US20160376330A1 - Mating factor alpha pro-peptide variants - Google Patents

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US20160376330A1 US15/121,050 US201515121050A US2016376330A1 US 20160376330 A1 US20160376330 A1 US 20160376330A1 US 201515121050 A US201515121050 A US 201515121050A US 2016376330 A1 US2016376330 A1 US 2016376330A1
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  • the present invention relates to the technical fields of protein expression and protein chemistry where a polypeptide is prepared by recombinant expression in yeast.
  • polypeptides which may be used for e.g. their biological activity.
  • Such polypeptides are often expressed as recombinant fusion polypeptides in microbial host cells.
  • the polypeptide of interest is often attached to a fusion partner polypeptide in order to increase the expression level, facilitate secretion, increase the solubility, promote polypeptide folding, to protect the polypeptide against unintentional proteolysis or to facilitate purification of the polypeptide of interest.
  • a pre-pro peptide (often called “leader”) is normally fused to the N-terminus of the recombinant product.
  • the pre-sequence ensures translocation of the fusion protein into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is the starting point of the secretory pathway.
  • ER endoplasmic reticulum
  • the pro-sequence ensures further transport from the ER to the Golgi apparatus, where an endogenous protease called Kex2p, often are used to cleave off the pro-sequence.
  • the processed recombinant peptide is subsequently secreted to the growth media, from where it can be purified.
  • the pre-pro sequence from Mating Factor Alpha is often used as leader when secreting recombinant polypeptides.
  • many other sequences are able to facilitate the secretory process.
  • the leader sequence has a significant influence, not only on the amounts of secreted peptide, but also on the quality in terms of degradation and post-translational modifications such as O-glycosylation. As degradation and O-glycosylation normally are unwanted events, it is desirable with a leader sequence that reduces these modifications to the lowest possible extent, and at the same time maximizes the yield of secreted polypeptide.
  • EP 0121884 A2 describes the recombinant production of human insulin in S. cerevisiae using yeast alpha-factor.
  • EP 0324274A1 describes the use of a truncated alpha-factor leader sequence for improved expression and secretion of heterologous proteins in yeast.
  • WO95/34666 describes synthetic leaders for producing secreted polypeptides in S. cerevisiae.
  • Rakestraw et al. (Biotech. Bioeng. 103 (2009) 1192-1201) describe mutant Mating Factor Alpha leader sequences which increase the secretion of single-chain antibody and which increase human IgG1 production levels in S. cerevisiae.
  • leader sequences which increase the yield of the polypeptide precursor, and which reduce the proportion of the recombinant polypeptide which is O-glycosylated.
  • leader sequences for expressing GLP-1 peptides in yeast which leaders increase the yield of the GLP-1 peptides or precursors thereof and lower the O-glycosylation of the GLP-1 peptides.
  • Such more specific leader sequences may facilitate a higher yield of the recombinant polypeptide as well as a lower the amount of O-glycosylated impurities.
  • yeast cells having increased level of expression of heterologous polypeptides It is also an object of the present invention to provide yeast cells secreting recombinant polypeptide having a reduced amount of 0-glycosylated variants of the recombinant polypeptide. In particular it is an object of the present invention to provide yeast cells having both an increased level of expression of the recombinant polypeptide and a reduced amount of 0-glycosylated variants. It is an object of the present invention to provide improved expression system for recombinant expression of GLP-1 peptides in yeast cells.
  • a method for recombinant expression of a polypeptide comprising a GLP-1 peptide in yeast comprising the culturing of a yeast strain comprising a DNA sequence encoding a processing and secretion signal upstream of the polypeptide, wherein said processing and secretion signal comprises a Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant having at least one substitution in the VIGYL sequence at positions 38-42 to comprise the amino acid sequence of the general formula (I):
  • the Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant has at least one substitution in the VIGYL sequence at positions 38-42 to comprise the amino acid sequence of the general formula (I): X 38 -X 39 -X 40 -X 41 -X 42 (I) wherein X 38 is V; X 39 L, I, V or M; X 40 is G or R; X 41 is Y, and X 42 is L.
  • polypeptide for recombinant expression is a GLP-1 peptide.
  • polypeptide for recombinant expression comprises GLP-1(7-37)[K34R], GLP-1(9-37)[K34R] or GLP-1(9-37)[K34R,G37K].
