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Optimization of a medium composition for the heterologous production of Alcaligenes faecalis penicillin G acylase in Bacillus megaterium

Protein Expression and Purification, ISSN: 1046-5928, Vol: 210, Page: 106327
2023
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Penicillin G acylase (PGA) is a strategic enzyme in the production processes of beta-lactam antibiotics. High demand for β-lactam semisynthetic antibiotics explain the genetic and biochemical engineering strategies devoted towards novel ways for PGA production and application. This work presents a fermentation process for the heterologous production of PGA from Alcaligenes faecalis in Bacillus megaterium with optimization. The thermal stability from A. faecalis PGA is considerably higher than other described PGA and the recombinant enzyme is secreted to the culture medium by B. megaterium, which facilitates the separation and purification steps. Media optimization using fractional factorial design experiments was used to identify factors related to PGA activity detection in supernatant and cell lysates. The optimized medium resulted in almost 6-fold increased activity in the supernatant samples when compared with the basal medium. Maximum enzyme activity in optimized medium composition achieves values between 135 and 140 IU/ml. The results suggest a promising model for recombinant production of PGA in B. megaterium with possible extracellular expression of the active enzyme.

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Lopes, Wagner; Deolindo, Poliana; de Souza Costa, Alexandre Andrade; Gomes da Silva, Melissa Teixeira; de Miranda, Otavio Padula; Pacheco, Graziela Jardim

Elsevier BV

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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