Optimisation of the expression of a Trametes versicolor laccase gene in Pichia pastoris

A cDNA encoding a laccase enzyme was isolated from a Trametes versicolor cDNA library. The gene was subcloned into the Pichia pastoris expression vector pPIC3.5 and transformed into the P. pastoris strains KM71 and GS115. Laccase-secreting transformants were selected by their ability to oxidise the substrate ABTS. No difference in laccase activity was observed between culture supernatants from GS115 (proteolytic) and KM71 (nonproteolytic) strains. The presence of at least 200 μM copper was necessary for optimal laccase activity in the culture supernatants. During growth of P. pastoris on minimal medium the pH of the medium was reduced to <3.0. If alanine was added to the medium the pH reduction was not as pronounced and at alanine concentrations >0.6% w/v the pH was kept constant for >7 days. Cultures in which the pH was maintained by alanine metabolism produced higher levels of laccase activity than those grown in the absence of alanine. This study describes the development of a medium that allows convenient pH control of P. pastoris without the need for continuous neutralisation. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2002) 29, 55–59 doi:10.1038/sj.jim.7000268 Received 08 August 2001/ Accepted in revised form 18 April 2002     

影响外源基因在巴氏毕赤酵母中表达的因素

要在一种宿主表达系统中成功表达外源蛋白并获得较高产量,必须要较为全面地了解影响其表达的许多因素。影响外源基因在巴氏毕赤酵母中表达的因素主要包括：外源基因的特性、表达框的染色体整合位点和方式、宿主菌的甲醇利用表型、基因剂量、分泌信号、产物稳定性和翻译后修饰等。本文就这些因素进行分析,并提出一定的对策和建议。     

Production and synthetic dyes decolourization capacity of a recombinant laccase from Pichia pastoris

Aims:  To produce and purify a recombinant laccase from Pichia pastoris and to test its ability in decolourization of synthetic dyes.
Methods and Results:  A cDNA encoding for a laccase was isolated from Pycnoporus sanguineus and was expressed in P. pastoris strain SMD1168H under the control of the alcohol oxidase (AOX1) promoter. The laccase native signal peptide efficiently directed the secretion of the recombinant laccase in an active form. Factors influencing laccase expression, such as cultivation temperature, pH, copper concentration and methanol concentration, were investigated. The recombinant enzyme was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity, and was estimated to have a molecular mass of about 62·8 kDa. The purified enzyme showed a similar behaviour to the native laccase produced by P. sanguineus . Four different synthetic dyes including azo, anthraquinone, triphenylmethane and indigo dyes could be efficiently decolourized by the purified recombinant laccase without the addition of redox mediators.
Conclusions:  Heterologous production of P. sanguineus laccase in P. pastoris was successfully achieved. The purified recombinant laccase could efficiently decolourize synthetic dyes in the absence of mediators.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  This study is the first report on the synthetic dye decolourization by the recombinant P. sanguineus laccase. The decolourization capacity of this recombinant enzyme suggested that it could be a useful biocatalyst for the treatment of dye-containing effluents.     

Mutation of cysteine residues increases heterologous expression of peach expansin in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

The study of Carbohydrate-Active enZymes (CAZymes) associated with plant cell wall metabolism is important for elucidating the developmental mechanisms of plants and also for the utilization of plants as a biomass resource. The use of recombinant proteins is common in this context, but heterologous expression of plant proteins is particularly difficult, in part because the presence of many cysteine residues promotes denaturation, aggregation and/or protein misfolding. In this study, we evaluated two phenotypes of methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris as expression hosts for expansin from peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, PpEXP1), which is one of the most challenging targets for heterologous expression. cDNAs encoding wild-type expansin (PpEXP1_WT) and a mutant in which all cysteine residues were replaced with serine (PpEXP1_CS) were each inserted into expression vectors, and the protein expression levels were compared. The total amount of secreted protein in PpEXP1_WT culture was approximately twice that of PpEXP1_CS. However, the amounts of recombinant expansin were 0.58 and 4.3 mg l⁻¹, corresponding to 0.18% and 2.37% of total expressed protein, respectively. This 13-fold increase in production of the mutant in P. pastoris indicates that the replacement of cysteine residues stabilizes recombinant PpEXP1.     

改良毕赤酵母分泌表达外源蛋白能力的研究进展

巴斯德毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)由于能高效表达正确折叠加工的外源蛋白而成为目前最具应用前景的表达宿主.但随着对大量不同外源蛋白在毕赤酵母中分泌表达的研究发现,并不是所有蛋白均能高效分泌表达,这严重限制了毕赤酵母这一表达系统的推广应用.相关研究发现,外源蛋白在内质网中的聚集是限制酵母分泌表达外源蛋白的主要因素,因此近年来开始尝试通过基因操作改良毕赤酵母表达外源蛋白的能 力.本文综述了这一领域的研究进展.     

