(1) College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, 449-701, Korea;(2) RNA Inc., Suwon, 442-470, Korea;(3) Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea
Abstract:
Human heavy chain ferritin (H-ferritin) was cloned from human heart cDNA library and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The H-ferritin transformant was cultivated by fed-batch and the cell mass reached about 52 g cell dry wt l–1 after 150 h. In atomic absorption spectrometry analysis, intracellular content of iron in H-ferritin transformant was measured to 3038 ± 72 g g–1 which was 9.6-fold more than that of control strain.