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Production and cleavage of a fusion protein of porcine trypsinogen and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in Pichia pastoris.
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Production and cleavage of a fusion protein of porcine trypsinogen and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in Pichia pastoris.

  • Raschmanová H Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic. hana.raschmanova@vscht.cz.
  • Paulová L Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
  • Branská B Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
  • Knejzlík Z Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Melzoch K Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
  • Kovar K Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Grüentalstrasse 14, 8820, Wädenswil, Switzerland.
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  • 2018-06-07
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  • Folia microbiologica. - 2018
Animals
Culture Media
Gene Expression
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Pichia
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Swine
Trypsinogen
English Pharmaceutical grade trypsin is in ever-increasing demand for medical and industrial applications. Improving the efficiency of existing biotechnological manufacturing processes is therefore paramount. When produced biotechnologically, trypsinogen-the inactive precursor of trypsin-is advantageous, since active trypsin would impair cell viability. To study factors affecting cell physiology and the production of trypsinogen in fed-batch cultures, we built a fusion protein of porcine trypsinogen and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in Pichia pastoris. The experiments were performed with two different pH values (5.0 and 5.9) and two constant specific growth rates (0.02 and 0.04 1/h), maintained using exponential addition of methanol. All the productivity data presented rely on an active determination of trypsin obtained by proteolysis of the trypsinogen produced. The pH of the medium did not affect cell growth, but significantly influenced specific production of trypsinogen: A 1.7-fold higher concentration of trypsinogen was achieved at pH 5.9 (64 mg/L at 0.02 1/h) compared to pH 5.0. EGFP was primarily used to facilitate detection of intracellular protein over the biosynthetic time course. Using flow cytometry with fluorescence detection, cell disruption was avoided, and protein extraction and purification prior to analysis were unnecessary. However, Western blot and SDS-PAGE showed that cleavage of EGFP-trypsinogen fusion protein occurred, probably caused by Pichia-endogenous proteases. The fluorescence analysis did therefore not accurately represent the actual trypsinogen concentration. However, we gained new experimentally-relevant insights, which can be used to avoid misinterpretation of tracking and quantifying as well as online-monitoring of proteins with the frequently used fluorescent tags.
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