Nitrogen supplementation ameliorates product quality and quantity during high cell density bioreactor studies of Pichia pastoris : A case study with proteolysis prone streptokinase

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Streptokinase is a well-established cost-effective therapeutic molecule for thrombo-embolic complications. In the current study, a tag-free variant of streptokinase with a native N-terminus (N-rSK) was developed using the Pichia expression system. A three-copy clone was screened that secreted 1062 mg/L of N-rSK in the complex medium at shake flask level. The biologically active (67,552.61 IU/mg) N-rSK recovered by anion exchange chromatography was predicted to contain 15.43% α-helices, 26.43% β-sheets. The fermentation run in a complex medium yielded a poor quality product due to excessive N-rSK degradation. Therefore, modified basal salt medium was also employed during fermentation operations to reduce the proteolytic processing of the recombinant product. The concomitant feeding of 1 g/L/h soya flour hydrolysate with methanol during the protein synthesis phase reduced the proteolysis and yielded 2.29 g/L of N-rSK. The fermentation medium was also supplemented with urea during growth and induction phases. The combined feeding approach of nitrogen-rich soya flour hydrolysate and urea during bioreactor operations showed significant improvement in protein stability and resulted in a 4-fold increase in N-rSK concentration to a level of 4.03 g/L over shake flask. Under optimized conditions, the volumetric productivity and specific product yield were 52.33 mg/L/h and 33.24 mg/g DCW, respectively.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:180

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International journal of biological macromolecules - 180(2021) vom: 01. Juni, Seite 760-770

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adivitiya [VerfasserIn]
Babbal [VerfasserIn]
Mohanty, Shilpa [VerfasserIn]
Khasa, Yogender Pal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AOX1 promoter
EC 3.4.-
High cell density cultivation
Journal Article
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Nitrogen supplementation
Pichia pastoris
Proteolytic degradation
Recombinant Proteins
Streptokinase

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Date Completed 26.07.2021

Date Revised 26.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.021

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NLM322729068