LEU2基因敲除对工业啤酒酵母高级醇生成量的影响

通过敲除啤酒酵母中β-丙基苹果酸脱氢酶基因(LEU2),研究该基因对工业啤酒酵母高级醇特别是异戊醇生成量的影响.通过醋酸锂一步转化法,将一段两端具有LEU2摹因序列同源区,中间为遗传霉素(G418)抗性基因的DNA片段转入酵母细胞中,与LEU2基因的ORF(open reading flames)进行同源重组,利用遗传霉素抗性进行筛选.将突变株与出发菌株进行发酵实验,测定其发酵性能和高级醇的生成量.筛选获得了LEU2摹因突变的工业啤酒酵母.在支链氨基酸含量较低的培养基中进行发酵测定,突变株发酵液中高级醇含量比出发菌株降低了9.97%,其中异戊醇的含量降低了11.82%,而酒精度、发酵速度等发酵性能没有明显变化.LEU2基因敲除可降低工业啤酒酵母在支链氨基酸含量较低的培养基中高级醇特别是异戊醇的生成量.     

构建ADH2和THI3基因敲除酿酒酵母用于降低糯米酒中高级醇的研究

为了降低糯米酒高级醇含量,以酿酒酵母（Saccharomyces cerevisiae）菌株XF1的单倍体XF1a7和XF1α6为原始菌,采用Cre/loxP同源重组系统构建乙醇脱氢酶基因ADH2和类丙酮酸脱羧酶基因THI3缺失的单倍体酵母,再通过单倍体的杂交构建ADH2单基因缺失双倍体酵母XF1-A和ADH2与THI3双基因缺失的双倍体酵母XF1-AT。结果表明,重组菌XF1-A、XF1-AT与原始菌XF1的生长性能相似,菌株XF1-A和XF1-AT的基本发酵性能与菌株XF1无显著差异,菌株XF1-A酿造糯米酒中高级醇含量为522.16 mg/L,比菌株XF1低11.16%;菌株XF1-AT的高级醇含量为462.03 mg/L,比菌株XF1低21.39%。综上,ADH2和THI3基因敲除酿酒酵母能够有效降低糯米酒中高级醇生成量。     

Identification of Gene encoding a Putative RNA-Helicase,Homologous to SKI2, in Chromosome VII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a segment of chromosome VII of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contained in the cosmid clone pEGH101 for a total of 7 kbp. This sequence contains a large open reading frame (ORF) called G9365, coding for a protein of 1967 amino acids that shows a significant homology with the product of the SKI2 gene of S. cerevisiae and contains domains characteristic of RNA-helicases. The ORF is transcribed in vegetative cells but it is not essential for viability as demonstrated by gene disruption. The sequence has been deposited in the GenBank data library under Accession Number U35242. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The in vivo activation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane H+-ATPase by ethanol depends on the expression of the PMA1 gene,but not of the PMA2 gene

The expression of the PMA1 and PMA2 genes during Saccharomyces cerevisiae growth in medium with glucose plus increasing concentrations of ethanol was monitored by using PMA1-lacZ and PMA2-lacZ fusions and Northern blot hybridizations of total RNA probed with PMA1 gene. The presence of sub-lethal concentrations of ethanol enhanced the expression of PMA2 whereas it reduced the expression of PMA1. The inhibition of PMA1 expression by ethanol corresponded to a decrease in the content of plasma membrane ATPase as quantified by immunoassays. Although an apparent correspondence could exist between the increase of plasma membrane ATPase activity and the level of PMA2 expression, the maximal level of PMA2 expression remained about 200 times lower than PMA1. On the other hand, ethanol activated the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase activity from a strain expressing only the PMA1 ATPase but did not activate that from a strain expressing only the PMA2 ATPase. These results provide evidence that in the presence of ethanol it is the PMA1 ATPase which is activated, probably by a post-translational mechanism and that the PMA2 ATPase is not involved.