Methods for enhancing a secretion efficiency of recombinant foreign protein in yeast expression system
US8298787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/81
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Provided is a method for improving secretion efficiency of a recombinant foreign protein in a yeast expression system. The method includes transforming a yeast host with a recombinant foreign gene construct containing a galactose-inducible promoter, a secretion signal sequence and a gene encoding the foreign protein to construct a transformed yeast strain; and culturing the transformed yeast strain under the condition that the activity of the galactose-inducible promoter is controlled. Improved secretion efficiency of the foreign protein can be achieved by decreasing overexpression-induced insoluble precipitation of the recombinant foreign protein suffered by a conventional galactose-inducible promoter-based yeast expression system, via appropriate control of a level of galactose functioning as an inducer of the galactose-inducible promoter in cells. Due to improved secretion efficiency of the recombinant foreign protein, present invention makes a contribution to improvement in productivity of recombinant foreign proteins in the yeast expression system and reduction in production costs.
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