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Table 4 Summary of recombinant lysosomal enzymes produced in microorganisms

From: Research, diagnosis and education in inborn errors of metabolism in Colombia: 20 years’ experience from a reference center

Enzyme

Disease

Expression system

Culture condition

Enzyme activity (nmol h− 1 mg− 1)

Iduronate-2-sulfate sulfatase IDS (E.C. 3.1.6.13)

Hunter (MPS II)

Escherichia coli K12 JM 109

100 mL

1.2 to 2.8

Escherichia coli DH5α

100 mL

25.9 to 34.2

Pichia pastoris GS115

100 mL

4.2

1.65 L

29.5

1.65 L (optimized gene)

49.7

N-acetylgalactosamine 6 sulfate sulfatase GALNS (E.C.3.1.6.4)

Morquio IVA (MPS IVA)

Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)

3 L

0.067 to 0.078

3 L (improved culture conditions)

6.8

Purified enzyme

2.9

Pichia pastoris GS115

1.65 L

0.02 to 0.09

1.65 L (coexpression of SUMF1)

16.69

β-N-acetylhexosaminidases Hex-A Hex-B, and Hex-S (E.C.3.2.1.52)

GM2 Gangliosidoses (Tay Sachs and Sandhoff diseases)

Pichia pastoris GS115

1.65 L ( AOX  promoter)

Hex-A: 13,124

Hex-B: 12,779

Hex-S: 14,606

Purified enzymes

Hex-A: 1.35 × 106

Hex-B: 1.27 × 106

Hex-S: 1.39 × 106

1.65 L (GAP promoter)

Hex-A: 32,666

Phenylalanine hydroxylase PAH (EC 1.14.16.1)

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Lactobacillus plantarum CM_PUJ411

100 mL

Active