Filamentous fungi as production organisms for glycoproteins of bio-medical interest
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Filamentous fungi are commonly used in the fermentation industry for large scale production of glycoproteins. Several of these proteins can be produced in concentrations up to 20-40 g per litre. The production of heterologous glycoproteins is at least one or two orders of magnitude lower but research is in progress to increase the production levels. In the past years the structure of protein-linked carbohydrates of a number of fungal proteins has been elucidated, showing the presence of oligo-mannosidic and high-mannose chains, sometimes with typical fungal modifications. A start has been made to engineer the glycosylation pathway in filamentous fungi to obtain strains that show a more mammalian-like type of glycosylation. This mini review aims to cover the current knowledge of glycosylation in filamentous fungi, and to show the possibilities to produce glycoproteins with these organisms with a more mammalian-like type of glycosylation for research purposes or pharmaceutical applications.Chemicals/CAS: Glycoproteins; Oligosaccharides; Recombinant Proteins
Topics
Filamentous fungiHomologous and heterologous protein secretionN-glycosylationO-glycosylationPhosphorylationProtein-linked carbohydratesCarbohydrateFungal proteinGlycanGlycoproteinMannoseRecombinant proteinDrug industryFungusGene fusionGenetic engineeringNonhumanPriority journalProtein secretionProtein synthesisReviewBiotechnologyCarbohydrate SequenceFungiGlycoproteinsGlycosylationHumansMolecular Sequence DataOligosaccharidesProtein EngineeringRecombinant ProteinsFungiMammalia
TNO Identifier
41330
Source
Clycoconjugate Journal, 16(2), pp. 99-107.
Pages
99-107
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