{"title":"Factors affecting the synthesis of the n-terminal methionine-free molecule of recombinant human interleukin-2 by Escherichia coli","authors":"Shigeru Fujimoto, Masanori Nakatsu, Koichi Kato, Kazuaki Kitano","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90045-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Escherichia coli</em> harboring the gene encoding human interleukin-2 (IL-2) produces a mixture of two recombinant IL-2 species: one with the amino-terminal alanine (rIL-2) and the other having an additional methionine residue at the amino terminus (Met-rIL-2). Ways to increase the amount of rIL-2 and its proportion to the total IL-2 were tried. Among <em>E. coli</em> K-12 derivatives, N4830 was an effective producer of recombinant IL-2. The production of the mixture was greatly increased by optimizing the medium ingredients or culture conditions. However, the percentage of rIL-2 in the product decreased almost linearly with an increase of the total production of recombinant IL-2 and was less than 10% under optimal culture conditions. By adding 4.1 × 10<sup>−5</sup> M maganese and 7.4 × 10<sup>−5</sup> M ferric ions to the medium, we succeeded in raising the percentage of rIL-2 to 50% without any decrease of the total production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 2","pages":"Pages 181-185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90045-3","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0385638088900453","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Escherichia coli harboring the gene encoding human interleukin-2 (IL-2) produces a mixture of two recombinant IL-2 species: one with the amino-terminal alanine (rIL-2) and the other having an additional methionine residue at the amino terminus (Met-rIL-2). Ways to increase the amount of rIL-2 and its proportion to the total IL-2 were tried. Among E. coli K-12 derivatives, N4830 was an effective producer of recombinant IL-2. The production of the mixture was greatly increased by optimizing the medium ingredients or culture conditions. However, the percentage of rIL-2 in the product decreased almost linearly with an increase of the total production of recombinant IL-2 and was less than 10% under optimal culture conditions. By adding 4.1 × 10−5 M maganese and 7.4 × 10−5 M ferric ions to the medium, we succeeded in raising the percentage of rIL-2 to 50% without any decrease of the total production.