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Method of producing non-bovine chymosin and use hereof

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-11-07
ETH ZZURICH +1
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Whereas efforts to improve yields of chymosin activity up till now have exclusively been concerned with chymosin of bovine origin, the industry has not yet explored the possibility of providing effective chymosin preparations based on non-bovine, ie non-Bos taurus, chymosin species.

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[0070] Construction of a vector for the expression of camel chymosin

[0071] Unless indicated otherwise, recombinant DNA techniques were according to Sambrook et al., 1989.

[0072] 1.1 Cloning of Camelus dromedarius chymosin gene

[0073] A DNA sequence containing a camel prochymosin (cd-prochymosin) coding sequence and adjacent 5' and 3' sequences of the pGAMpR vector (Ward et al., 1990) was amplified by PCR. The pGAMpR vector comprises, as a selection marker, the pyr4 gene of Neurospora crassa, which is capable of complementing a pyrG mutation in a recipient strain. mRNA was isolated from mucosal tissue of a 3 year old camel using a direct mRNA Kit (Quiagen, D-40724 Hilden, Germany). Based on this isolated mRNA, a cDNA template for PCR was generated by reverse transcription. For PCR amplification the following pair of primers were used:

1 cd-prochymosin forward: Pmll 5'-cacgtggcggAGTGGGATCACCAGG-ATCCCTCTG-3' (SEQ ID NO:1) cd-prochymosin reverse: Xbal 5'-tctagaggaTCAGATGGCCTTGGCCAGCCCCACG-...

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[0080] Transformation of Aspergillus niger var. awamori with pGAMpR-C

[0081] For these transformation experiments, a derivative of Aspergillus niger var. awamori, strain dgr246pyrG (Ward et al., 1993) was used as recipient. This strain is a derivative of Aspergillus niger var. awamori strain GCl-HF1-2dgr246 having a pyrG mutation, rendering the strain incapable of growing in the absence of uridine, and which comprises several copies of the pGAMpR plasmid. The derivative strain, dgr246pyrG used as recipient is derived by curing the pyrG mutant parent strain for all copies of pGAMpR.

[0082] The dgr246pyrG strain has been deposited under the Budapest Treaty with the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Oosterstraat 1, P.O. Box 273, 3740 AG Baarn, The Netherlands, on Jun. 13, 2000 under the accession No. CBS 108914.

[0083] An optimised protocol as developed by Chr. Hansen A / S was applied for transformation of the "cured" Aspergillus strain. This protocol comprises the steps of provi...

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[0095] Production of camel chymosin using recombinant Aspergillus niger var. awamori

[0096] 3.1 Selection of transformants producing high amounts of chymosin

[0097] To select the transformants that produced the most chymosin, a small scale (20 ml) shake flask experiments with 45 transformants was carried out. 20 ml of CSL medium (see above) was inoculated with 1.times.10.sup.6 spores of each transformant, incubation 24-48 hrs at 37.degree. C. and 200 rpm. 2 ml of these precultures was used for inoculation of 20 ml medium followed by incubation for 10 days at 37.degree. C., 200 rpm. After incubation the cultures were centrifuged at 14,000 rpm using an Eppendorf centrifuge and the clear supernatants were collected and stored at -20.degree. C. until determination of chymosin activity. As controls, both the recipient strain and an Aspergillus niger var. awamori production strain for bovine chymosin, dgr246chlor25 (Dunn-Coleman et al., 1991) containing the pGAMpR (spores of this strain use...

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Abstract

A method of recombinantly producing a non-bovine pre-prochymosin, prochymosin or chymosin derived from ruminant species including deer species, buffalo species, antelope species, giraffe species, ovine species and caprine species; Camelidae species such as Camelus dromedarius; porcine species; or Equidae species. The recombinant enzymes are used in milk coagulating compositions in cheese manufacturing based on cow's milk and milk from any animal species which are used in cheese manufacturing including camel's milk.

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[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of cheese manufacturing. In particular, novel recombinant means of providing milk-clotting enzymes of non-bovine, ie non-Bos taurus, animal origin are provided. Specifically, the invention pertains to a process of recombinantly providing pre-prochymosin, prochymosin and chymosin of non-bovine origin including such enzymes that are derived from camels.TECHNICAL BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART[0002] Enzymatic coagulation of milk-by-milk clotting enzymes, such as chymosin and pepsin, is one of the most important processes in the manufacture of cheeses. Enzymatic milk coagulation is a two-phase process: a first phase where a proteolytic enzyme, chymosin or pepsin, attacks .kappa.-casein, resulting in a metastable state of the casein micelle structure and a second phase, where the milk subsequently coagulates and forms a coagulum.[0003] Chymosin (EC 3.4.23.4) and pepsin (EC 3.4.23.1), the milk clotting enzymes of the mammalian stomach,...

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IPC IPC(8): C12N9/64C12N15/59
CPCC12N9/6483A23C19/043C12Y304/23004
Inventor KAPPELER, STEFANFARAH, ZAKARIABRINK, JOHANNES MAARTEN VAN DENRAHBEK-NIELSEN, HENRIKBUDTZ, PETER
Owner ETH ZZURICH
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