Impeller Types and Feeding Modes Influence the Morphology and Protein Expression in the Submerged Culture of Aspergillus oryzae

  • Heo, Joo-Hyung (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BioHoldings Inc., BVC #201, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Vladimir Ananin (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Park, Jeong-Seok (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Lee, Chung-Ryul (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Moon, Jun-Ok (BioHoldings Inc., BVC #201, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Ohsuk Kwon (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Kang, Hyun-Ah (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Kim, Chul-Ho (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Rhee, Sang-Ki (Metabolic Engineering Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BioHoldings Inc., BVC #201, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
  • Published : 2004.06.01

Abstract

The influences of impeller types on morphology and protein expression were investigated in a submerged culture of Aspergillus oryzae. The impeller types strongly affected mycelial morphology and protein production in batch and fed-batch fermentations. Cells that were cultured by propeller agitation grew in the form of a pellet, whereas cells that were cultured by turbine agitation grew in a freely dispersed-hyphal manner and in a clumped form. Pellet-grown cells showed high levels of protein production for both the intracellularly heterologous protein (${\beta}$-glucuronidase) and the extracellularly homologous protein (${\alpha}$-amylase). The feeding mode of the carbon source also influenced the morphological distribution and protein expression in fed-batch fermentation of A. oryzae. Pulsed-feeding mainly showed high protein expression and homogeneous distribution of pellet whereas continuous feeding resulted in less protein expression and heterogeneous distribution with pellet and dispersed-hyphae. The pellet growth with propeller agitation paralleling with the pulsed-feeding of carbon source showed a high level of protein production in the submerged fed-batch fermentation of recombinant A. oryzae.

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