High-level expression ofβ-mannanase has been reported in Pichia pastoris under control of the GAP promoter.Two factors that strongly influence protein production and fermentation process development in Pichia pastori...High-level expression ofβ-mannanase has been reported in Pichia pastoris under control of the GAP promoter.Two factors that strongly influence protein production and fermentation process development in Pichia pastoris protein expression system are gene dosage and cultivation temperature.The aim of this research was to improve the expression level ofβ-mannanase in Pichia pastoris by proper increasing the gene dosage and decreasing the culture temperature.To this end,a panel of strains harboring different copy numbers ofβ-mannanase gene were obtained by multiple zeocin concentration gradients screening,the influence of gene copy number on the expression ofβ-mannanase in Pichia pastoris X33 was investigated.With the constitutive GAP promoter,the four copies strain exhibited a 4.04-fold higherβ-mannanase yield and a 1.83-fold higher total secretion proteins than the one copy strain,but an increase of the copy number above four resulted in a decrease of expression.Furthermore,the effects of culture temperature were studied in flask.The decreased culture temperature of four copies strain resulted in a 1.8-fold(26℃)and 3.5-fold(22℃)higherβ-mannanase activity compared to that at 30℃.A fed-batch strategy was successfully used for high cell-density fermentation andβ-mannanase activity reached 2124 U/mL after cultivation for 72 h in a 5 L fermenter.展开更多
In terms of first-principles investigation of H-tungsten (W) interaction,we reveal a generic optimal electron density mechanism for H on W(110) surface and at a vacancy in W.Both the surface and vacancy internal surfa...In terms of first-principles investigation of H-tungsten (W) interaction,we reveal a generic optimal electron density mechanism for H on W(110) surface and at a vacancy in W.Both the surface and vacancy internal surface can provide a quantitative optimal electron density of~0.10electron/(A)3 for H binding to make H stability.We believe that such a mechanism is also applicable to other surfaces such as W( 100) surface because of the (100) surface also providing an optimal electron density for H binding,and further likely actions on other metals.展开更多
基金Project(31870115)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2015JJ5006)supported by the Natural Science of Hunan Province&Changde City Joint Foundation,ChinaProjects(2015zzts268,ZY2015823)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China
文摘High-level expression ofβ-mannanase has been reported in Pichia pastoris under control of the GAP promoter.Two factors that strongly influence protein production and fermentation process development in Pichia pastoris protein expression system are gene dosage and cultivation temperature.The aim of this research was to improve the expression level ofβ-mannanase in Pichia pastoris by proper increasing the gene dosage and decreasing the culture temperature.To this end,a panel of strains harboring different copy numbers ofβ-mannanase gene were obtained by multiple zeocin concentration gradients screening,the influence of gene copy number on the expression ofβ-mannanase in Pichia pastoris X33 was investigated.With the constitutive GAP promoter,the four copies strain exhibited a 4.04-fold higherβ-mannanase yield and a 1.83-fold higher total secretion proteins than the one copy strain,but an increase of the copy number above four resulted in a decrease of expression.Furthermore,the effects of culture temperature were studied in flask.The decreased culture temperature of four copies strain resulted in a 1.8-fold(26℃)and 3.5-fold(22℃)higherβ-mannanase activity compared to that at 30℃.A fed-batch strategy was successfully used for high cell-density fermentation andβ-mannanase activity reached 2124 U/mL after cultivation for 72 h in a 5 L fermenter.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51101135the National Fusion Project of China for ITER under Grant No 2009GB106003.
文摘In terms of first-principles investigation of H-tungsten (W) interaction,we reveal a generic optimal electron density mechanism for H on W(110) surface and at a vacancy in W.Both the surface and vacancy internal surface can provide a quantitative optimal electron density of~0.10electron/(A)3 for H binding to make H stability.We believe that such a mechanism is also applicable to other surfaces such as W( 100) surface because of the (100) surface also providing an optimal electron density for H binding,and further likely actions on other metals.
