RHO1 (YlRHO1) is a non-essential gene in Yarrowia lipolytica and complements rho1Delta lethality in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The synthesis of beta-1,3-glucan, the structural component of the yeast cell wall that gives shape to the cell, occurs at the plasma membrane and is the result of the activity of at least a two-component complex. Fks1p is the catalytic subunit directly responsible for the synthesis of beta-1,3-glucan, whilst the second subunit, Rho1p, has a GTP-dependent regulatory role (Yamochi et al., 1994). RHO1 has been characterized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yamochi et al., 1994), and in several other fungal species. In this work, we have used degenerate oligonucleotides derived from the conserved regions of Rho1ps to isolate the RHO1 gene of Yarrowia lipolytica. The gene isolated in this way, which we have named YlRHO1, encodes a 204 amino acid protein that shows a high degree of homology with other Rho1ps. However, unlike S. cerevisiae, the ylrho1Delta disruptant strain in Y. lipolytica is viable, although it exhibits an increased sensitivity to Calcofluor white and Congo red. Also, YlRHO1 complements rho1 lethality in S. cerevisiae at both 28 degrees C and 37 degrees C. The complete sequence of YlRHO1 can be obtained from GenBank under Accession No. AF279915.     

Characterization of a disulphide-bound Pir-cell wall protein (Pir-CWP) of Yarrowia lipolytica

In this work we have studied the disulphide-bound group of cell wall mannoproteins of Yarrowia lipolytica and Candida albicans. In the case of Y. lipolytica, SDS-PAGE analysis of the beta-mercaptoethanol-extracted material from the purified cell walls of the yeast form, showed the presence of a main polypeptide of 45 kDa and some minor bands in the 100-200 kDa range. This pattern of bands is similar to that obtained in identical extracts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Moukadiri et al., 1999), and besides, all these bands cross-react with an antibody raised against beta-mercaptoethanol-extracted material from the purified cell walls of S. cerevisiae, suggesting that the 45 kDa band could be the homologue of Pir4 of S. cerevisiae in Y. lipolytica. To confirm this possibility, the amino-terminal sequences of two internal regions of the 45 kDa protein were determined, and degenerate oligonucleotides were used to clone the gene. The gene isolated in this way codes a 286 amino acid polypeptide that shows homology with the Pir family of proteins of S. cerevisiae (Russo et al., 1992; Toh-e et al., 1993), accordingly we have named this gene YlPIR1. Disruption of YlPIR1 led to a slight increase in the resistance of the cells to calcofluor white, Congo red and zymolyase, but did not cause changes in cell morphology, growth rate or morphological transition.     

Cell surface characterization of Yarrowia lipolytica IMUFRJ 50682

In the present work, the surface characteristics of a wild-type strain of Yarrowia lipolytica (IMUFRJ50682) were investigated. Six different methods to characterize cell surfaces--adhesion to polystyrene; hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC); microbial adhesion to solvents (MATS) test; zeta potential; microbial adhesion to hydrocarbons (MATH) test; and contact angle measurement (CAM)--were employed to explain the cell surface behaviour of Y. lipolytica (IMUFRJ50682). This Y. lipolytica strain presents significant differences at the cell surface compared with another Y. lipolytica strain (W29) previously reported in the literature. The main difference is related to the higher cell adhesion to non-polar solvents. The proteins present on the cell wall of Y. lipolytica IMUFRJ50682 seem to play an important role in these particular surface characteristics because of the consistent reduction of this yeast hydrophobic character after the action of pronase on its cell wall.     

