In vivo Mutational Analysis of Highly Conserved Amino Acid Residues of the Small Subunit Cpa1p of the Carbamylphosphate Synthetase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The role of selected amino acid residues located in the putative catalytic domain and of two conserved histidine residues within the small subunit of the carbamylphosphate synthetase (CPS) specific to the arginine biosynthesis pathway of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied using site-directed mutagenesis to change all residues to aspartic acid. Carbamylphosphate synthesis catalysed by modified CPS was tested in vivo. The C264D, H307D and H349D mutants were unable to grow on minimal medium, indicating the importance of these three residues for efficient CPS activity, whereas, four other mutated residues located in the catalytic site (including a proline residue) do not affect the growth rate. These results in comparison to those obtained with the CPS of Escherichia coli, implicate residues Cys 264 and His 349 in the glutaminase catalytic activity, and His 307 in the binding of glutamine to the active site. Using these three defective mutants, we investigated the in vivo utilization of ammonia by CPS. C264D and H307D mutants are able to use ammonia as a substrate when provided in sufficiently high concentrations (up to 200 mm). The H349D mutant, however, did not grow even at ammonium sulfate concentrations above 400 mm, suggesting that this substitution is critical to NH₃-dependent CPS activity although the ammonia binding site is presumably located within the large subunit of the enzyme. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

响应面法优化酿酒酵母产孢培养基及单倍体的鉴定

采用响应面法对酿酒酵母4608菌种的产孢培养基进行了优化。用Plackett-Burman方法对影响培养各因素的效应进行评价,筛选出有显著效应的3个因素：酵母膏、蛋白胨和葡萄糖;通过中心组合实验及响应面分析优化此3个主要因素。采用优化后的条件,酵母膏2.8 g/L,蛋白胨1.2 g/L,葡萄糖0.48 g/L,经培养验证,实测值与预测值间有-0.58%的偏差,实际酵母产孢率为44.12%,比优化前的产孢率提高了60.4%。利用PCR技术检验酵母的单倍体,验证了酵母的交配型,方法准确、迅速。     

里氏木霉bgl1基因的克隆及其在酿酒酵母中的表达

采用cross—over PCR方法将里氏木霉β-葡萄糖苷酶基因的外显子进行体外拼接,成功获得了剔除两个内含子的β-葡萄糖苷酶基因bgl1;进一步构建了重组质粒pYX-tbgl,并在酿酒酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303—1A中获得表达,得到的转化子能以纤维二糖为唯一碳源生长。     

木糖发酵酵母Pichia stipitis木糖还原酶基因XYL1在酿酒酵母中的表达

通过PCR方法克隆得到树干毕赤氏酵母木糖还原酶 (XR)基因XYL1。将该基因连入酵母表达载体pYX2 12的强启动子磷酸丙糖异构酶 (TPI)启动子下 ,得到融合表达载体pYX XYL1。通过电转化方法将 pYX XYL1转入酿酒酵母SaccharonmycescerevisiaeW 30 3-1A中 ,酶活测定表明 ,在酿酒酵母中树干毕赤氏酵母木糖还原酶 (XR)基因XYL1得到活性表达 ,2酿酒酵母转化子粗酶液中木糖还原酶活分别为 0 .89U/mg(蛋白 )和 0 .83U/mg(蛋白 ) ,为供体菌的 1 5倍多。与基因供体菌不同 ,木糖还原酶基因在酿酒酵母中表达不需木糖诱导 ,为组成型表达。树干毕赤氏酵母木糖还原酶 (XR)基因XYL1的成功表达为后续的利用木糖的酿酒酵母菌株的构建奠定了基础     

Phylogenetic Classification of the Mitochondrial Carrier Family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The screening of the open reading frames identified in the whole yeast genome has allowed us to discover 34 proteins belonging to the mitochondrial carrier family. By phylogenetic study, they can be divided into 27 subfamilies including ADP/ATP, phosphate and citrate carriers, putative oxoglutarate and GDC carriers and 22 new subfamilies. Topology predictions using the ‘positive inside rule’ approach have shown that the yeast carriers are similarly oriented with both extremities exposed to the cytosol. In each subfamily, a strict conservation of the charged residues in the six transmembrane α-helices is observed, suggesting a functional role for these residues and the existence of 27 functionally distinct carriers. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Tryptophan accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the influence of an artificial yeast TRP gene cluster

Plasmid pME559, carrying all five yeast TRP genes, was constructed. This plasmid is a yeast/Escherichia coli shuttle vector based on pBR322 and 2 μm-DNA sequences derived from plasmid pJDB207. We studied in yeast (i) the stability of the plasmid under selective and non-selective conditions, (ii) expression of all five TRP genes and (iii) tryptophan accumulation in yeast transformants. These studies were conducted in comparison with an earlier construction, pME554, which differs from plasmid pME559 in the expression of the TRP1 gene and which carries the TRP2 wild type instead of the TRP2^fbr mutant allele. For stable maintenance of the plasmids in yeast a selection was necessary. Plasmid pME559 displayed normal expression of all TRP genes, and enzyme levels on average 23-fold higher than in the wild type strain were found. In comparison, the maximal tryptophan flux observed in such a plasmid-carrying strain was about ten-fold higher than the maximal flux capacity in the wild type strain.     