毕赤酵母高效表达策略概述

毕赤酵母表达系统是外源蛋白表达的较为理想的系统,但是并不是所有蛋白都能利用此系统获得高效表达,不同来源的蛋白,其表达水平、生物活性和稳定性均存有明显差别。概述了影响毕赤酵母高效表达的主要因素以及外源蛋白在毕赤酵母中的高效表达策略。     

Heterologous expression of two minor laccase isozyme cDNAs from the edible mushroom Grifola frondosa

Two cDNAs encoding the minor laccase isozymes (Lac2 and Lac3) of Grifola frondosa were cloned, characterized, and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The recombinant Lac2 (rLac2) was stable at pH 6.0, whereas the recombinant Lac3 (rLac3) was stable in a broad pH range (pH 4.0–8.0). In addition, rLac2 and rLac3 showed the highest catalytic efficiency (k_cat/K_m) for 2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid).     

桦褐孔菌膜二肽酶在巴斯德毕赤酵母中的分泌表达

本研究利用巴斯德毕赤酵母Pichia pastoris蛋白表达体系表达了药用担子菌桦褐孔菌的一个二肽酶基因。该二肽酶基因编码区全长1814bp,包含6个内含子,编码465个氨基酸。生物信息学分析发现,二肽酶基因编码的蛋白中不含信号肽序列,但在第55–77位氨基酸之间存在一个跨膜结构。将含跨膜结构和去跨膜结构蛋白的cDNA序列分别克隆到酵母分泌型表达载体pPICZαA上,电转化至巴斯德毕赤酵母X-33中,用1%(V/V)甲醇诱导重组菌株表达目标蛋白,采用SDS-PAGE和Western-blot检测表达蛋白。结果显示,巴斯德毕赤酵母可表达含跨膜结构的完整基因,但目标蛋白不能分泌到胞外,存在于破碎细胞的沉淀中,且没有催化活性;而去跨膜结构的蛋白则可分泌表达到胞外,并具有催化活性。Ni-NTA纯化去跨膜结构的桦褐孔菌二肽酶浓度可达0.12mg/mL,并发现其在pH 7.3、反应温度50℃、反应时间2h的条件下,以Gly-Gly为底物时,其比活为433U/mg。同时检测到其对Ile-Leu、Trp-Trp和Phe-Phe具有较高的水解活性。     

Molecular cloning and heterologous expression of an alkaline xylanase from Bacillus pumilus HBP8 in Pichia pastoris

The xynHB gene, encoding alkaline xylanase was cloned from Bacillus pumilus by a shot-gun method. The gene was cloned into vector pHBM905A, and expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115. Xylanase-secreting transformants were selected on plates containing RBB-xylan. Enzymatic activity in the culture supernatants was up to 644?U?mL^?1 and the optimal secretion time was 4 days at 25°C. SDS-PAGE showed two bands, of 32.2?kDa and 29.6?kDa, both larger than the predicted mass of 22.4?kDa based on its amino acid sequence. Zymogram analysis demonstrated that the enzyme in both bands could hydrolyze xylan. Deglycosylation by endoglycosidase H revealed that both were derived from the same protein but contain different extents of glycosylation (30 and 25%). The optimal pH and temperature of the enzyme was pH6–9 and 50°C, respectively.     

Molecular cloning and heterologous expression of an alkaline xylanase from Bacillus pumilus HBP8 in Pichia pastoris

The xynHB gene, encoding alkaline xylanase was cloned from Bacillus pumilus by a shot-gun method. The gene was cloned into vector pHBM905A, and expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115. Xylanase-secreting transformants were selected on plates containing RBB-xylan. Enzymatic activity in the culture supernatants was up to 644 U mL^-1 and the optimal secretion time was 4 days at 25°C. SDS-PAGE showed two bands, of 32.2 kDa and 29.6 kDa, both larger than the predicted mass of 22.4 kDa based on its amino acid sequence. Zymogram analysis demonstrated that the enzyme in both bands could hydrolyze xylan. Deglycosylation by endoglycosidase H revealed that both were derived from the same protein but contain different extents of glycosylation (30 and 25%). The optimal pH and temperature of the enzyme was pH6-9 and 50°C, respectively.     

