Optimization of L-leucine Fermentation

L-leucine 발효의 최적화

  • 신현철 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소) ;
  • 하구선 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소) ;
  • 조영제 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소) ;
  • 전영중 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소) ;
  • 김성준 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소) ;
  • 이재홍 (제일제당㈜ 종합연구소)
  • Published : 1992.12.01

Abstract

The effects of pH, temperature and oxygen transfer rate(OTR) on L-Ieucine fermentation were investigated employing Corynebacterium glutamicum CH 1516 in 71 fermentor. The optimum pH, temperature and OTR were determined to be 7.0, $30^{\circ}C$ and 0.21 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$, respectively. For the values of OTR lower than 0.19 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$ a significant amount of lactic acid was accumulated, while the packed cell volume(PCV) was rapidly increased at higher OTR values above 0.23 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$ and glutamic acid was produced to some extent. Scale-up studies for L-Ieucine fermentation which was carried out in 12001 pilot scale fermentor reaffirmed the results of 71 fermentation. The optimum redox potential value for L-Ieucine production was found to be -150 to -170 mY.

Corynebacterium glutamicum CH 1516(L-leucine 생산주)를 사용하여 7l 발효조에서 배양온도 및 pH, 산소전달속도 등을 최적화한 결과 각각 $30^{\circ}C$, 7.0, 0.21 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$이었다. 산소전달속도가 0.19 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$ 보다 낮은 조건에서는 상당량의 lactic acid가 축적되었고 0.23 kmole $O_2$/$m^3{\cdot}hr$보다 높은조건에서는 glutamic acid가 생성되고 PCV가 크게 증가하였다. 한편 1200l 실험공장에서의 L-leucine 생산을 위해 7l 발효조에서 최적화된 배양조건을 적용하여 산소전달속도를 지표로 공정확대를 실시한 결과 7l 발효조와 거의 대등한 결과를 얻을 수 있었으며,산화한 원전위 -15-170 mV에서 L-leucine이 왕성하게 생산되었다.

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