  • a Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant having at least one substitution in the VIGYL sequence at positions 38-42 to comprise the amino acid sequence of the general formula (I):
  • a GLP-1 precursor which is a fusion polypeptide comprising:
  • a DNA sequence encoding the Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant or the GLP-1 precursor is provided.
  • an expression vector comprising the DNA sequence encoding the Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant or the GLP-1 precursor.
  • a host cell comprising the expression vector according to the invention.
  • the host cell used for expression has a non-functional pmt1 gene or no pmt1 gene at all.
  • Such a host cell has surprisingly been found to lower the amount of O-glycosylated polypeptide independently of, and in addition to, the lowering obtained from the Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows the minimal expression plasmid as used in Example 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows the N-terminally extended GLP-1(7-37)[K34R] precursor including the wildtype Mating Factor ⁇ pre-pro-peptide with indication of the VIGYL subsequence of the pro-peptide.
  • a method for recombinant expression of a polypeptide in yeast comprising the culturing of a yeast strain comprising a DNA sequence encoding a processing and secretion signal upstream of the polypeptide, wherein said processing and secretion signal comprises a Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant having at least one substitution in the VIGYL sequence at positions 38-42 to comprise the amino acid sequence of the general formula (I):
  • leader sequence as used herein is intended to mean an amino acid sequence consisting of a pre-peptide (the signal peptide) and a pro-peptide.
  • Non-limiting examples of leader sequences are e.g. the alpha-factor signal leader from S. cerevisiae and the synthetic leader sequences for yeast described in WO95/34666.
  • Pre-peptide as used herein is intended to mean a signal peptide which is present as an N-terminal sequence on the precursor form of a polypeptide to be expressed.
  • the function of the signal peptide is to facilitate translocation of the polypeptide into the endoplasmic reticulum in the host cell.
  • the signal peptide is normally cleaved off in the course of this process.
  • the signal peptide may be heterologous or homologous to the host cell producing the polypeptide.
  • Pro-peptide as used herein is intended to mean a peptide sequence whose function is to allow the expressed polypeptide to be directed from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus and further to a secretory vesicle for secretion into the culture medium (i.e. exportation of the polypeptide across the cell wall or at least through the cellular membrane into the periplasmic space of the yeast cell).
  • a pro-peptide are the yeast ⁇ -factor pro-peptide (vide U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,546,082 and 4,870,008) and the synthetic pro-peptides disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • the pro-peptide will preferably contain an endopeptidase processing site at the C-terminal end, such as a Lys-Arg sequence or any functional analog thereof.
  • Mating Factor ⁇ (MF ⁇ , MFa or MFalpha) as used herein is intended to mean the Saccharomyces cerevisiae prepro-sequence, comprising the Mating Factor ⁇ pre-peptide as amino acid residues 1-19 and Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide as amino acid residues 20-85 in the structure:
  • the Mating Factor ⁇ comprises the sequence VIGYL (SEQ ID NO:3) as amino acid residues 38-42.
  • a variant of Mating Factor ⁇ has been used for recombinant expression of polypeptides which comprises the sequence VIGYS (SEQ ID NO:4) as amino acid residues 38-42 in the Mating Factor ⁇ sequence.
  • polypeptide In the present context the terms “polypeptide”, “protein” and “peptide” may be used interchangeably to designate a polypeptide. It is to be understood that the particular term used has no limitation as to the size of the molecule (unless directly stated in the particular context).
  • Amino acid residues are generally designated according to single letter abbreviation according to IUPAC nomenclature, e.g. D meaning aspartic acid (Asp) and G meaning glycine. However, in some instances the corresponding three letter abbreviation is also used.
  • Genetically encoded amino acids as used herein is intended to mean the group consisting of the following amino acids: G, P, A, V, L, I, M, C, F, Y, W, H, K, R, Q, N, E, D, S, T as well as any biological modification hereof.
  • Non-limiting examples of such biological modifications are e.g. amidation, glycosylation and disulphide bond formation.
  • analogue of GLP-1(7-37) is intended to mean polypeptides which are derived from the reference polypeptide by means of substitution, deletion and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues from the polypeptide.
  • an analogue of GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO:5) are GLP-1(7-37)[K34R] (SEQ ID NO: 6) where residue 34 has been substituted by an arginine residue and GLP-1(9-37)[K34R] (SEQ ID NO: 7) where residue 34 has been substituted with an arginine residue and amino acid residues 7-8 have been deleted (using the common numbering of amino acid residues for GLP-1 peptides).
