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KMID : 1094720000050010007
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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
2000 Volume.5 No. 1 p.7 ~ p.12
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Expression of mouse α-amylase gene in methylotrophic yeastPichia pastoris
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Uehara Hiroyuki
Choi Bok-Du
Park Enoch Y.
Okabe Mitsuyasu
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Abstract
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The expression of the mouse α-amylase gene in the methylotrophic yeast,P. pastoris was investigated. The mouse α-amylase gene was inserted into the multi-cloning site of a Pichia expression vector, pPIC9, yielding a new expression vector pME624. The plasmid pME624 was digested withSalI orBglII, and was introduced intoP. pastoris strain GS115 by the PEG1000 method. Fifty-three transformants were obtained by the transplacement of pME624 digested withSalI orBglII into theHIS 4 locus (38 of Mut+ clone) or into theAOX1 locus (45 of Muts clone). Southern blot was carried out in 11 transformants, which showed that the mouse α-amylase gene was integrated into thePichia chromosome. When the second screening was performed in shaker culture, transformant G2 showed the highest α-amylase activity, 290 units/ml after 3-day culture, among 53 transformants. When this expression level of the mouse α-amylase gene is compared with that in recombinantSaccharomyces cerevisiae harboring a plasmid encoding the same mouse α-amylase gene, the specific enzyme activity is eight fold higher than that of the recombinantS. cerevisiae.
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KEYWORD
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methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris, mouse α-amylase gene
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