Improvement of epothilone B production by in situ removal of ammonium using cation exchange resin in Sorangium cellulosum culture

  • Sang Woo Park
  • , Se Jong Han
  • , Dong Shik Kim
  • , Sang Jun Sim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A cation exchange resin was added at different stages in the growth of Sorangium cellulosum cultures to remove excess ammonium, which has a negative influence on the production of the anticancer agent, epothilone. When 8 g L-1 of cation exchange resin were added at the mid-death phase, the ammonium removal reached 83% and the maximum production of epothilone was 14.3 mg L-1, which was 2.6 times greater than that of the control culture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)328-331
Number of pages4
JournalBiochemical Engineering Journal
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Dec 15
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by New Chemical Process Program under contact number 10023883 and Huons Co., Ltd. Korea.

Keywords

  • Ammonium
  • Cation resin
  • Epothilone
  • Feeding time
  • Sorangium cellulosum

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

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