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Tracking the acetate threshold using DO-transient control during medium and high cell density cultivation of recombinant Escherichia coli in complex media
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Tracking the acetate threshold using DO-transient control during medium and high cell density cultivation of recombinant Escherichia coli in complex media

W.A. Johnston, M. Stewart, P. Lee and M.J. Cooney
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol.84(3), pp.314-323
2003
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Abstract

DO-transient nutrient controllers use the dissolved oxygen signal to attempt acetate threshold tracking during fed-batch cultivation of recombinant E. coli. Here we apply DO-transient control to the production of Jembrana disease virus protein in complex Super Luria medium and compare performance against a high-limit pH-stat controller. For induction at medium cell density (harvest between 31 and 32.5 g dcw L) a total productivity of 0.27 g L h was achieved as compared to 0.24 g L h with the high-limit pH-stat. For induction at high cell density (harvest at 60 g dcw L), decreased productivity (0.12 g L h) was attributed to the effect of acetate accumulation on recombinant protein formation and a concomitant lowering of the critical growth rate. Our results suggest that complex media provides a difficult environment for the application of acetate threshold tracking DO-transient control because of difficulties in re-oxidizing acetate, and apparent localized production of acetate below the production threshold (as detected by the DO-transient controller as SPOUR crit). Configuring the DO-transient controller to avoid aggressive threshold probing is suggested as a means to improve performance and reduce acetate accumulation in complex media.

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2 Chemistry
2.166 Chromatography & Electrophoresis
2.166.873 Protein Purification
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