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Table 3 Cell growth and productivity for the validation experiment

From: Experimental design approach in recombinant protein expression: determining medium composition and induction conditions for expression of pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae in Escherichia coliand preliminary purification process

Induction time

rPly activity

Cell growth

Yield per cell

h

HU/mL

Abs

HU/mL/Abs

0*

0

0.82 ± 0.01

0

1

401 ± 18

1.60 ± 0.04

251 ± 7

2

656 ± 62

2.42 ± 0.09

272 ± 33

3

867 ± 20

2.65 ± 0.02

328 ± 6

4

1394 ± 73

2.93 ± 0.17

476 ± 34

  1. Results are averages of three experiments. Expression of rPly was performed at Absind 0.8 with 0.1 mM IPTG for 4 h induction at 25°C in a medium culture comprised of 5 g/L yeast extract, 5 g/L tryptone, 1 g/L glucose, 30 μg/mL kanamycin and 10 g/L NaCl.
  2. *Induction moment.