Isotopic Labeling of Recombinant Proteins From the Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris

2004 ◽  
pp. 017-034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Pickford ◽  
Joanne M. O'Leary
1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro A. ROMERO ◽  
Marc LUSSIER ◽  
Anne-Marie SDICU ◽  
Howard BUSSEY ◽  
Annette HERSCOVICS

The yeast genome contains a KRE2/MNT1 family of nine related genes with amino acid similarity to the α1,2-mannosyltransferase Kre2p/Mnt1p, the only member of this family whose enzymic properties have been studied. In this study, the enzymic properties of Ktr1p, another member of this family, were studied and compared to those of Kre2p/Mnt1p. Recombinant soluble forms of Kre2p/Mnt1p and Ktr1p lacking their N-terminal regions were expressed as secreted proteins from the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. After induction with methanol, the medium contained approx. 40 and 400 mg/l of soluble recombinant Kre2p/Mnt1p and Ktr1p respectively. Both recombinant proteins were shown to exhibit α1,2-mannosyltransferase activity. The enzymes have an absolute requirement for Mn2+ and a similar Km for mannose (280Ő350 mM), methyl-α-mannoside (60Ő90 mM) and GDP-mannose (50Ő90 ƁM), but the Vmax was approx. 10 times higher for Kre2p/Mnt1p than for Ktr1p. The enzymes have similar substrate specificities and utilize mannose, methyl-α-mannoside, α-1,2-mannobiose and methyl-α-1,2-mannobiose, as well as Man15Ő30GlcNAc, derived from mnn2 mutant glycoproteins, as substrates. The enzymes do not utilize α-1,6-mannobiose, α-1,6-mannotriose, α-1,6-mannotetraose, mammalian Man9GlcNAc or yeast Man9Ő10GlcNAc. These results indicate that Kre2p/Mnt1p and Ktr1p are capable of participating in both N-glycan and O-glycan biosynthesis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueyun Zheng ◽  
Yimin Zhang ◽  
Xinying Zhang ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Xiaoxiao Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is well-known for the production of a broad spectrum of functional types of heterologous proteins including enzymes, antigens, engineered antibody fragments, and next gen protein scaffolds and many transcription factors are utilized to address the burden caused by the high expression of heterologous proteins. In this article, a novel P. pastoris transcription factor currently annotated as Fhl1p, an activator of ribosome biosynthesis processing, was investigated for promoting the expression of the recombinant proteins. Results The function of Fhl1p of P. pastoris for improving the expression of recombinant proteins was verified in strains expressing phytase, pectinase and mRFP, showing that the productivity was increased by 20–35%. RNA-Seq was used to study the Fhl1p regulation mechanism in detail, confirming Fhl1p involved in the regulation of rRNA processing genes, ribosomal small/large subunit biogenesis genes, Golgi vesicle transport genes, etc., which contributed to boosting the expression of foreign proteins. The overexpressed Fhl1p strain exhibited increases in the polysome and monosome levels, showing improved translation activities. Conclusion This study illustrated that the transcription factor Fhl1p could effectively enhance recombinant protein expression in P. pastoris. Furthermore, we provided the evidence that overexpressed Fhl1p was related to more active translation state.


2018 ◽  
pp. 131-134

Evaluación del tiempo de inducción y la concentración de metanol en la expresión de L-asparaginasa II de Saccharomyces cerevisiae usando Pichia pastoris (Muts) Omar Pillaca-Pullo, Karin Torres, Marcela Pimenta, Adalberto Pessoa-Jr & Michele Vitolo Facultad de Ciencias Farmacéuticas – Universidad de São Paulo (Brasil), 0550-8000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2015.0020/ Resumen La levadura metilotrófica Pichia pastoris es ampliamente usada como un sistema eucariota para expresar proteínas recombinantes. Más de 500 proteínas recombinantes fueron expresas por P. pastoris con niveles de expresión que alcanzan hasta el 80% de proteínas totales secretadas y hasta 30% de proteínas totales de la célula. Existen tres fenotipos de P. pastoris clasificados de acuerdo con su capacidad de metabolizar metanol, el fenotipo MutS crece lentamente en medios con metanol por lo que generalmente se usan bajas concentraciones de metanol y tiempo de inducción prolongados. Por esta razón, el control de las condiciones de cultura como la concentración del inductor y el tiempo de inducción son factores importantes tanto para el crecimiento de la levadura como para producción de la proteína ya que este sistema es controlado por el promotor AOX inducido con metanol. Por otro lado, L-asparaginase (EC. 3.5.1.1) es un importante biofármaco usado en el tratamiento de leucemia linfoblástica aguda (ALL), la enzima comúnmente utilizada en la terapéutica es procedente de bacterias, estas han demostrado buena actividad, pero causan muchas reacciones inmunológicas severas en los pacientes tratados. La búsqueda de L-asparaginasa procedente y expresada en organismos eucariotas se abre como una posibilidad para reducir las reacciones adversas. En este estudio fueron evaluados el tiempo de inducción (24 - 120 horas) y la concentración de inductor (0.25, 0.5 y 1.0%). Los datos mostraron que la condición de mayor expresión de L-asparaginasa II  de Saccharomyces cerevisiae después de 48 horas de inducción con 1,0% de metanol (~ 25 U.g-1). Finalmente se recomienda evaluar dicha producción en biorreactor donde se lleve un control adecuado de otras variables importantes como el pH del cultivo y la concentración de oxígeno en el medio. Descriptores: Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, L-asparaginase, Metanol.  Abstract The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is widely used as a eukaryotic system for expressing recombinant proteins. Over 500 recombinant proteins were expressed in P. pastoris with expression levels reaching up to 80% of total secreted proteins and up to 30% total cell proteins. There are three phenotypes of P. pastoris classified according to their ability to metabolize methanol, phenotype MutS grows slowly on media containing methanol at generally low concentrations of methanol and longer induction time are used. Therefore, the control of culture conditions such as concentration of the inducer and the induction time are important factors for both yeast growth and for production of the protein since this system is controlled by the AOX promoter induced with methanol. Furthermore, L-asparaginase (EC. 3.5.1.1) is an important biopharmaceutical used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the enzyme commonly used in the therapy is from bacteria, these have shown good activity but cause many severe immune reactions in patients. The search for L-asparaginase derived and expressed in eukaryotic organisms opens a possibility to reduce adverse reactions. In this study they were evaluated the induction time (24-120 hours) and inducer concentration (0.25, 0.5 and 1.0% v/v). The data showed that the condition of increased expression of L-asparaginase II from Saccharomyces cerevisiae after 48 hours’ induction with 1.0% methanol (~ 25 U.g-1). Finally, it is recommended to evaluate this production in bioreactor where adequate control of other important variables such as pH of the culture and the concentration of oxygen in the medium is carried. Keywords: Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, L-asparaginase, Metanol.