Isolation of the MNN9 gene of Yarrowia lipolytica (YlMNN9) and phenotype analysis of a mutant ylmnn9 Delta strain

In this work we describe the isolation of the Yarrowia lipolytica homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MNN9 gene, which we have named YlMNN9, and the phenotype analysis of a Y. lipolytica strain containing the disrupted YlMNN9 allele. YlMNN9 was cloned using degenerate consensus oligonucleotides to generate specific probes that were in turn used to screen mini-gene libraries. The gene is defined by a 1014 bp ORF predicted to encode a protein 337 amino acids long that shares significant homology with the Mnn9ps of S. cerevisiae, Candida albicans and Hansenula polymorpha, including a putative N-terminal transmembrane domain. Disruption of YlMNN9 leads to phenotypes such as resistance to sodium orthovanadate and sensitivity to hygromycin B, compatible with a glycosylation defect, and hypersensitivity to Calcofluor white, Congo red or zymolyase, characteristic of cell wall defects. Analysis of cell wall proteins present in beta-mercaptoethanol and zymolyase extracts showed significant differences between the parental and the ylmnn9 Delta strain. These results suggest that, as has been the case with the mnn9 strain of S. cerevisiae, the ylmnn9 Delta strain we present in this work, could be used to study the cell wall proteins of Y. lipolytica and how they are organized into the cell wall.     

食品检验用解脂耶氏酵母菌标准物质制备研究

目的 为满足实验室酵母菌日常检验质量控制需求及实验室间比对,制备解脂耶氏酵母菌检验用标准物质。方法 通过生化、基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱及ITS位点测序对研究用菌株进行菌种鉴定确认后,刮取适宜菌苔于保护剂中混匀后冻干,制备10_⁴ CFU/样品浓度的标准物质。参照CNAS-GL003等标准要求进行均匀性检验后,采用单因素方差分析对结果进行评价。将样品放于25 ℃和37 ℃及-20 ℃、4 ℃条件下,分别进行运输稳定性检验及储存稳定性检验。依据国家标准GB 4789.15,将研制的本标准物质加入7类食品基质共20件样品中进行检验,验证真实食品样品中适用性。组织3家实验室,对本标准物质进行协作标定。结果CMCC98025经生化鉴定为解脂耶氏酵母菌,准确度为93%;MALDI-TOF MS鉴定结果为解脂耶氏酵母,分数为2.012;ITS位点测序结果与NCBI Genbank中已有序列比对,匹配最优结果为解脂耶氏酵母Yarrowia lipolytica(Accession number ：CP061015.1;Query Cover：95%;Ident：100%)。均匀性测试结果符合正态分布,通过单因子方差分析计算F_0.05(19,20)=2.137,F值为1.697,F＜F_0.05,符合均匀性要求。25 ℃及37 ℃培养箱中放置7天,标准物质中菌含量仍保持在10_⁴ CFU/样品,可保持稳定。标准物质于4 ℃储存28天及-20 ℃储存90天,菌含量为10_⁴ CFU/样品,复苏率均在91%以上,说明4 ℃放置较短时间及-20 ℃放置较长时间样品稳定。7类食品样品基质中加入本标准物质后进行检验,均可检出,回收率为81.3%。经三家实验室协作标定,本标准物质平均浓度为2.0～3.0×10_⁴ CFU/样品。结论 本研究制备的解脂耶氏酵母菌标准物质均匀性、稳定性、真实食品样品中应用验证及协作标定结果均符合要求,可应用于食品中解脂耶氏酵母菌定性检验,今后可作为实验室日常检验工作的阳性对照质控样品,也可作为实验室间比对样品发放,以保障日常检验工作结果可靠性,进一步提升检验机构人员的检验水平。     

Optimization of cyclopropane fatty acids production in Yarrowia lipolytica

Cyclopropane fatty acids, which can be simply converted to methylated fatty acids, are good unusual fatty acid candidates for long-term resistance to oxidization and low-temperature fluidity useful for oleochemistry and biofuels. Cyclopropane fatty acids are present in low amounts in plants or bacteria. In order to develop a process for large-scale biolipid production, we expressed 10 cyclopropane fatty acid synthases from various organisms in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, a model yeast for lipid metabolism and naturally capable of producing large amounts of lipids. The Escherichia coli cyclopropane fatty acid synthase expression in Y. lipolytica allows the production of two classes of cyclopropane fatty acids, a C17:0 cyclopropanated form and a C19:0 cyclopropanated form, whereas others produce only the C17:0 form. Expression optimization and fed-batch fermentation set-up enable us to reach a specific productivity of 0.032 g·L⁻¹·hr⁻¹ with a genetically modified strain containing cyclopropane fatty acid up to 45% of the total lipid content corresponding to a titre of 2.3 ± 0.2 g/L and a yield of 56.2 ± 4.4 mg/g.     