  • “Variant” as used herein with reference to a polypeptide is intended to mean a chemical variant of the polypeptide which retains substantially the same main function as the original protein. Hence a variant is typically a modified version of a polypeptide wherein as few modifications are introduced as necessary for the modified polypeptide to have some desirable property while preserving substantially the same main function of the original polypeptide.
  • Non-limiting examples of polypeptide variants are e.g. extended polypeptides, truncated polypeptides, fusion polypeptides and analogues.
  • a non-limiting example of a variant of Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide is L425-Mating Factor ⁇ (20-85) (SEQ ID NO:8).
  • a non-limiting example of a variant of GLP-1(7-37) is GLP-1(7-37)[K34R].
  • a variant of a polypeptide comprises from 1-2 amino acid substitutions, deletions or additions as compared to the unmodified polypeptide. In another embodiment, a variant comprises from 1-5 amino acid substitutions, deletions or additions as compared to the unmodified polypeptide. In another embodiment, a variant comprises from 1-15 amino acid substitution, deletion or additions relative to the corresponding unmodified polypeptide.
  • a Mating Factor ⁇ pro-peptide variant having at least one substitution in the VIGYL sequence at positions 38-42 to comprise the amino acid sequence of the general formula (I):
  • a GLP-1 precursor which is a fusion polypeptide comprising:
  • GLP-1 peptide is intended to designate GLP-1 (7-37), GLP-1 (7-36) amide as well as analogues thereof, which are capable of being produced by conventional recombinant DNA techniques as well as conventional synthetic methods.
  • GLP-1 peptides include but are not limited to native glucagon-like peptide-1, for instance such peptide fragments which comprises GLP-1 (7-37) and functional variants thereof as disclosed in WO 87/06941; such peptide fragments which comprise GLP-1 (7-36) and functional derivatives thereof as disclosed in WO 90/11296; such analogues of the active GLP-1 peptides 7-34, 7-35, 7-36, and 7-37 as disclosed in WO 91/11457; such N-terminal truncated fragments of GLP-1 as disclosed in EP 0699686-A2; and such GLP-1 analogues and derivatives that include an N-terminal imidazole group as disclosed in EP 0708179-A2.
  • Non-limiting examples of a GLP-1 peptide is GLP-1(7-37) and GLP-1(7-37)[K34R].
  • GLP-1 precursor as used herein is intended to mean a polypeptide comprising an extended GLP-1 peptide where the extension serves to facilitate the secretion, expression or recovery of the GLP-1 peptide. Examples of GLP-1 precursors may be found in WO03/010186 and WO09/083549. GLP-1 precursors are intended to include GLP-1 peptides having a small extension, e.g. 2-5 amino acid residues, as well as GLP-1 peptides having longer extensions comprising a pre-peptide and a pro-peptide.
  • said amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein
  • said amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein
  • said amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein
  • amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein X 40 is R. In another embodiment said amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein X 40 is R and X 42 is L.
  • said amino acid sequence of the general formula (I) has a sequence wherein X 38 is V, X 39 is I, X 40 is R, X 41 is Y and X 42 is L.
  • polypeptide being recombinantly expressed is a GLP-1 peptide or a variant thereof, such as GLP-1(7-37)[K34R] or GLP-1(9-37)[K34R].
  • the polypeptide being recombinantly expressed has an N-terminal extension, i.e. positioned between the Mating Factor ⁇ variant and the polypeptide to be manufactured.
  • This extension may facilitate the expression or secretion of the polypeptide from the host cell, or it may protect part of the polypeptide from undesirable proteolytical processing in the N-terminal.
  • the N-terminal extension is a polypeptide having from 2-10 amino acid residues or having from about 8 to about 200 amino acid residues. Smaller N-terminal extensions are often used when the extension serves to facilitate the expression of the polypeptide in a host cell, or when the extension serves to protect a polypeptide from being proteolytically processed in the N-terminal.
  • the N-terminal extension is selected from the group consisting of EEK, EEAEK (SEQ ID NO:9), HK, EEAHK (SEQ ID NO:10), E(EA)2HK (SEQ ID NO:11), E(EA)3HK (SEQ ID NO:12), EEGHK (SEQ ID NO:13), EHPK, EEGEPK (SEQ ID NO:14), EEAHELK (SEQ ID NO:15), EEAHEVK (SEQ ID NO:16), EEAHEMK (SEQ ID NO:17), EEAHEFK (SEQ ID NO:18), EEAHEYK (SEQ ID NO:19), EEAHEWKEEGNTTPK (SEQ ID NO:20) and EELDARLEALK (SEQ ID NO:21).
