Process intensification at the expression system level for the production of 1-phosphate aldolase in antibiotic-free E. coli fed-batch cultures

Autor: Martina Pasini, Alfred Fernández-Castané, Gloria Caminal, Tim W Overton, Pau Ferrer
Přispěvatelé: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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ISSN: 1476-5535
Popis: To successfully design expression systems for industrial biotechnology and biopharmaceutical applications; plasmid stability, efficient synthesis of the desired product and the use of selection markers acceptable to regulatory bodies are of utmost importance. In this work we demonstrate the application of a set of IPTG-inducible protein expression systems -- harboring different features namely, antibiotic vs auxotrophy marker; two-plasmids vs single plasmid expression system; expression levels of the repressor protein (LacI) and the auxotrophic marker (glyA) -- in high-cell density cultures to evaluate their suitability in bioprocess conditions that resemble industrial settings. Results revealed that the first generation of engineered strain showed a 50% reduction in the production of the model recombinant protein fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase (FucA) compared to the reference system from QIAGEN. The over-transcription of glyA was found to be a major factor responsible for the metabolic burden. The second- and third-generation of expression systems presented an increase in FucA production and advantageous features. In particular, the third-generation expression system is antibiotic-free, autotrophy-selection based and single-plasmid and, is capable to produce FucA at similar levels compared to the original commercial expression system. These new tools open new avenues for high-yield and robust expression of recombinant proteins in E. coli.
This work was supported by the Spanish MICINN, project number CTQ2011-28398-CO2-01, the research group 2009SGR281, and by the Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biocatalisys Group, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Valles (Spain).
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