Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase production from genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae by fed-bach fermentation process

Author(s)

Ângelo Samir Melim Miguel

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2006-05-12

Examining board members

Adalberto Pessoa Júnior; João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho; Marília Amorim Berbert de Molina; Inês Conceição Roberto; Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna

• Advisor: Adalberto Pessoa Júnior

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study and to establish some parameters in the fed-batch process of a recombinant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, aiming to increase the production the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH). The recombinant S. cerevisiae inoculum preparation was standardized and optimized. Tree methods were studied. The inoculum preparation time was reduced to 114 h, from first method, to 64 and 48 h to second and third methods, respectively. These two last methods were adequate in order to proceed with the fermentation process. It was evaluated the best micronutrients (adenine, histidine, tryptophan and uracil) concentration in the cultivation medium to produce G6PDH, using a response surface methodology. We concluded that using cultivation medium witch optimized micronutrients concentration, the G6PDH activity reach 7927 U/L, 3.2 fold higher than to not optimized medium. The influence of time constant (K) on the G6PDH synthesis was studied at fed-batch bioreactor under exponentially increasing and decreasing feeding rates, using optimized medium cultivation and not optimized medium. The values for K at increasing rates were 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.8 h-1, and for decreasing rates were 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 h-1. Among K values for exponentially increasing rates with not optimized cultivation medium, K=02 h-1 shows higher G6PDH production (558U/L), 4.1 fold higher than wild yeast. Among cultivations proceeded with exponentially increasing and decreasing feeding rates and using a optimized medium, increasing rate and k=0.2 h-1 shows the higher G6PDH production (847 U/L) too. The initial glucose concentration and feeding time was studied at fed-batch bioreactor under exponentially increasing feeding rate with K=0.2 h-1. It was verified that initial glucose concentration do not favored mass or G6PDH production. Although, it determines the maximum G6PDH production and the maximum growth rates, with higher rates at lowest initial glucose concentration. At the end, the influence of leucin at G6PDH production was evaluated. It was verified that concentrations values between 0-240 mg/L did not showed influence at cell growth or G6PDH production, at the studied cultivations. (AU)