Example 19
Aspergillus oryzae EXP08201 was cultivated in 1000 ml Erlenmeyer shake flasks containing 100 ml of YP+2% glucose medium at 26° C. for 4 days with agitation at 85 rpm. The broth was filtered using a 0.22 μm EXPRESS™ Plus Membrane (Millipore, Bedford, Mass., USA). A 100 ml volume of the filtered broth was concentrated to about 10 ml using VIVASPIN® 20 (10 kDa MWCO) spin concentrators and centrifuging (Sorvall, Legend RT+Centrifuge, Thermo Scientific, Germany) at 3000 rpm for 15 minute intervals repeatedly. The total protein content of the GH61 polypeptide was determined by gel quantitation following quantitative desalting. A 3 ml volume of the concentrated GH61 polypeptide broth was desalted and buffer exchanged into 50 mM sodium acetate pH 5.0 using an ECONO-PAC® 10-DG desalting column (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, Calif., USA). Protein concentration was determined by SDS-PAGE using an 8-16% Tris HCl CRITERION STAIN FREE™ gel (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, Calif., USA) and a CRITERION STAIN FREE™ Imaging System (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, Calif., USA).