Abstract
BackgroundWe recently constructed a Bacillus subtilis strain (CCTCC M 2016536) from which we had deleted the srfC, spoIIAC, nprE, aprE and amyE genes. This strain is capable of robust recombinant protein production and amenable to high-cell-density fermentation. Because the promoter is among the factors that influence the production of target proteins, optimization of the initial promoter, PamyQ from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, should improve protein expression using this strain. This study was undertaken to develop a new, high-level expression system in B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536.ResultsUsing the enzyme β-cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (β-CGTase) as a reporter protein and B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536 as the host, nine plasmids equipped with single promoters were screened using shake-flask cultivation. The plasmid containing the PamyQ′ promoter produced the greatest extracellular β-CGTase activity; 24.1 U/mL. Subsequently, six plasmids equipped with dual promoters were constructed and evaluated using this same method. The plasmid containing the dual promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ produced the highest extracellular β-CGTase activity (30.5 U/mL) and was relatively glucose repressed. The dual promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ also mediated substantial extracellular pullulanase (90.7 U/mL) and α-CGTase expression (9.5 U/mL) during shake-flask cultivation, demonstrating the general applicability of this system. Finally, the production of β-CGTase using the dual-promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ system was investigated in a 3-L fermenter. Extracellular expression of β-CGTase reached 571.2 U/mL (2.5 mg/mL), demonstrating the potential of this system for use in industrial applications.ConclusionsThe dual-promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ system was found to support superior expression of extracellular proteins in B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536. This system appears generally applicable and is amenable to scale-up.
Highlights
We recently constructed a Bacillus subtilis strain (CCTCC M 2016536) from which we had deleted the srfC, spoIIAC, nprE, aprE and amyE genes
A construct consisting of β-CGTase from Bacillus circulans 251 fused to the signal peptide amyQ was expressed in B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536 using the amylase promoter PamyQ from B. amyloliquefaciens, and good levels of expression were demonstrated in a 3-L fermenter
With β-CGTase, pullulanase, and α-CGTase as reporter proteins and B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536 as the expression host, we evaluated the levels of extracellular protein expression using these promoters in shake-flask experiments
Summary
Using the enzyme β-cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (β-CGTase) as a reporter protein and B. subtilis CCTCC M 2016536 as the host, nine plasmids equipped with single promoters were screened using shake-flask cultivation. The plasmid containing the PamyQ′ promoter produced the greatest extracellular β-CGTase activity; 24.1 U/mL. The plasmid containing the dual promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ produced the highest extracellular β-CGTase activity (30.5 U/ mL) and was relatively glucose repressed. The dual promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ mediated substantial extracellular pullulanase (90.7 U/mL) and α-CGTase expression (9.5 U/mL) during shake-flask cultivation, demonstrating the general applicability of this system. The production of β-CGTase using the dual-promoter PHpaII–PamyQ′ system was investigated in a 3-L fermenter. Extracellular expression of β-CGTase reached 571.2 U/mL (2.5 mg/mL), demonstrating the potential of this system for use in industrial applications
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