Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>

Biofilms can enhance industrial fermentation efficiency by increasing cell density, stability, and metabolic activity and have been successfully applied to the continuous production of many small-molecule chemicals. However, the continuous production of proteins by biofilms has been less studied. Th...

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Main Authors: Kaiqi Zhi, Zhiguo An, Mingyang Zhang, Kehan Liu, Yafan Cai, Zhenyu Wang, Di Zhang, Jinle Liu, Zhi Wang, Chenjie Zhu, Dong Liu, Sheng Yang, Hanjie Ying
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author Kaiqi Zhi
Zhiguo An
Mingyang Zhang
Kehan Liu
Yafan Cai
Zhenyu Wang
Di Zhang
Jinle Liu
Zhi Wang
Chenjie Zhu
Dong Liu
Sheng Yang
Hanjie Ying
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Zhiguo An
Mingyang Zhang
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Yafan Cai
Zhenyu Wang
Di Zhang
Jinle Liu
Zhi Wang
Chenjie Zhu
Dong Liu
Sheng Yang
Hanjie Ying
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description Biofilms can enhance industrial fermentation efficiency by increasing cell density, stability, and metabolic activity and have been successfully applied to the continuous production of many small-molecule chemicals. However, the continuous production of proteins by biofilms has been less studied. This study used secretory human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) as a representative product to evaluate and optimize biofilm-based continuous protein production. First, by deleting the protease and overexpressing eight key genes involved in protein secretion in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>, the yield of hEGF was improved by 82.6% from 77.4 to 141.3 mg/L in shake flasks. Subsequently, the flocculation genes <i>FLO11</i> and <i>ALS3</i> were introduced to facilitate the establishment of a biofilm-based continuous immobilization fermentation model. The optimal strain SIC-<i>ALS3</i>-<i>PDI1</i> produced 583.8 mg/L of hEGF, with a productivity of 4.9 mg/L/h during traditional free-cell fermentation, while it produced an average of 300.0 mg/L of hEGF in 10 continuous batches of biofilm-based fermentation, with a productivity of 6.3 mg/L/h. Although the hEGF production in biofilms was lower than that in free-cell fermentation, biofilm fermentation demonstrated greater productivity, with the advantage of not requiring seed culture for each batch of fermentation. This study provided a valuable reference for the biofilm-based production of other peptides.
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spelling doaj-art-ec116f8d4d834f89b889e54c1a9b1d2a2025-08-20T02:53:30ZengMDPI AGFermentation2311-56372024-12-01101266110.3390/fermentation10120661Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>Kaiqi Zhi0Zhiguo An1Mingyang Zhang2Kehan Liu3Yafan Cai4Zhenyu Wang5Di Zhang6Jinle Liu7Zhi Wang8Chenjie Zhu9Dong Liu10Sheng Yang11Hanjie Ying12School of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, ChinaShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaBiofilms can enhance industrial fermentation efficiency by increasing cell density, stability, and metabolic activity and have been successfully applied to the continuous production of many small-molecule chemicals. However, the continuous production of proteins by biofilms has been less studied. This study used secretory human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) as a representative product to evaluate and optimize biofilm-based continuous protein production. First, by deleting the protease and overexpressing eight key genes involved in protein secretion in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>, the yield of hEGF was improved by 82.6% from 77.4 to 141.3 mg/L in shake flasks. Subsequently, the flocculation genes <i>FLO11</i> and <i>ALS3</i> were introduced to facilitate the establishment of a biofilm-based continuous immobilization fermentation model. The optimal strain SIC-<i>ALS3</i>-<i>PDI1</i> produced 583.8 mg/L of hEGF, with a productivity of 4.9 mg/L/h during traditional free-cell fermentation, while it produced an average of 300.0 mg/L of hEGF in 10 continuous batches of biofilm-based fermentation, with a productivity of 6.3 mg/L/h. Although the hEGF production in biofilms was lower than that in free-cell fermentation, biofilm fermentation demonstrated greater productivity, with the advantage of not requiring seed culture for each batch of fermentation. This study provided a valuable reference for the biofilm-based production of other peptides.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/10/12/661hEGF<i>S. cerevisiae</i>biofilmimmobilization fermentation
spellingShingle Kaiqi Zhi
Zhiguo An
Mingyang Zhang
Kehan Liu
Yafan Cai
Zhenyu Wang
Di Zhang
Jinle Liu
Zhi Wang
Chenjie Zhu
Dong Liu
Sheng Yang
Hanjie Ying
Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
Fermentation
hEGF
<i>S. cerevisiae</i>
biofilm
immobilization fermentation
title Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
title_full Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
title_fullStr Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
title_full_unstemmed Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
title_short Biofilm-Based Immobilization Fermentation for Continuous hEGF Production in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
title_sort biofilm based immobilization fermentation for continuous hegf production in i saccharomyces cerevisiae i
topic hEGF
<i>S. cerevisiae</i>
biofilm
immobilization fermentation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/10/12/661
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