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Weinhandl, K; Ballach, M; Winkler, M; Ahmad, M; Glieder, A; Birner-Gruenberger, R; Fotheringham, I; Escalettes, F; Camattari, A.
Pichia pastoris mutants as host strains for efficient secretion of recombinant branched chain aminotransferase (BCAT).
J Biotechnol. 2016; 235(1):84-91 Doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.06.004
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Birner-Grünberger Ruth
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Abstract:: Branched chain aminotransferase (BCAT) is one of the enzymatic tools of choice for the production of chiral amines or amino acids; especially, non-natural amino acids are of interest as building blocks for the pharmaceutical industry. The expression and subsequent secretion of BCAT counteracts limited cell permeability of target substrates and facilitates downstream processing. Since Pichia pastoris secretes a negligible amount of native proteins and was previously shown to efficiently secrete recombinant proteins, it was chosen as the expression host. We examined different promoters and glycosylation states and also engineered the host strain by disrupting genes encoding proteins related to cell wall assembly (Scw10, Cwp1) and glycosylation (Och1). Finally, we were able not only to increase the extracellular BCAT production, but also to achieve a more homogenous product in terms of glycosylation and identified a deletion strain, which counteracts typical cell clustering in the Δoch1 strain. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Gene Knockout Techniques -; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed -; Pichia - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - metabolism; Stereoisomerism -; Transaminases - genetics; Transaminases - metabolism
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): Aminotransferases; Expression; Protein secretion; Pichia pastoris; Chiral amino acid