.5 ratio on the surface membrane of LD is noteworthy. Proteome analysis revealed equipment of the organelle with a small but typical set of proteins which includes enzymes of sterol biosynthesis, fatty acid activation, phosphatidic acid synthesis and non-polar lipid hydrolysis. These results are the basis for a better understanding of P. pastoris lipid metabolism and lipid storage and may be helpful for manipulating cell biological and/or biotechnological processes in this yeast.
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- Vasyl A Ivashov
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Yang M, Johnson SC, Murthy PP. Enhancement of alkaline phytase production in Pichia pastoris: Influence of gene dosage, sequence optimization and expression temperature. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 84:247-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Revised: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Deletion of the Pichia pastoris KU70 homologue facilitates platform strain generation for gene expression and synthetic biology. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39720. [PMID: 22768112 PMCID: PMC3387205 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Targeted gene replacement to generate knock-outs and knock-ins is a commonly used method to study the function of unknown genes. In the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris, the importance of specific gene targeting has increased since the genome sequencing projects of the most commonly used strains have been accomplished, but rapid progress in the field has been impeded by inefficient mechanisms for accurate integration. To improve gene targeting efficiency in P. pastoris, we identified and deleted the P. pastoris KU70 homologue. We observed a substantial increase in the targeting efficiency using the two commonly known and used integration loci HIS4 and ADE1, reaching over 90% targeting efficiencies with only 250-bp flanking homologous DNA. Although the ku70 deletion strain was noted to be more sensitive to UV rays than the corresponding wild-type strain, no lethality, severe growth retardation or loss of gene copy numbers could be detected during repetitive rounds of cultivation and induction of heterologous protein production. Furthermore, we demonstrated the use of the ku70 deletion strain for fast and simple screening of genes in the search of new auxotrophic markers by targeting dihydroxyacetone synthase and glycerol kinase genes. Precise knock-out strains for the well-known P. pastoris AOX1, ARG4 and HIS4 genes and a whole series of expression vectors were generated based on the wild-type platform strain, providing a broad spectrum of precise tools for both intracellular and secreted production of heterologous proteins utilizing various selection markers and integration strategies for targeted or random integration of single and multiple genes. The simplicity of targeted integration in the ku70 deletion strain will further support protein production strain generation and synthetic biology using P. pastoris strains as platform hosts.
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Love KR, Politano TJ, Panagiotou V, Jiang B, Stadheim TA, Love JC. Systematic single-cell analysis of Pichia pastoris reveals secretory capacity limits productivity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37915. [PMID: 22685548 PMCID: PMC3369916 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Biopharmaceuticals represent the fastest growing sector of the global pharmaceutical industry. Cost-efficient production of these biologic drugs requires a robust host organism for generating high titers of protein during fermentation. Understanding key cellular processes that limit protein production and secretion is, therefore, essential for rational strain engineering. Here, with single-cell resolution, we systematically analysed the productivity of a series of Pichia pastoris strains that produce different proteins both constitutively and inducibly. We characterized each strain by qPCR, RT-qPCR, microengraving, and imaging cytometry. We then developed a simple mathematical model describing the flux of folded protein through the ER. This combination of single-cell measurements and computational modelling shows that protein trafficking through the secretory machinery is often the rate-limiting step in single-cell production, and strategies to enhance the overall capacity of protein secretion within hosts for the production of heterologous proteins may improve productivity.
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- Kerry Routenberg Love
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- GlycoFi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck and Co., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- GlycoFi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck and Co., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Segato F, Damásio ARL, Gonçalves TA, de Lucas RC, Squina FM, Decker SR, Prade RA. High-yield secretion of multiple client proteins in Aspergillus. Enzyme Microb Technol 2012; 51:100-6. [PMID: 22664194 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Production of pure and high-yield client proteins is an important technology that addresses the need for industrial applications of enzymes as well as scientific experiments in protein chemistry and crystallization. Fungi are utilized in industrial protein production because of their ability to secrete large quantities of proteins. In this study, we engineered a high-expression-secretion vector, pEXPYR that directs proteins towards the extracellular medium in two Aspergillii host strains, examine the effect of maltose-induced over-expression and protein secretion as well as time and pH-dependent protein stability in the medium. We describe five client proteins representing a core set of hemicellulose degrading enzymes that accumulated up to 50-100 mg/L of protein. Using a recyclable genetic marker that allows serial insertion of multiple genes, simultaneous hyper-secretion of three client proteins in a single host strain was accomplished.
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- Fernando Segato
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Potvin G, Ahmad A, Zhang Z. Bioprocess engineering aspects of heterologous protein production in Pichia pastoris: A review. Biochem Eng J 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Evaluation in broilers of the probiotic properties of Pichia pastoris and a recombinant P. pastoris containing the Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin gene. Vet Microbiol 2012; 156:448-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Revised: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jariyachawalid K, Laowanapiban P, Meevootisom V, Wiyakrutta S. Effective enhancement of Pseudomonas stutzeri D-phenylglycine aminotransferase functional expression in Pichia pastoris by co-expressing Escherichia coli GroEL-GroES. Microb Cell Fact 2012; 11:47. [PMID: 22515657 PMCID: PMC3503884 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background D-phenylglycine aminotransferase (D-PhgAT) of Pseudomonas stutzeri ST-201 catalyzes the reversible stereo-inverting transamination potentially useful in the application for synthesis of D-phenylglycine and D-4-hydroxyphenylglycine using L-glutamate as a low cost amino donor substrate in one single step. The enzyme is a relatively hydrophobic homodimeric intracellular protein difficult to express in the soluble functionally active form. Over-expression of the dpgA gene in E. coli resulted in the majority of the D-PhgAT aggregated into insoluble inclusion bodies that failed to be re-natured. Expression in Pichia pastoris was explored as an alternative route for high level production of the D-PhgAT. Results Intracellular expression of the codon-optimized synthetic dpgA gene under the PAOX1 promoter in P. pastoris resulted in inactive D-PhgAT associated with insoluble cellular fraction and very low level of D-PhgAT activity in the soluble fraction. Manipulation of culture conditions such as addition of sorbitol to induce intracellular accumulation of osmolytes, addition of benzyl alcohol to induce chaperone expression, or lowering incubation temperature to slow down protein expression and folding rates all failed to increase the active D-PhgAT yield. Co-expression of E. coli chaperonins GroEL-GroES with the D-PhgAT dramatically improved the soluble active enzyme production. Increasing gene dosage of both the dpgA and those of the chaperones further increased functional D-PhgAT yield up to 14400-fold higher than when the dpgA was expressed alone. Optimization of cultivation condition further increased D-PhgAT activity yield from the best co-expressing strain by 1.2-fold. Conclusions This is the first report on the use of bacterial chaperones co-expressions to enhance functional intracellular expression of bacterial enzyme in P. pastoris. Only two bacterial chaperone genes groEL and groES were sufficient for dramatic enhancement of functionally active D-PhgAT expression in this yeast. With the optimized gene dosage and chaperone combinations, P. pastoris can be attractive for intracellular expression of bacterial proteins since it can grow to a very high cell density which is translated into the higher volumetric product yield than the E. coli or other bacterial systems.
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- Kanidtha Jariyachawalid
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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