Sequence and analysis of 24 kb on chromosome II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In the course of the European yeast genome sequencing project, we determined 23,920 bp of a continuous chromosome II right arm sequence. Analysis of data revealed 13 open reading frames (ORFs), three of which corresponded to previously identified genes; two tRNA genes and one repetitive element. One ORF showed considerable homology (46%) to a hypothetical chromosome III gene; another, putatively very hydrophobic gene product, was 30% identical to the heat-shock protein HSP30. Two ORFs were homologous to human genes. The complete sequence was submitted to the EMBL data bank under the Accession Number Z46260 Authorin submission ‘3’.     

An 18·3 kb DNA Fragment from Yeast Chromosome VII Carries Four Unknown Open Reading Frames,the Gene for an Asn Synthetase,Remnants of Ty and Three tRNA Genes

An 18·3 kb DNA segment from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome VII encompasses the previously characterized MEP1, NUP57 and PPT1 genes as well as seven new open reading frames (ORFs) of at least 100 residues. G6358 is an ubiquitous glutamine-dependant asparagine synthase. G6362 is a membrane protein highly homologous to a protein of unknown function in the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Three ORFs (G6324, G6335 and G6365) have no significant homology with previously reported proteins or characteristic motifs. G6321 and G6359, enclosed in longer ORFs, are not likely to be coding. The segment also contains tRNA genes for Asn, Arg and Ile as well as a sigma element and two solo deltas. ORFs and genetic elements are named according to a preliminary working nomenclature. The sequence is recorded in GenBank^TM/EMBL under Accession Number X83099.©1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

传统诱变与基因组重排技术相结合选育耐高温酿酒酵母菌株

以酿酒酵母AY12为出发菌株,采用传统人工诱变育种与基因组重排技术相结合的方法选育出耐高温且高产乙醇的酿酒酵母菌株.通过将出发菌株进行紫外诱变,获得酿酒酵母突变群体,并从中筛选出耐高温且高产乙醇的23株突变株作为正向突变文库;将该文库通过酵母高效产孢与杂交反应实现突变文库的全基因组重排,筛选得到的基因组重排最优菌LYQ-F1的高温耐受性较出发菌株AY12明显提高,且在高温模拟发酵工艺中其乙醇产量较出发菌株提高了22.1％.     

Expression and secretion of antifreeze peptides in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The antifreeze peptide AFP6 from the polar fish Pseudopleuronectus americanus has been expressed in and secreted by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a biologically active molecule. The gene for the 37 amino acid long peptide has been chemically synthesized using yeast preferred codons. Subsequently, the gene has been cloned into an episomal expression vector as well as in a multicopy integration vector, which is mitotically more stable. The expression is under the control of the inducible GAL7 promoter. The enzyme α-galactosidase has been investigated as a carrier protein to facilitate expression and secretion of AFP. In order to reach increased expression levels, tandem repeats of the AFP gene (up to eight copies) have been cloned. In most cases the genes are efficiently expressed and the products secreted. The expression level amounts to approximately 100 mg/l in the culture medium. In a number of genetic constructs the genes are directly linked and expressed as AFP multimers. In other constructs linker regions have been inserted between the AFP gene copies, that allow the peptide to be processed by specific proteinases, either from the endogenous yeast proteolytic system or from a non-yeast source. The latter requires a separate processing step after yeast cultivation to obtain mature AFP. In all these cases proteolytic processing is incomplete, generating a heterogeneous mixture of mature AFP, carrier and chimeric protein, and/or a mixture of AFP-oligomers. The antifreeze activity has been demonstrated for such mixtures as well as for AFP multimers.     

The complete sequence of a 10.8kb fragment to the right of the chromosome III centromere of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The complete nucleotide sequence of the D10H fragment (10850 bp) was determined. The D10H fragment is located on the right arm of chromosome III near the centromere and contains the SUF2 gene. Six open reading frames (ORFs) larger than 300 bp were found. One of them is the CIT2 gene encoding the cytoplasmic citrate synthase. The others are new putative genes and show no significant similarity with any known gene. In addition two tRNA genes (Asn and Pro) and a solo delta element were identified. Two ORFs were disrupted; no peculiar phenotype was observed.     

Expression of two Trichoderma reesei endoglucanases in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The cDNA copies of the two endo-beta-1,4-glucanase genes, egl1 and egl3, from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei were expressed in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the yeast phosphoglycerate kinase gene promoter. Active EGI and EGIII enzyme was produced and secreted by yeast into the growth medium. The recombinant EGI enzyme was larger and more heterogeneous in size than the native enzyme secreted by Trichoderma, due to differences in the extent of N-glycosylation between these two organisms. The morphology of the yeast cells producing EGI or EGIII was clearly different from control strain.     

Genetic and physical localization of the acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase gene ACS1 on chromosome I of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The ACS1 gene, encoding acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase, was mapped genetically at the left arm of chromosome I between pURA3 and PYK1 at 19 and 28 cM respectively. Comparison with the physical map defined a recombinational ‘hot-spot’ in this region in addition to the one between CDC24 and PYK1.