Cloning and characterization of an n-alkane-inducible cytochrome P450 gene essential for n-decane assimilation by Yarrowia lipolytica

A gene encoding cytochrome P450 involved in n-alkane utilization was cloned from an n-alkane assimilating yeast, Yarrowia lipolytica CX161-1B. The RT-PCR was performed on the mRNA prepared from the cells grown on n-alkane as a template using degenerated PCR primers designed for the conserved amino acid sequences of the CYP52 family. The RT-PCR amplified fragment was then used as a probe to isolate genes coding for P450 of the CYP52 family from the genomic DNA library of the strain CX161-1B. The nucleotide sequence of one of the positive clones was determined. An open reading frame which had the same nucleotide sequence as the RT-PCR-amplified fragment was identified. It was of 523 amino acid residues, 60·2 kDa in molecular mass, and had 30–45% sequence identity with the other members of the CYP52 family of Candida species so far analysed. The expression of the P450 gene that was named as YlALK1 was induced by n-tetradecane and repressed by glycerol. A YlALK1 gene disruptant did not grow well on n-decane, but grew on longer-chain n-alkanes such as hexadecane as a sole carbon source. Introduction of YlALK1 on a plasmid to the disruptant restored the decane assimilation. These results suggest that the YlALK1 gene product is the major P450Alk to metabolize short-chain n-alkanes such as decane and dodecane in Y. lipolytica. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

解脂耶罗威亚酵母筛选方法的改良及紫外诱变选育

解脂耶罗威亚酵母(Yarrowia lipolytica)对油脂类化合物、甘油酯有很强的代谢能力,也是工业上较为广泛应用的菌种之一.通过对油脂降解菌的筛选方法进行了改良研究,结果表明,初筛培养基pH值为6.0,维多利亚蓝B溶液加入量为1％,并且将培养基中油脂用组织捣碎机搅拌2min～3min,使培养基呈均匀的白色乳浊液,灭菌后倒出的平板对油脂降解圈的表现效果最好.为进一步提高保藏菌种的油脂降解能力,采用紫外诱变的方法对该菌种进行改良,确定最佳诱变时间为50s,经诱变筛选后将菌株的油脂降解能力从63％提高为79％,该突变菌株在对数期表现出较强的油脂降解能力,并具有良好的遗传稳定性,为生物法处理餐饮废水提供了有用的微生物资源.     

An efficient method for production of kynurenic acid by Yarrowia lipolytica

Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is a compound derived from the tryptophan catabolic pathway. Antioxidant and neuroprotective properties have been confirmed for KYNA, which makes it an interesting and important metabolite of biomedical significance. In the present study, the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was tested for KYNA biosynthesis. The results showed that Y. lipolytica strain S12 is able to produce KYNA in high concentrations (up to 21.38 μg/ml in culture broth and 494.16 μg/g cell dry weight in biomass) in optimized conditions in a medium supplemented with tryptophan. Different conditions of culture growth, including the source of carbon, its concentration and pH value of the medium, as well as the influence of an inhibitor or precursor of KYNA synthesis, were analysed. The obtained data confirmed the presence of KYNA metabolic pathway in the investigated yeast. To our best knowledge, this is the first study that reports KYNA production in the yeast Y. lipolytica in submerged fermentation.     