  • the N-terminal extension is selected from the group consisting of QPMYKR (SEQ ID NO:22), GQPMYK (SEQ ID NO:23), PGQPMY (SEQ ID NO:24), KPGQPM (SEQ ID NO:25), LKPGQP (SEQ ID NO:26), QLKPGQ (SEQ ID NO:27), LQLKPG (SEQ ID NO:28), WLQLKP (SEQ ID NO:29), HWLQLK (SEQ ID NO:30), WHWLQL (SEQ ID NO:31), AWHWLQ (SEQ ID NO:32), EAWHWL (SEQ ID NO:33), AEAWHW (SEQ ID NO:34) and EAEAWH (SEQ ID NO:35).
  • QPMYKR SEQ ID NO:22
  • GQPMYK SEQ ID NO:23
  • PGQPMY SEQ ID NO:24
  • KPGQPM SEQ ID NO:25
  • LKPGQP SEQ ID NO:26
  • the expressed polypeptide When the expressed polypeptide includes an N-terminal extension, it is customary to cleave off this N-terminal extension by the use of a protease, a peptidase or by chemical cleavage. Proteases such as trypsin, Acromobacter lyticus protease and Enterokinase may be used. The particular proteolytic enzyme selected for the cleavage is often determined by the polypeptide being manufactured. Hence, the person skilled in the art will often select the proteolytic enzyme based on the polypeptides sequence, specifically the presence of any internal primary or secondary cleavage sites, as well as adapting the N-terminal extension to form a good cleavage site.
  • the cleavage efficiency of a protease when used to cleave a polypeptide expressed with an N-terminal extension may be determined by a simple assay as follows: A suitable aqueous solution of the polypeptide is incubated at a pH and temperature which is favourable to the protease and samples are withdrawn from the reaction mixture over time. As soon as the samples are withdrawn the enzyme activity is inactivated. After collecting all the samples covering the time-span of interest, the concentration of the corresponding polypeptide without the N-terminal extension is determined by e.g. HPLC analysis. Depicting the concentration of the cleaved polypeptide as a function of time will indicate the progress of the reaction. Comparing such reaction traces for different N-terminal extension of the polypeptide will allow a ranking of the N-terminal extensions in accordance with the ability of the protease to liberate the polypeptide without N-terminal extension.
  • the nucleic acid construct encoding the polypeptide may suitably be of genomic, cDNA or synthetic origin. Amino acid sequence alterations are accomplished by modification of the genetic code by well known techniques.
  • the DNA sequence encoding the polypeptide are usually inserted into a recombinant vector which may be any vector, which may conveniently be subjected to recombinant DNA procedures, and the choice of vector will often depend on the host cell into which it is to be introduced.
  • the vector may be an autonomously replicating vector, i.e. a vector, which exists as an extrachromosomal entity, the replication of which is independent of chromosomal replication, e.g. a plasmid.
  • the vector may be one which, when introduced into a host cell, is integrated into the host cell genome and replicated together with the chromosome(s) into which it has been integrated.
  • the vector is preferably an expression vector in which the DNA sequence encoding the polypeptide is operably linked to additional segments required for transcription of the DNA.
  • operably linked indicates that the segments are arranged so that they function in concert for their intended purposes, e.g. transcription initiates in a promoter and proceeds through the DNA sequence coding for the polypeptide until it terminates within a terminator.
  • expression vectors for use in expressing the polypeptide will comprise a promoter capable of initiating and directing the transcription of a cloned gene or cDNA.
  • the promoter may be any DNA sequence, which shows transcriptional activity in the host cell of choice and may be derived from genes encoding proteins either homologous or heterologous to the host cell.
  • expression vectors for use of expression of the polypeptide will also comprise a terminator sequence, a sequence recognized by a host cell to terminate transcription.
  • the terminator sequence is operably linked to the 3′ terminus of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide. Any terminator which is functional in the host cell of choice may be used in the present invention.
  • Useful signal peptides for use as the pre-peptide in leaders for expression in yeast host cells are obtained e.g. from the genes for Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-factor and Saccharomyces cerevisiae invertase.
