Effect of Complex Nitrogen Sources on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid) Synthesis by Recombinant Escherichia coli Using Sucrose as a Carbon Source

Sucrose를 탄소원으로 재조합 대장균에 의한 Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid) 합성시 복합질소원이 미치는 영향

  • 이상엽 (한국과학기술원 화학공학과 생물공정연구센터) ;
  • 장호남 (한국과학기술원 화학공학과 생물공정연구센터)
  • Published : 1995.05.01

Abstract

When Escherichia coli W, which is able to utilize sucrose as a carbon source, harboring a high-copy-number plasmid (pSYL105) containing the Alcaligenes eultrophus polyhydroxyalkanoate(PHA) biosynthetic genes was cultured in a defined medium, the final poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid), PHB, concentration obtained was as low as $0.21g/\ell$. Ten different complex nitrogen sources were, therefore, examined for their ability to enhance PHB synthesis when supplemented to a defined medium. Addition of tryptone, casamino acids, casein hydrolysate, or soy bean hydrolysate enhanced PHB synthesis most significantly, resulting in more than 10 times higher PHB concentration compared with that obtained in a defined medium. Furthermore, PHB yield on sucrose was also increased by more than a 10 fold by the addition of these complex nitrogen sources, which suggested that PHB might be efficiently produced by the recombinant E. coli W(pSYL105) using sucrose as a carbon source.

Sucrose를 탄소원으로 이용할 수 있는 대장균 W 를 A. eutrophus PHA 합성 유전자가 cloning된 높 은 복제수의 plasmid pSYL105로 형질전환하여 단 순배지에서 배양시 $0.21g/\ell$ 의 낮은 PHB 농도를 얻었다. 이에 107}지의 복합질소원을 소량 첨가하여 PHB 합성에 미치는 영향을 살펴 보았다. Tryptone, casamino acids, casein hydrolysate, 혹은 soy bean hydrolysate의 첨가시 PHB 합성 이 10배 이 상 증대되었다. 또한 이때 sucrose로부터의 PHB 수율도 10배 이상 증가하여 이 네 가지 복합질소원 을 척정 농도로 첨가함으로써 sucrose로부터 효과적인 PHB 생산이 가능함을 알았다.

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