Fermentation conditions for high-level expression of thetac-promoter-controlled calf prochymosin cDNA inEscherichia coliHB101
- 5 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 37 (1) , 71-79
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260370111
Abstract
Escherichia coli HB101 harboring an expression plasmid that bears the calf prochymosin gene controlled by the tac promoter was cultivated under different conditions in order to find an optimal fermentation arrangement that would lead to maximal prochymosin yield. Our results indicate that it is advantageous to use lactose in the double role of inducer and carbon/energy source when foreign gene expression is controlled by the tac promoter and the gene product is only moderately toxic owing to its accumulation in the form of an intracellular body. Glucose, on the other hand, may be used when expression should be repressed. Growth temperature substantially influenced the specific rate of prochymosin and β‐lactamase gene expression and the plasmid copy number. Three phases were distinguished in the time course of the fermentation on lactose: exponential growth practically without prochymosin synthesis, linear growth with prochymosin synthesis, and prochymosin synthesis without growth of biomass. The synthesis of prochymosin in the form of intracellular inclusion body was accompanied by the loss of respiratory activity of the cell and the loss of its ability to multiply. Sixteen hours cultivation at 37°C in a complex medium with lactose as inducer and carbon/energy source resulted in up to 30% of the volume and 48% of the total protein of biomass being accumulated for as prochymosin inclusion bodies. The concentration of extractable enzymatically active chymosin in the culture reached 12 mg/LKeywords
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