Production of human caseinomacropeptide in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris

J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2005 Sep;32(9):402-8. doi: 10.1007/s10295-005-0010-2. Epub 2005 Nov 3.

Abstract

Caseinomacropeptide is a polypeptide of 64 amino acid residues (106-169) derived from the C-terminal part of the mammalian milk k-casein. This macropeptide has various biological activities and is used as a functional food ingredient as well as a pharmaceutical compound. The gene encoding the human caseinomacropeptide (hCMP) was synthesized and expressed with an alpha-factor secretion signal in the two yeast strains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris. The complete polypeptide of the recombinant hCMP was produced and secreted in a culture medium by both the strains, but the highest production was observed in S. cerevisiae with a galactose-inducible promoter. In a fed-batch bioreactor culture, 2.5 g/l of the recombinant hCMP was obtained from the S. cerevisiae at 97 h.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomass
  • Bioreactors
  • Caseins / biosynthesis*
  • Caseins / genetics
  • Fermentation
  • Fungal Proteins / analysis
  • Fungal Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Galactose
  • Genes, Synthetic
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Humans
  • Peptide Fragments / biosynthesis*
  • Peptide Fragments / genetics
  • Pichia / metabolism*
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Protein Sorting Signals / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*

Substances

  • Caseins
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • caseinomacropeptide
  • Galactose