METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGET PROTEINS USING AMINO ACIDS AND PYRUVIC ACIDS IN CULTURE OF PLANT CELLS

摘要

Provided is a method for producing a target protein via cultivation of transgenic plant cells comprising a promoter capable of expressing the protein under sugar-free conditions or in response to the depletion of sugar and a gene encoding the target protein, without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-depleted medium. The method comprises 1) culturing transgenic plant cells in a sugar-rich medium to grow plant cells; and 2) culturing the transgenic plant cells with addition of an amino acid mixture to the culture of Step 1 without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-depleted medium, thereby expressing a target protein. The method of the present invention enables commercial-scale production of recombinant proteins via establishment of optimized culture conditions by addition of an amino acid mixture to induce protein expression without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-free medium, and addition of pyruvic acid during the induction period of protein expression to thereby enhance the production yield of target proteins.