2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Nakamura ◽  
Teruyuki Nishi ◽  
Risa Noguchi ◽  
Yoichiro Ito ◽  
Toru Watanabe ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is widely used to produce recombinant proteins, taking advantage of this species' high-density cell growth and strong ability to secrete proteins. Circular plasmids containing the P. pastoris-specific autonomously replicating sequence (PARS1) permit transformation of P. pastoris with higher efficiency than obtained following chromosomal integration by linearized DNA. Unfortunately, however, existing autonomously replicating plasmids are known to be inherently unstable. In this study, we used transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) data and genome sequence information to independently identify, on each of the four chromosomes, centromeric DNA sequences consisting of long inverted repeat sequences. By examining the chromosome 2 centromeric DNA sequence (Cen2) in detail, we demonstrate that an ∼111-bp region located at one end of the putative centromeric sequence had autonomous replication activity. In addition, the full-length Cen2 sequence, which contains two long inverted repeat sequences and a nonrepetitive central core region, is needed for the accurate replication and distribution of plasmids in P. pastoris. Thus, we constructed a new, stable, autonomously replicating plasmid vector that harbors the entire Cen2 sequence; this episome facilitates genetic manipulation in P. pastoris, providing high transformation efficiency and plasmid stability. IMPORTANCE Secretory production of recombinant proteins is the most important application of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris, a species that permits mass production of heterologous proteins. To date, the genetic engineering of P. pastoris has relied largely on integrative vectors due to the lack of user-friendly tools. Autonomously replicating Pichia plasmids are expected to facilitate genetic manipulation; however, the existing systems, which use autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs) such as the P. pastoris-specific ARS (PARS1), are known to be inherently unstable for plasmid replication and distribution. Recently, the centromeric DNA sequences of P. pastoris were identified in back-to-back studies published by several groups; therefore, a new episomal plasmid vector with centromere DNA as a tool for genetic manipulation of P. pastoris is ready to be developed.


Author(s):  
Lisa Klug ◽  
Pablo Tarazona ◽  
Clemens Gruber ◽  
Karlheinz Grillitsch ◽  
Brigitte Gasser ◽  
...  

Genetics ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 151 (4) ◽  
pp. 1379-1391
Author(s):  
Monique A Johnson ◽  
Hans R Waterham ◽  
Galyna P Ksheminska ◽  
Liubov R Fayura ◽  
Joan Lin Cereghino ◽  
...  

Abstract We have developed two novel schemes for the direct selection of peroxisome-biogenesis-defective (pex) mutants of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Both schemes take advantage of our observation that methanol-induced pex mutants contain little or no alcohol oxidase (AOX) activity. AOX is a peroxisomal matrix enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the methanol-utilization pathway. One scheme utilizes allyl alcohol, a compound that is not toxic to cells but is oxidized by AOX to acrolein, a compound that is toxic. Exposure of mutagenized populations of AOX-induced cells to allyl alcohol selectively kills AOX-containing cells. However, pex mutants without AOX are able to grow. The second scheme utilizes a P. pastoris strain that is defective in formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FLD), a methanol pathway enzyme required to metabolize formaldehyde, the product of AOX. AOX-induced cells of fld1 strains are sensitive to methanol because of the accumulation of formaldehyde. However, fld1 pex mutants, with little active AOX, do not efficiently oxidize methanol to formaldehyde and therefore are not sensitive to methanol. Using these selections, new pex mutant alleles in previously identified PEX genes have been isolated along with mutants in three previously unidentified PEX groups.


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