title: Secretion of Streptomyces mobaraensis pro-transglutaminase by coryneform bacteria.
abstract: We previously reported on the secretion of Streptomyces mobaraensis transglutaminase by Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13869 (formerly classified as Brevibacterium lactofermentum). In the present work, we investigated whether any other coryneform bacteria showed higher productivity than C. glutamicum ATCC13869. We found that most coryneform species secreted pro-transglutaminase efficiently. Moreover, we confirmed that Corynebacterium ammoniagenes ATCC6872 produced about 2.5 g/l pro-transglutaminase over a 71-h period in a jar fermentor. Our findings suggest that some other coryneform bacteria, especially C. ammoniagenes ATCC6872, are potential hosts for industrial scale protein production.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itaya
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D021381:Protein Transport; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology*; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011503:Transglutaminases