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Influencing of molecular mass of hyaluronic acid by fermentation process
Wikarská, Monika ; Jílková, Jana (referee) ; Velebný, Vladimír (advisor)
The biological function of hyaluronic acid (HA) – the polysaccharide, which consists of repeating units of N-actylglucosamine and glucuronic acid – is extremely broad and often contradictory, depending on its molecular weight (MW). The bacterial production provides HA of high molecular weight and purity. The objective of this thesis is to control the molecular weight of produced HA by the addition of hyaluronidases during the process of fermentation, resulting in reduction of viscosity of the medium followed by increase of yield. Hyaluronic acid was prepared by batch fermentation of the microorganism Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. During the process of fermentation, the enzyme hyaluronate 4-glycanohydrolase (BTH) at various concentrations and different times of cultivation was added to bioreactors. The HA yield, the molecular weight and the polydispersity by the SEC-MALLS were monitored, together with the residual glucose concentration and the dynamic viscosity of the production medium. The formation of low and medium molecular weight HA was achieved. The addition of 10 U (BTH) / g (HA) had no significant effect on the molecular weight and therefore the HA function, but the corresponding drop of viscosity was noteworthy for the simplification of the product purification. Potential increase in HA yield was not confirmed because of the very low concentration of residual glucose and the method of precipitating low and medium MW HA.
Influencing of molecular mass of hyaluronic acid by fermentation process
Wikarská, Monika ; Jílková, Jana (referee) ; Velebný, Vladimír (advisor)
The biological function of hyaluronic acid (HA) – the polysaccharide, which consists of repeating units of N-actylglucosamine and glucuronic acid – is extremely broad and often contradictory, depending on its molecular weight (MW). The bacterial production provides HA of high molecular weight and purity. The objective of this thesis is to control the molecular weight of produced HA by the addition of hyaluronidases during the process of fermentation, resulting in reduction of viscosity of the medium followed by increase of yield. Hyaluronic acid was prepared by batch fermentation of the microorganism Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. During the process of fermentation, the enzyme hyaluronate 4-glycanohydrolase (BTH) at various concentrations and different times of cultivation was added to bioreactors. The HA yield, the molecular weight and the polydispersity by the SEC-MALLS were monitored, together with the residual glucose concentration and the dynamic viscosity of the production medium. The formation of low and medium molecular weight HA was achieved. The addition of 10 U (BTH) / g (HA) had no significant effect on the molecular weight and therefore the HA function, but the corresponding drop of viscosity was noteworthy for the simplification of the product purification. Potential increase in HA yield was not confirmed because of the very low concentration of residual glucose and the method of precipitating low and medium MW HA.

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