Optimization of lysine production in Corynebacteriumglutamicum ATCC15032 by Response surface methodology

Introduction:Lysine is an essential amino acid and has importance in food and pharmaceutical industry. Nowadays, there are different methods such as genetic and growth media optimization to enhance the lysine production. One of the useful methods in optimization of growth media is the response surface methodology. Materials and methods: In this study, lysine was produced by wild type of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC15032 and the production increased by response surface methodology. After selection of M9 culture media as a basic culture media, the effect of different factors such as carbon (glucose), nitrogen (ammonium sulphate) sources and methionine, as an additive, were studied on the lysine production. Then, the culture media and the time of incubation were optimized by response surface methodologyforlysine production. Results: The results showed that in M9 culture media, the amount of the produced lysine was 0.7 milligram per liter. In the optimized culture media (by response surface methodology) which has 14% glucose, 5% ammonium sulphate and 5mM methionine, lysine was produced up to 0.98 gram per liter after 2.5 days incubation. Pareto analysis indicated that methionine is the most effective factor in the lysine production. Finally, the results of granulation showed that the optimum condition for granulation of culture media (containing lysine) was achieved by adding starch, ammonium sulphate and sodium chloride in low pH and 100 °C. Discussion and conclusion: According to the results, the proposed culture media by response surface methodology causes 1400 times increase in the lysine production compared with M9 culture media and methionine had an important role in the production of lysine, probably by inhibiting the other metabolic pathway which has common metabolic precursor with lysine production metabolic pathway.