(1) Danisco Cultor Innovation, Kantvik Research Centre, Finland;(2) Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland;(3) Danisco Cultor Innovation, Kantvik Research Centre, Kantvik, Finland
Abstract:
A new expression system was developed for Bacillus subtilis.This system uses a shuttle vector (B. subtilis– Eschericia coli) carrying a phosphate starvation-inducible promoter (pst) and on a fed-batch cultivation strategy. The pst-promoter proved to be very strong and retain its tight regulation also when present on a multi-copy plasmid. The expression system developed showed promising results when applied to the production of recombinant Bacillusphytase – phytase activity at the end of cultivation reached 28.7 U ml–1.