太空生物处理系统的理论设计,以生产重组蛋白质
Mathangi Soundararajan1, Matthew B Paddock1, Michael Dougherty1
1KBR, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, 94035, USA.
NPJ microgravity
|September 16, 2023
概括
开发太空生物处理系统对于可持续的深空探索至关重要. 确定了一种更简单的自动化设计,用于生产碳酸无水酶,最大限度地降低了复杂性和成本.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 太空探索工程 太空探索工程
背景情况:
- 基于太空的生物制造对于长期太空任务至关重要.
- 开发强大的生物处理系统是必要的,以支持这些任务.
研究的目的:
- 评估用于设计太空生物处理系统的商业技术.
- 为了生产用于液态氨酸二氧化碳清洗器的重组二氧化碳酶.
主要方法:
- 评估了Escherichia coli生物质脱水和重组蛋白净化的设计工作流程.
- 使用系统复杂度指标 (SCM),技术准备水平 (TRL) 和集成准备水平 (IRL) 进行技术选择.
- 专注于最小化系统复杂性和最大化多功能性.
主要成果:
- 三个生物处理系统设计具有相当的系统质量 (357-522公斤等.) 它们被开发出来了.
- 确定了一种更简单的自动化设计,用于生物质脱水,细胞溶解和蛋白质净化.
- 这种设计可以降低成本和操作复杂性.
结论:
- 简化,自动化生物处理系统的设计是可行的空间应用.
- 这种方法通过高效的生物制造提高了深空探索的可持续性.
- 进一步发展太空生物处理技术是有必要的.
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