Agitation effects on morphology and protein productive fractions of filamentous and pelleted growth forms of recombinant Aspergillus niger

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  • Hesham El-Enshasy
  • Joachim Kleine
  • Ursula Rinas

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  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2103-2112
Number of pages10
JournalProcess biochemistry
Volume41
Issue number10
Early online date3 Jun 2006
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2006
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Recombinant Aspergillus niger genetically engineered to produce glucose oxidase using the constitutive gpdA promoter and the glucoamylase signal sequence for secretion was grown in batch cultures at agitation speeds of 200-800 rpm covering the industrial relevant power input range of 0.1-5 W kg-1. The growth morphology ranged from large pellets with an average diameter of 1500 μm at low power input up to micropellets embedded in a filamentous network at high power input. A correlation of agitation intensity with growth morphology and glucose oxidase production revealed an increase of the protein production capability with the change of the growth morphology from pelleted to filamentous growth forms. However, the exposure to higher shear stress with increasing power input also resulted in lower biomass yields as well as increased transient formation of polyol (xylitol) and higher final concentrations of oxalic acid. The highest specific production rates were found in young filamentous growth forms at high power input. Although intermediate agitation intensity leading to small pellets became more favorable during prolonged cultivation. An acridine orange staining procedure discriminating between RNA rich (red) and RNA poor regions (green) of the fungal biomass proved that active protein production is restricted to filamentous growth forms and the outer layer of fungal pellets. A correlation between the RNA rich fraction of the biomass determined by image analysis and the productivity is shown.

Keywords

    Agitation, Glucose oxidase, Morphology, Protein excretion, Recombinant Aspergillus niger

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Agitation effects on morphology and protein productive fractions of filamentous and pelleted growth forms of recombinant Aspergillus niger. / El-Enshasy, Hesham; Kleine, Joachim; Rinas, Ursula.
In: Process biochemistry, Vol. 41, No. 10, 10.2006, p. 2103-2112.

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El-Enshasy H, Kleine J, Rinas U. Agitation effects on morphology and protein productive fractions of filamentous and pelleted growth forms of recombinant Aspergillus niger. Process biochemistry. 2006 Oct;41(10):2103-2112. Epub 2006 Jun 3. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2006.05.024
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