title: Effects of culturing conditions on production of D-hydantoinase from recombinant Escherichia coli.
abstract: The effects of culturing conditions on D-hydantoinase production by a recombinant Escherichia coli strain were investigated using a controlled fed-batch fermentation system. Glucose concentration and pH of the culture broth were maintained at less than 3.3 g/L and at 7.0, respectively, in a 5 L jar fermentor. The optimal composition of the batch medium was glucose, 0.25%; yeast extract, 0.75%; (NH4)2SO4, 0.25%; KH2PO4, 0.2%. The optimal feeding solution was glucose, 60%; yeast extract, 30%; ammonia water, 9%. Following 25-h cultivation, 0.02 mM isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside was added to induce dht gene expression and the temperature was shifted from 32 to 27 degrees C to avoid inclusion body formation. The plasmid-harboring dht gene was found to be stably maintained in the E. coli. Under optimal conditions, a cell density of about 25 g dry cell weight/L and a high volumetric productivity of 8300 U/L/h could be achieved after 48 h culture at agitation and aeration rates of 1000 revolutions per minute and 1 vvm, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. jhhuang@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Jan-Hsiung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wen-Hwei
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Chu-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D003470:Culture Media; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D010957:Plasmids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C020047:dihydropyrimidinase