Scalable, methanol-free manufacturing of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain in engineered Komagataella phaffii
N. C. Dalvie, A. M. Biedermann, S. A. Rodriguez-Aponte, C. A. Naranjo, H. D. Rao, M. P. Rajurkar, R. R. Lothe, U. S. Shaligram, R. S. Johnston, L. E. Crowell, S. Castelino, M. K. Tracey, C. A. Whittaker, J. C. Love
This paper describes an engineered Komagataella phaffii strain for methanol-free production of SARS-CoV-2 RBD, achieving a 5x increase in secreted titer and enabling scalable manufacturing for vaccine development.
bioRxiv · Apr 15, 2021Bioengineering