响应面法优化解脂亚罗酵母产菜油甾醇培养基组成

为提高解脂亚罗酵母PMEDD菌株菜油甾醇的产量,对此菌株发酵培养基组成进行了优化。采用单因素实验探究碳源种类、氮源种类、碳源质量浓度、氮源质量浓度、KH₂PO₄质量浓度对菜油甾醇产量的影响。在此基础上,采用响应面实验对发酵培养基组成进行了优化。结果表明：培养基组成为葡萄糖3.17 g/100 mL,蛋白胨1.44 g/100 mL,KH₂PO₄ 0.65 g/100 mL,Uracil 0.1 g/100 mL,YNB 0.42 g/100 mL,MgSO₄·7H₂O 0.15 g/100 mL时,菜油甾醇的产量达到最大,为16.49μg/mL,优化后菜油甾醇的产量为优化前的2.10倍。采用优化后的培养基,可有效提高解脂亚罗酵母PMEDD菌株菜油甾醇的产量。     

代谢工程改造解脂耶氏酵母生产油脂研究进展北大核心CSCD

微生物油脂是可再生能源发展的重要方向,近年来通过合成生物学方法和代谢工程技术改造,解脂耶氏酵母的产油水平提高迅速,展现了良好的应用发展前景。从代谢途径关键酶调控、负反馈调节解除、代谢途径关键酶异源表达、乙酰辅酶A和NADPH替代途径构建、强化氧化应激保护、促进脂肪酸分泌、适应性进化和计算机辅助模拟8个方面,梳理总结了代谢工程改造解脂耶氏酵母生产油脂的最新研究进展。通过对现有研究分析发现,廉价底物中的毒性成分影响细胞生长和油脂合成,以及油脂调控网络机制的不完全明晰,是限制解脂耶氏酵母油脂产量提升的主要障碍。为此,可通过设计引入解毒途径,添加解毒剂,或筛选毒性化合物耐受菌,以及利用多组学技术和计算机辅助优化进一步解析代谢调控机制解决此问题。此外,在“双碳”背景下,可在解脂耶氏酵母中引入高效的人造光合作用或碳固定途径,利用二氧化碳生产油脂。     

Screening various Yarrowia lipolytica strains for citric acid production

Citric acid (CA) productivity by Yarrowia lipolytica dependents on strain type, carbon source, carbon to nitrogen (C/N) molar ratio as well as physicochemical conditions (pH, temperature, oxygen transfer rate, etc.). In the current study, 10 different Y. lipolytica strains were first challenged in shake-flask culture for CA production in a glucose-based media under nitrogen-limited conditions. For the most promising one, strain K57, CA productivity was monitored during culture in batch bioreactor for three initial C/N molar ratio (167, 367, and 567 Cmol/Nmol). The highest CA yield (0.77 g/g glucose), titre (72.3 g/L CA), and productivity (0.04 g/g.h) were found for C/N ratio of 367. However, the highest growth rate was obtained for an initial C/N ratio of 167. From these results, Y. lipolytica strain K57 could be considered to produce CA at higher titre on glucose-based medium in batch bioreactor than others Y. lipolytica strain reported in the literature.     

尼罗红荧光光谱法快速测定解脂耶氏酵母油脂含量的研究

为了建立快速简便检测解脂耶氏酵母油脂含量的方法,探讨了尼罗红-光谱法测定解脂耶氏酵母油脂含量的检测条件。通过研究解脂耶氏酵母最佳发射光波长、细胞密度、尼罗红染液用量、染色时间、不同助溶剂效能及最佳体积分数对荧光强度的影响,确定了最佳检测条件,得到细胞油脂含量与荧光强度的线性关系。解脂耶氏酵母在激发光560 nm、发射光650 nm处有最高荧光值,每毫升菌液加入质量分数为0.1 mg/m L的尼罗红染液20μL,加入体积分数为15%的异丙醇,黑暗染色5 min,在细胞OD600=0¹.3的范围内,菌液的油脂含量（X）与荧光值（Y）呈较好的线性关系,线性关系式为Y=6.3651X+10.097,R2=0.9902,灵敏度达0.0001 g。该方法能够准确地反映出解脂耶氏酵母胞内油脂含量。尼罗红-荧光法可成为一种快速检测解脂耶氏酵母胞内油脂含量的新方法。      