  • Other examples of useful pre-peptides are the yeast aspartic protease 3 (Yps1) signal peptide (Egel-Mitani et al. (1990) YEAST 6:127-137 and U.S. Pat. No.
  • yeast cells contain an endogenous plasmid, called the 2 micron plasmid that contains various elements that ensure its stable maintenance in the yeast cell (Guerineau et al., 1971, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 42(3):550-557).
  • the whole or part of this endogenous 2 micron can be used in conjunction with a recombinant gene, as a method for securing stable maintenance of the sequences necessary for the recombinant expression (Beggs J. D., 1978, Transformation of yeast by a replicating hybrid plasmid, Nature, 275:104-109).
  • the expression plasmid for recombinant expression only needs to comprise the replication origin and the STB region.
  • the other factors present on the endogenous 2 micron plasmid can function in trans.
  • the replication origin and the STB region only constitute a small part of the endogenous 2 ⁇ plasmid.
  • the present invention provides an expression plasmid containing only the replication origin and the STB region from the 2 micron plasmid.
  • this minimal expression plasmid does not contain any of the FLP region, the repeat 1 region, the REP1 region, D-protein, repeat 2 region and REP2 region.
  • this plasmid comprises an expression cassette, an E. coli part including an AmpR gene, an S. pombe sequence encoding triose-phosphate-isomerase as described in Russell, P R (1985, Transcription of the triose-phosphate gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe initiates from a start point different from that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Gene, 40:125-130).
  • the minimal plasmid comprises no AmpR or other antibiotic resistance gene.
  • an antibiotic resistance gene is useful during the cloning work in e.g. E. coli but it is preferable to eliminate the antibiotic resistance gene in the plasmid used for industrial scale recombinant protein expression.
  • the antibiotic resistance gene can be made non-functional or removed from the host cell by well known procedures, see e.g. WO 00/04172.
  • the minimal expression plasmid is useful for expression of a polyeptide in a yeast.
  • the vectors of the present invention preferably contain one or more selectable markers which permit easy selection of transformed cells.
  • a selectable marker is a gene the product of which provides for biocide or viral resistance, resistance to heavy metals, complement auxotrophies, and the like.
  • Examples of bacterial selectable markers are the dal genes from Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis , or markers which confer antibiotic resistance such as ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol or tetracycline resistance.
  • Selectable markers for use in auxotroph yeast cells include ADE2, HIS3, LEU2, LYS2, MET3, TRP1, and URA3.
  • a preferred selectable marker for yeast is the Schizosaccharomyces pombe TPI gene (Russell (1985) Gene 40:125-130).
  • the polynucleotide sequence is operably connected to a suitable promoter sequence.
  • the promoter may be any nucleic acid sequence which shows transcriptional activity in the host cell of choice including mutant, truncated, and hybrid promoters, and may be obtained from genes encoding extra-cellular or intra-cellular polypeptides either homologous or heterologous to the host cell. Examples of useful promoters in yeast host cells are the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MF ⁇ 1, TPI1, ADH2, TDH3 or PGK1 promoters.
  • the polynucleotide construct of the invention will also typically be operably connected to a suitable terminator.
  • a suitable terminator is the TPI1 terminator (Alber et al. (1982) J. Mol. Appl. Genet. 1:419-434), but could be any endogenous yeast terminator.
  • the vector may be constructed either by first preparing a DNA construct containing the entire DNA sequence encoding the polypeptide to be expressed, and subsequently inserting this fragment into a suitable expression vector, or by sequentially inserting DNA fragments containing genetic information for the individual elements (such as the Mating Factor ⁇ variant of the invention, the polypeptide to be expressed optionally including a N-terminal extension) followed by assembly of the elements by ligation, seamless cloning methods or by cloning directly in the yeast cell by homologous recombination.
  • the vector may be constructed either by first preparing a DNA construct containing the entire DNA sequence encoding the polypeptide to be expressed, and subsequently inserting this fragment into a suitable expression vector, or by sequentially inserting DNA fragments containing genetic information for the individual elements (such as the Mating Factor ⁇ variant of the invention, the polypeptide to be expressed optionally including a N-terminal extension) followed by assembly of the elements by ligation, seamless cloning methods or by cloning directly
  • the present invention also relates to recombinant host cells, comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the Mating Factor ⁇ variant of the invention and the polypeptide to be expressed.
