Optimization of Riboflavin Production from ccpA Mutant Bacillus subtilis 24A1/pMX45

Bacillus subtilisis widely used for the productionof vitamins and other products including industrial en-zymes such as amylases, proteases and lipase. Butsyntheses of those products are repressed by the pres-ence of glucose, which is viewed as carbon catabolicrepression (CCR). InBacillus subtilis,CCR is main-ly mediated by the global regulator protein CcpAwhich was encoded byccpAgene1]. It is therefore of crucial importance to relievingCCR ofBacillus subtilisfor industrial production. I…

Optimization of Riboflavin Production from ccpA Mutant Bacillus subtilis 24A1/pMX45

The nitrogen source requirements for riboflavin production by ccpA mutant Bacillus subtilis 24A1/pMX45 were optimized using linear regression.The optimal medium components considered nitrogen sources:0.1% yeast extract,2% soybean powder,1% corn plasm,and 0.2% ( NH4 )2HPO4 in shake flask tests.Predictive ellipsoid was applied to determining the response values under the optimal levels for riboflavin production and glucose consumption.The optimal concentrations of the four types of nitrogen sources can remedy ammonium assimilative defection of ccpA mutant.Under the optimal conditions,the riboflavin yield increases to more than 5.0 g/L and 8% glucose can be consumed completely after 60 h.