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The optimum conditions for mass production of fusion proinsulin were studied in recombinantEscherichia coli strain BL21 (DE3) [pT7-PI] using fed-batch culture employing pH-stat method. Yeast extract was found to enhance both the growth rate of recombinantE. coli strain BL21 (DE3) [pT7-PI] and its cell mass yield. When the glucose concentration was 10 g/L in the initial medium, 10 g/L concentration of yeast extract was found to be optimal to control the acetate production and to augment both the cell mass yield and the growth rate. Optimum ratio of glucose to yeast extract to minimize the cost of the feeding medium in the fed-batch culture was calculated to be 1.225 and verified by the subsequent experiments. The appropriate inducer concentration and induction time were examined with isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). Irrespective of the induction time, IPTG induction resulted in the reduction of growth rate, but the expression level of the fusion protein was maintained at the level of about 20% of the total proteins. Since the volumetric productivity was well maintained in the range between 0.15 and 0.18 g/L.hr at the inducer concentration of above 0.025 mM, the appropriate inducer concentration, in relation to the inducer cost, is considered to be about 0.025 mM.
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Bae, CS., Hong, MS., Chang, SG. et al. Optimization of fusion proinsulin production by high cell-density fermentation of recombinantE. coli . Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng. 2, 27–32 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932459
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