  • a vector comprising such polynucleotide sequence is introduced into the host cell so that the vector is maintained as a chromosomal integrant or as a self-replicating extra-chromosomal vector.
  • “Host cell” as used herein is intended to mean a microorganism which is used for the expression of a polypeptide of interest.
  • a host cell encompasses any progeny of a parent cell that is not identical to the parent cell due to mutations that occur during replication.
  • yeast as used herein includes ascosporogenous yeast (Endomycetales), basidiosporogenous yeast, and yeast belonging to the Fungi Imperfecti (Blastomycetes).
  • the ascosporogenous yeasts are divided into the families Spermophthoraceae and Saccharomycetaceae. The latter is comprised of four subfamilies, Schizosaccharomycoideae (e.g., genus Schizosaccharomyces ), Nadsonioideae, Lipomycoideae, and Saccharomycoideae (e.g., genera Pichia, Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces ).
  • Schizosaccharomycoideae e.g., genus Schizosaccharomyces
  • Nadsonioideae e.g., Lipomycoideae
  • Saccharomycoideae e.g., genera Pichia, Kluyveromyces and Saccharo
  • the basidiosporogenous yeasts include the genera Leucosporidim, Rhodosporidium, Sporidiobolus, Filobasidium , and Filobasidiella .
  • Yeast belonging to the Fungi Imperfecti are divided into two families, Sporobolomycetaceae (e.g., genera Sorobolomyces and Bullera ) and Cryptococcaceae (e.g., genus Candida ). Since the classification of yeast may change in the future, for the purposes of this invention, yeast shall be defined as described in Biology and Activities of Yeast (Skinner, F. A., Passmore, S. M., and Davenport, R. R., eds, Soc. App. Bacteriol. Symposium Series No.
  • yeast host cell used in the process of the invention may be any suitable yeast organism which, on cultivation, produces large amounts of the polypeptide to be expressed.
  • yeast organisms are strains selected from a cell of a species of Candida, Kluyveromyces, Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Pichia, Hansenula , and Yarrowia .
  • the yeast host cell is selected from a Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces diastaticus, Saccharomyces douglasii, Saccharomyces kluyveri, Saccharomyces norbensis, Saccharomyces oviformis, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Sacchoromyces uvarum, Pichia kluyveri, Yarrowia lipolytica, Candida utilis, Candida cacaoi , and Geotrichum fermentans .
  • yeast host cells are a Kluyveromyces lactis, Kluyveromyces fragilis, Hansenula polymorpha, Pichia pastoris Yarrowia lipolytica, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Ustilgo maylis, Candida maltose, Pichia guillermondii and Pichia methanoliol (cf. Gleeson et al., J. Gen. Microbiol. 132, 1986, pp. 3459-3465; U.S. Pat. No. 4,882,279 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,879,231).
  • the transformation of the yeast cells may for instance be effected by protoplast formation followed by transformation in a manner known per se.
  • the host cell for expressing the polypeptide is preferably a cell free from any functional antibiotic resistance genes.
  • antibiotic resistance genes are useful during initial cloning steps in e.g. E. coli
  • the antibiotic resistance genes can be made non-functional or removed from the host cell by well known procedures, see e.g. WO 00/04172.
  • “Medium” as used herein is intended to mean a liquid solution for cultivating the host cell, i.e. supporting the growth and product formation of the yeast.
  • a suitable medium for yeast is e.g. YPD or as described in WO2008/037735.
  • the medium contains at least one carbon source, one or several nitrogen sources, essential salts including salts of potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphate and sulphate, trace metals, water soluble vitamins, and process aids including but not limited to antifoam agents, protease inhibitors, stabilizers, ligands and inducers.
  • Typical carbon sources are e.g. mono- or disaccharides.
  • Typical nitrogen sources are, e.g.
  • Typical trace metals are e.g. Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Mo and H 3 BO 3 .
  • Typical water soluble vitamins are e.g. biotin, pantothenate, niacin, thiamine, p-aminobenzoic acid, choline, pyridoxine, folic acid, riboflavin and ascorbic acid.
  • fermentation as used herein is intended to mean an aseptic process used for propagating microorganisms submerged in a liquid medium.
  • the fermentation is preferably carried out in aseptic, stirred tanks with supply lines for addition of compressed, sterile gasses consisting of but not limited to air, oxygen and ammonia.