巴斯德毕赤酵母表达系统的研究进展和前景展望

巴斯德毕赤酵母经过近二十来年的发展,已经成为表达外源基因的优秀表达系统之一,成功地表达了许多重组异源蛋白。从表达菌株,表达载体等方面详细综述了毕赤酵母表达系统的优点,如：营养要求低、可高密度发酵、遗传稳定性高等;分析了可能影响巴斯德毕赤酵母表达系统的相关因素,这些因素包括外源基因的特性、基因拷贝数、产物稳定性及发酵策略等,结合这些因素和具体实践经验,就如何提高外源基因在巴斯德毕赤酵母中表达量进行了阐述;讨论了该表达系统存在的不足之处并且展望了其发展前景。     

A simple model-based control for Pichia pastoris allows a more efficient heterologous protein production bioprocess

A predictive control algorithm coupled with a PI feedback controller has been satisfactorily implemented in the heterologous Rhizopus oryzae lipase production by Pichia pastoris methanol utilization slow (Mut(s)) phenotype. This control algorithm has allowed the study of the effect of methanol concentration, ranging from 0.5 to 1.75 g/L, on heterologous protein production. The maximal lipolytic activity (490 UA/mL), specific yield (11,236 UA/g(biomass)), productivity (4,901 UA/L . h), and specific productivity (112 UA/g(biomass)h were reached for a methanol concentration of 1 g/L. These parameters are almost double than those obtained with a manual control at a similar methanol set-point. The study of the specific growth, consumption, and production rates showed different patterns for these rates depending on the methanol concentration set-point. Results obtained have shown the need of implementing a robust control scheme when reproducible quality and productivity are sought. It has been demonstrated that the model-based control proposed here is a very efficient, robust, and easy-to-implement strategy from an industrial application point of view.     

栓菌漆酶在毕赤酵母中高效表达及重组酶的性质

栓菌420(Trametes sp.420)漆酶基因lacD以两种方式在巴斯德毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)进行异源表达,产生两种重组漆酶:rLacDx(具有天然N-末端)和rLacDe(N-末端带有8个额外的氨基酸残基)。摇瓶发酵18d,rLacDx和rLacDe的产量分别为1.21×105u/L、7.38×104u/L[以2,2′-连氮-3-乙苯-二噻唑-6磺酸(ABTS)为底物]。在高密度发酵条件下,rLacDx的产量增加到2.39×105u/L,同时其生产周期降至7.5d。两种重组酶对愈创木酚底物的氧化特性相似,且在50℃和pH3~10的范围内均稳定。然而,rLacDx对底物ABTS的比活力(1761u/mg)高于rLacDe(1122u/mg),其表观Km值(427μmol/L)低于rLacDe(604μmol/L)。     

重组毕赤酵母甲醇利用表型与基因拷贝数对外源基因表达的影响

毕赤酵母是目前最优秀的外源蛋白表达系统之一。本文着重对重组毕赤酵母甲醇利用表型（Mut+型、MutS型和Mut-型）、基因剂量对外源蛋白高效表达的影响机理进行综述。MutS型的比生长速率和蛋白产率比Mut+型低、发酵周期长、副产物（如乙醇、乙酸等）形成速率不同。外源基因拷贝数对外源蛋白的影响主要有三种情况：（1）高基因拷贝数对外源蛋白表达水平有明显的正效应作用;（2）基因拷贝数增加反而降低了表达水平,即负效应作用;（3）重组蛋白表达与基因剂正相关,之后则表现负相关关系,这可能与外源蛋白翻译后加工有关（如二硫键形成、折叠等）,而与分子伴侣共表达可促进外源蛋白的高表达。     

Pichia pastoris: A highly successful expression system for optimal synthesis of heterologous proteins

One of the most important branches of genetic engineering is the expression of recombinant proteins using biological expression systems. Nowadays, different expression systems are used for the production of recombinant proteins including bacteria, yeasts, molds, mammals, plants, and insects. Yeast expression systems such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) and Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) are more popular. P. pastoris expression system is one of the most popular and standard tools for the production of recombinant protein in molecular biology. Overall, the benefits of protein production by P. pastoris system include appropriate folding (in the endoplasmic reticulum) and secretion (by Kex2 as signal peptidase) of recombinant proteins to the external environment of the cell. Moreover, in the P. pastoris expression system due to its limited production of endogenous secretory proteins, the purification of recombinant protein is easy. It is also considered a unique host for the expression of subunit vaccines which could significantly affect the growing market of medical biotechnology. Although P. pastoris expression systems are impressive and easy to use with well-defined process protocols, some degree of process optimization is required to achieve maximum production of the target proteins. Methanol and sorbitol concentration, Mut forms, temperature and incubation time have to be adjusted to obtain optimal conditions, which might vary among different strains and externally expressed protein. Eventually, optimal conditions for the production of a recombinant protein in P. pastoris expression system differ according to the target protein.     

