Production of ceramide with Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Authors: | Kyu Hyuk Kwun Jung-heon Lee Kyung-ho Rho Hyun-shik Yun |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, Chosun University, 501-759 Kwangju, Korea;(2) Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 402-751 Inchon, Korea |
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Abstract: | The possibility of producing the biologically active material of the skin, ceramide, was studied using yeasts. The yeast strain that produced the most ceramide, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (KCCM 50515), was selected, and the optimal conditions for ceramide production were determined using shakeflask culture and batch fermentation. By measuring the production rate of ceramide at various pH values and temperatures, the optimal conditions for ceramide production were found to be pH 6.0 and 30°C. When heat shock was applied to the cells for 1 h by increasing the culture temperature from 30 to 40°C after cell growth, the amount of ceramide produced was increased 5.9-fold. A cell growth and ceramide production model was developed with Monod kinetics and the Leudecking-Piret model. It showed that ceramide production was increased when the cells were in the stationary phase. |
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Keywords: | Ceramide heat shock optimal condition Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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