Plasmid DNA, as in vitro transcription (IVT) template, is an improtant raw material for mRNA manufacturing. High yield, high purify and high recovery of plasmid DNA is the major objective during plasmid process development.
Yaohai Bio-Pharma provide one-stop solution for plasmid development, including upstream (fermentation), downstream (purification) process developmenand, process characterization and process validation. We have extensive experience improving plasmid yield and isolating it from complex matrices by developing, and optimizing fermentation, purification and impurities removal processes.
Basic bioprocess for plasmid manufactuting includes: Escherichia coli (E. coli) fermentation, cell harvest and alkaline lysis, clarification, concentration, three-step chromatography process (capture, intermediate purification, and polishing), and concentration.
Service Details | Unit Operations | Parameters |
E. coli fermentation |
Shake Flask | Media compositions, antibiotic, inoculum volume, growth temperature, and etc. |
Fermentor (7 L) |
Antibiotic, inoculum volume, growth temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), feeding mode (e.g., fed-batch), feeding media, fermentation time, and etc. |
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Cell harvest | Microfiltration | Standard E. coli harvesting process |
Cell lysis | Cell resuspendion, alkaline lysis, neutralization | Alkali ratio, lysis time |
Clarification | Filtration | Crude filtration, 20 µm and a 5 µm filter train (prefered) |
Concentration | Ultrafiltration, tangential flow filtration | Pore size (or NMWC), Transmembrane pressure (TMP), Flux, filtrate volume to membrane area ratio |
Three-step chromatography | Size exclusion chromatography (SEC), or gel filtration chromatography (GFC) | Column length and diameter, buffer composition, injection volume, mobile phase composition (adsorption and desorption), pH, flow rate, equilibration, binding, washing, and elution conditions. |
Affinity chromatography (AF) | ||
Anion exchange chromatography (AEX) | ||
Concentration | Ultrafiltration, tangential flow filtration | Pore size (or NMWC), Transmembrane pressure (TMP), Flux, filtrate volume to membrane area ratio |
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