  • a fermentation tank can contain sensors and devices for monitoring pH, temperature, pressure, agitation rate, dissolved oxygen level, liquid content, foam level, feed addition rates and rates of adding acid and base.
  • the fermentation tank can be equipped with optical devices for monitoring levels of cell density, concentrations of metabolites and products regardless of their physio-chemical form.
  • the desired product produced during the fermentation is present as soluble extracellular material or as intracellular material either in the form of soluble material or as insoluble material including aggregated material. It is preferable that it is present as soluble extracellular material.
  • a fermentation process is typically carried out in tanks with a working volume ranging from 100 mL to 200.000 L.
  • a fermentation process can be operated as a batch process, a fed-batch process, a repeated fed-batch process or a continuous process.
  • the secreted polypeptides may be recovered from the medium by conventional procedures including separating the yeast cells from the medium by centrifugation, filtration or catching the polypeptide by an ion-exchange matrix or by a reverse phase absorption matrix, precipitating the protein components of the supernatant or filtrate by means of a salt, e.g. ammonium sulphate, followed by purification by a variety of chromatographic procedures, e.g. ion exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, or the like.
  • a salt e.g. ammonium sulphate
  • the novel Mating Factor ⁇ variants of the present invention also facilitate reduced O-glycosylation of the polypeptide during expression in yeast.
  • the Mating Factor ⁇ variants of the present invention can be used in an improved method for making polypeptides such as GLP-1 peptides in yeast. Expressing the polypeptide in a yeast cell having reduced capacity for O-glycosylation may maintain the improved yield of said precursor while at the same time reducing even further the fraction of said polypeptide that is O-glycosylated during expression.
  • PMTS Protein O-mannosyltransferases
  • the protein O-mannosyltransferases Pmt1p and Pmt2p are catalyzing the O-glycosylation of serine and threonine residues in proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum of yeast by transfer of a mannosyl residue from Dolichyl phosphate-D-mannose (Gentzsch et al., FEBS Lett 1995, 18, pp 128-130).
  • the PMT family is highly redundant, and only the simultaneous deletion of PMT1/PMT2 and PMT4 subfamily members is lethal (Girrbach and Strahl, J. Biol. Chem. 2003, 278, pp 12554-62).
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,714,377 describe that yeast cells having reduced O-glycosylation capacity from PMT1/PMT2 modification are still viable and show good growth characteristics in industrial fermentation conditions.
  • plasmid that contains the TDH3 promoter, the gene encoding the MFalpha pre-pro-peptide, the gene encoding an N-terminal extended GLP-1 (DVKPGQPMYDDDDK-GLP-1(7-37)[K34R]) (SEQ ID NO:44), a minimal 2 micron region for maintenance in yeast, and a selectable marker, namely the TPI gene from S. pombe (see FIG. 1 ).
  • a plasmid similar to those in Examples 1-45, containing the TDH3 promoter, the gene encoding the MFalpha pre-pro-peptide, the gene encoding an N-terminal extended GLP-1 (DVKPGQPMYDDDDK-GLP-1(7-37)[K34R]), a minimal 2 micron region for maintenance in yeast, and a selectable marker ( FIG. 1 ) was transformed into two different strain backgrounds—one containing the PMT1 gene (PMT+), the other deleted for the PMT1 gene (PMT ⁇ ).
  • the PMT1 gene is encoding a protein mannosyltransferase involved in O-glycosylation.
  • the MFalpha pro-peptide was either wildtype (40G) or mutated (G40R).
  • the G40R mutation reduced O-glycosylation with more than 80%. Deletion of PMT1 reduces O-glycosylation by further more than 80%, in this case giving levels of O-glycosylation close to the detection limit. Furthermore, the G40R mutation gives a surprising increase in yield of the N-terminally extended GLP-1 as compared to the 40G wildtype version, both in PMT+ strain as well as in pmt1 deleted strain (see Table 6).
  • plasmids that contained the TDH3 promoter, the gene encoding the MFalpha pre-pro-peptide in the form of either the wildtype (40G) or a 40R mutation, the gene encoding N-terminal extended GLP-1 (DVKPGQPMYDDDDK-GLP-1(9-37)[K34R] or DVKPGQPMYDDDDK-GLP-1(9-37)[K34R,G37K]), a minimal 2 micron region for maintenance in yeast, and a selectable marker, namely the TPI gene from S. pombe (see FIG. 1 ).

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