The use of Yarrowia lipolytica for the expression of human cytochrome P450 CYP1A1

Cytochromes P450 constitute a superfamily of haem-thiolate mono-oxygenases that are involved in the oxidative metabolism of lipophilic subtrates. These enzymes require association with cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) to achieve optimal activities. We have expressed human cytochrome P450 CYP1A1 under the POX2 promoter (pPOX2-CYP1A1) in Y. lipolytica, with or without overproduction of Y. lipolytica CPR expressed under the ICL promoter (pICL-CPR) or the POX2 promoter (pPOX2-CPR). Activity of cytochrome CYP1A1 was analysed by conversion of hydroxyresorufin to resorufin. Strain JMY330 and JMY330-CPR present no activity, the monocopy cytochrome CYP1A1 integrant JMY331 and JMY331-CPR derivatives present an average activity of 32.0 pM/min/dw and 48.3 and 64.6 pM/min/dw for pICL-CPR and pPOX2-CPR, respectively. Increase of CPR expression resulted in about two-fold higher activity. The multicopy 1A1 integrant JMY339 and JMY339-CPR derivatives present an activity of 129 pM/min/dw and 815-1845 pM/min/dw, respectively. Increase of CPR expression resulted in 6.3-12.8-fold higher activity, depending on the CPR transformant. We observed a 50-fold increase of activity between the monocopy integrant JMY331 as compared to the multicopies integrant JMY339-CPR in which CPR was overexpressed.     

田口设计优化解脂耶罗维亚酵母产油发酵培养基

本研究以粗甘油为碳源通过田口设计对解脂耶罗维亚酵母产油脂的培养基进行优化。首先通过单因素实验得到对结果影响最显著的因素,在单因素实验的基础上利用Minitab 17设计田口式正交实验,对实验中各因素水平的均值和信噪比进行分析。结果表明培养基中的C/N和MgSO₄·7H₂O的浓度对油脂产量有极显著影响,CaCl₂的浓度有显著影响。最佳培养基组成为C/N为100∶1（粗甘油50 g/L,硫酸铵1.08 g/L）,MgSO₄·7H₂O 3 g/L,CaCl₂ 0.2 g/L,KH₂PO₄ 4 g/L。使用最佳培养基配方在28℃180 r/min条件下培养4 d,油脂产量达到1.859 g/L,与田口设计的预测结果 1.782 g/L接近,相对于未优化时油脂产量提高了48.5%。      

Soluble forms of YlCrh1p and YlCrh2p, cell wall proteins of Yarrowia lipolytica, have beta-1,3-glycosidase activity

Crh1p and Crh2p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are cell wall proteins covalently attached to cell wall glucan and are thought to be putative glycosidases involved in cell wall remodelling. We investigated whether YlCrh1p and YlCrh2p, the Yarrowia lipolytica proteins homologous to ScCrh1p and ScCrh2p, had the required glycosidase activity for cell wall biosynthesis and maintenance. Ylcrh1Delta and Ylcrh2Delta mutants showed sensitivity to compounds that interfere with cell wall construction. Soluble forms of YlCrh1p and YlCrh2p that lacked the C-terminal consensus sequence for GPI anchoring showed glycosidase activity on laminarin, a substrate carrying beta-1,3-glycosidic linkage. Our study suggests that the YlCrh1p and YlCrh2p may participate in cell wall biosynthesis and remodelling through their beta-1,3-glycosidase activity.     

Distribution of the actin cytoskeleton during the cell cycle of Yarrowia lipolytica and the visualization of the tubulin cytoskeleton by immunofluorescence

Actin distribution was examined during the cell cycle of the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, showing the correlation between bud growth, nuclear migration and rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. The results correspond with observations made in cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. uvarum and Candida albicans. Localization of actin was also determined in hyphal cells, where actin is stained predominantly in the tip and also at the septum of hyphae. The standard methods used for tubulin immunostaining in S. cerevisiae and C. albicans cells were adapted for application in Y. lipolytica. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.