Abstract:
A method for improving production yield of Saccharomyces cerevisiae JUL3 having beta-glucan is provided to mass produce Saccharomyces cerevisiae JUL3 inexpensively by using an inexpensive medium and optimizing process parameters, and increase the content of beta-glucan having high physiological activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae JUL3. A method for improving production yield of Saccharomyces cerevisiae JUL3(KFCC 11359P) having abundant beta-glucan comprises the steps of: determining the optimum medium composition, wherein the optimum medium compositions are 5-7% molasses, 15-19% corn steep liquor, 0.3-0.7% KH2PO4, 0.05-0.15% MgSO4 and trace amount of minerals through response surface methodology as a statistical analysis method; comparing the cell production amount of Saccharomyces cerevisiae JUL3 in the optimum medium composition; determining the culture conditions, wherein the culture conditions are 200-400 rpm and 1-3 vvm in 2.5 liter fermenter, which are required for scale-up by using the optimum medium composition; and optimizing the substrate feed rate(10-20 ml/h) and concentration(30-75%) required for optimization of fed-batch culture under the optimum medium composition and culture conditions.
Abstract:
A novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant is provided to be able to produce alkali-soluble beta-glucan having immuno-activity with high yield, thereby being applied to various products having immuno-activity such as functional foods and cosmetics. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant producing alkali-soluble beta-glucan is deposited in a Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms(KCCM) as a deposition number of KFCC-11359P. The method for preparing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant comprises the steps of: (a) applying UV to yeast; (b) firstly screening the mutant yeast survived after the UV radiation; (c) after adding lyticase to the firstly screened yeast to cleave cell wall, performing the osmotical lysis using distilled water; and (d) secondly screening the lyticase resistant yeast survived after the lysis. The method for producing the alkali-soluble beta-glucan comprises the steps of: (a) culturing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant KFCC-11359P; (b) treating the cultured mutant with NaOH to perform an alkali extraction; and (c) treating the product obtained from the step(b) with cetavlon and borate to selectively precipitate mannoprotein.