米曲霉酸性蛋白酶基因在毕赤酵母中的异源表达及酶学性质

酸性蛋白酶作为一类重要的天冬氨酸蛋白酶,被广泛应用于食品、医药和皮革等领域。为推动酸性蛋白酶的研究及应用,通过对发酵豆制品样品进行宏基因组测序,从中获得米曲霉酸性蛋白酶基因pepA,在毕赤酵母GS115中进行异源表达,并对重组酶PepA进行酶学性质分析。结果显示毕赤酵母发酵上清液中酸性蛋白酶的活性为50.62 U/mL。SDS-PAGE验证PepA的分子量约为50 kDa,且发酵上清液几乎无杂蛋白。PepA的最适pH值为4.5,最适温度为50℃,Mn~(2+)和Cu~(2+)对其具有激活作用,而Fe~(3+)、Fe~(2+)与Ca~(2+)则具有抑制作用。上述研究结果可为米曲霉酸性蛋白酶的异源表达及其相关工业应用提供指导。     

Heterologous expression of the plant cysteine protease bromelain and its inhibitor in Pichia pastoris

Expression of proteases in heterologous hosts remains an ambitious challenge due to severe problems associated with digestion of host proteins. On the other hand, proteases are broadly used in industrial applications and resemble promising drug candidates. Bromelain is an herbal drug that is medicinally used for treatment of oedematous swellings and inflammatory conditions and consists in large part of proteolytic enzymes. Even though various experiments underline the requirement of active cysteine proteases for biological activity, so far no investigation succeeded to clearly clarify the pharmacological mode of action of bromelain. The potential role of proteases themselves and other molecules of this multi‐component extract currently remain largely unknown or ill defined. Here, we set out to express several bromelain cysteine proteases as well as a bromelain inhibitor molecule in order to gain defined molecular entities for subsequent studies. After cloning the genes from its natural source Ananas comosus (pineapple plant) into Pichia pastoris and subsequent fermentation and purification, we obtained active protease and inhibitor molecules which were subsequently biochemically characterized. Employing purified bromelain fractions paves the way for further elucidation of pharmacological activities of this natural product. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:54–65, 2017     

High-level expression of a biologically active staphylokinase in Pichia pastoris

Staphylokinase (SAK) as the third generation thrombolytic molecule is a promising agent for the treatment of thrombosis. SAK variant of SAKфC was expressed in Pichia pastoris strains KM71H and GS115. The codon adaptation index of SAK was improved from 0.75 to 0.89. The expression of recombinant SAK (rSAK) reached to its maximum (310?mg/L of the culture medium) after 48-hr stimulation with 3% methanol and remained steady until day 5. The maximum activity of the enzyme was at pH 8.6 and 37°C. It was highly active at temperatures 20–37°C and pH ranges of 6.8–9 (relative residual activity more than 80%). It was determined that rSAK was 73.8% of the total proteins secreted by P. pastoris KM71H into the culture media. The specific activities of rSAK were measured as 9,002 and 21,042?U/mg for the nonpurified and purified proteins, respectively. The quantity of the purified protein (>99% purity) was 720?µg/mL with a purification factor of 2.34. Western blot analysis showed two bands of nearly 22 and 18.6?kDa. It was concluded that P. pastoris is a proper host for expression of biologically active and endotoxin-free rSAK due to its high expression and low protein impurity in culture supernatant.     

一种增加毕赤酵母生产胰岛素前体的方法

为了提高胰岛素前体(PI)的产量,构建了p PIC9K-PI表达载体并电转化至毕赤酵母菌株GS115中,在浓度为4.0 mg/m L的G418抗性平板上筛选到了1株拷贝数为12的菌株CL012。将SNAREs(可溶性N-乙基马来酰亚胺敏感因子受体蛋白)组分中的SNC2和SNC2-SSO2分别转入菌株CL012中,并在摇瓶和5 L发酵罐水平上检测SNAREs对PI产量的影响。结果表明:摇瓶水平上,甲醇诱导96 h后,菌株CL012的PI产量为1.53 mg/L;表达SNC2和SNC2-SSO2的菌株的PI产量分别为1.89 mg/L和2.21 mg/L,分别比菌株CL012提高了23.53%和44.44%。在5 L发酵罐上进行高密度发酵,甲醇诱导96 h后菌株CL012的PI产量为53 mg/L,是摇瓶水平的34.64倍;表达SNC2和SNC2-SSO2的菌株的PI产量分别达到64 mg/L和78 mg/L,分别比菌株CL012提高了20.75%和47.17%。由此得出结论 SNAREs可以促进胰岛素前体的分泌,从而提高在毕赤酵母中的异源表达。     

毕赤酵母高密度发酵研究进展

巴斯德毕赤酵母表达系统是近年发展起来的一种优秀的真核表达系统.本从培养基、温度、pH值、溶氧、甲醇的流加等角度对国内外毕赤酵母高密度发酵的研究进展做了较详细的综述,并提出了目前毕赤酵母高密度发酵过程中存在的问题.