title: Optimization of chemically defined medium for recombinant Pichia pastoris for biomass production.
abstract: A chemically defined medium was optimized for the maximum biomass production of recombinant Pichia pastoris in the fermentor cultures using glycerol as the sole carbon source. Optimization was done using the statistical methods for getting the optimal level of salts, trace metals and vitamins for the growth of recombinant P. pastoris. The response surface methodology was effective in optimizing nutritional requirements using the limited number of experiments. The optimum medium composition was found to be 20 g/L glycerol, 7.5 g/L (NH4)2SO4, 1 g/L MgSO4.7H2O, 8.5 g/L KH2PO4, 1.5 mL/L vitamin solution and 20 mL/L trace metal solution. Using the optimized medium 11.25 g DCW/L biomass was produced giving a yield coefficient of 0.55 g biomass/g of glycerol in a batch culture. Chemostat cultivation of recombinant P. pastoris was done in the optimized medium at different dilution rates to determine the kinetic parameters for growth on glycerol. Maximum specific growth rate of 0.23 h(-1) and Monod saturation constant of 0.178 g/L were determined by applying Monod model on the steady state data. Products of fermentation pathway, ethanol and acetate, were not detected by HPLC even at higher dilution rates. This supports the notion that P. pastoris cells grow on glycerol by a respiratory route and are therefore an efficient biomass and protein producers.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosalkar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sahai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000645:Ammonium Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; D005990:Glycerol; D000645:Ammonium Sulfate