ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 55-58. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2015.02.011

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High Level Expression of a Recombinant Phytase appA -2QN in Pichia pastoris

SONG Ma-li1, WANG Xi1, DU Jun1, ZHAO Feng-mei2, LIANG Ai-hua1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China;
    2. Biology Institute of Shanxi, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • Received:2015-02-27 Published:2015-04-28

Abstract: The gene appA for phytase from Escherchia coli was modified by means of site directed mutagenesis to improve its thermal stability.Using yeast expression system the mutant phytase appA -2QN produced in shaking-flask culture showed an increased thermal stability.To increase its expression level and lower production costs, an approach of the high cell-density fermentation of recombinant yeast GS115/ appA -2QN was carried out in this study.During fermentation the concentration of glycerin was controlled to promote the cell growth and achieve the high cell-density fermentation.The method of chromotropic acid spectrophotography was used to determine the concentration of methanol during fermentation.The results showed that the OD600nm of the cell reached 313 after 147 h fermentation in a 5 L fermentor.After inducing of 102 h with methanol at a concentration of 2.5%, the expression level of phytase reached 7.06 g/L.The phytase activity was 2.03×105 U/mL.These results indicated that the cell density and the expression level of target protein were significantly improved by high density fermentation.The recombinant yeast strain has favorable expression stability.

Key words: Recombinant phytase, Pichia pastoris, High cell-density fermentation, High level expression

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SONG Ma-li, WANG Xi, DU Jun, ZHAO Feng-mei, LIANG Ai-hua. High Level Expression of a Recombinant Phytase appA -2QN in Pichia pastoris[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2015, 30(2): 55-58. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2015.02.011.

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