Journal
MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 23-52Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1385/MB:16:1:23
Keywords
Pichia pastoris; Pichia methanolica; methylotrophic yeast; heterologous protein production; foreign gene expression; yeast protein expression; fermentation
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-43698] Funding Source: Medline
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The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is now one of the standard tools used in molecular biology for the generation of recombinant protein. P. pastoris has demonstrated its most powerful success as a large-scale (fermentation) recombinant protein production tool. What began more than 20 years ago as a program to convert abundant methanol to a protein source for animal feed has been developed into what is today two production system. To date well over 200 heterologous proteins have been expressed in P. pastoris. Significant advances in the development of new strains and vectors, improved techniques, and the commercial availability of these tools coupled with a better understanding of the biology of Pichia species have led to this microbe's value and power in commercial and research labs alike.
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