TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased ethanol production from glycerol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with enhanced stress tolerance from the overexpression of SAGA complex components
AU - Yu, Kyung Ok
AU - Jung, Ju
AU - Ramzi, Ahmad Bazli
AU - Choe, Se Hoon
AU - Kim, Seung Wook
AU - Park, Chulhwan
AU - Han, Sung Ok
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Jeong eun Hyeon and Sang Duck Jeon for skillful technical assistance. This work was supported by the Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) of Korea grant and funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( ABC-2010-0029799 ) and the Technology Development Program for Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea (No. 309016-5 ).
PY - 2012/9/10
Y1 - 2012/9/10
N2 - During the industrial production of ethanol using yeast, the cells are exposed to stresses that affect their growth and productivity; therefore, stress-tolerant yeast strains are highly desirable. To increase ethanol production from glycerol, a greater tolerance to osmotic and ethanol stress was engineered in yeast strains that were impaired in endogenous glycerol production by the overexpression of both SPT3 and SPT15, components of the SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) complex. The engineered strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupSpt3.15Cas) formed significantly more biomass compared to the strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupCas), and both engineered strains displayed increased biomass when compared to the control YPH499 fps1Δgpd2Δ (pESC-TRP) strain. The trehalose accumulation and ergosterol content of these strains were 2.3-fold and 1.6-fold higher, respectively, than the parent strains, suggesting that levels of cellular membrane components were correlated with the enhanced stress tolerance of the engineered strains. Consequently, the ethanol production of the engineered strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupSpt3.15Cas) was 1.8-fold more than that of strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupCas), with about 8.1. g/L ethanol produced. In conclusion, we successfully established that the co-expression of SPT3 and SPT15 that improved the fermentation performance of the engineered yeast strains which produced higher ethanol yields than stress-sensitive yeast strains.
AB - During the industrial production of ethanol using yeast, the cells are exposed to stresses that affect their growth and productivity; therefore, stress-tolerant yeast strains are highly desirable. To increase ethanol production from glycerol, a greater tolerance to osmotic and ethanol stress was engineered in yeast strains that were impaired in endogenous glycerol production by the overexpression of both SPT3 and SPT15, components of the SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) complex. The engineered strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupSpt3.15Cas) formed significantly more biomass compared to the strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupCas), and both engineered strains displayed increased biomass when compared to the control YPH499 fps1Δgpd2Δ (pESC-TRP) strain. The trehalose accumulation and ergosterol content of these strains were 2.3-fold and 1.6-fold higher, respectively, than the parent strains, suggesting that levels of cellular membrane components were correlated with the enhanced stress tolerance of the engineered strains. Consequently, the ethanol production of the engineered strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupSpt3.15Cas) was 1.8-fold more than that of strain YPH499. fps1Δgpd2Δ (p. GcyaDak, p. GupCas), with about 8.1. g/L ethanol produced. In conclusion, we successfully established that the co-expression of SPT3 and SPT15 that improved the fermentation performance of the engineered yeast strains which produced higher ethanol yields than stress-sensitive yeast strains.
KW - Ethanol
KW - Glycerol
KW - SAGA complex
KW - SPT
KW - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
KW - Stress tolerance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 22883559
AN - SCOPUS:84864958428
VL - 51
SP - 237
EP - 243
JO - Enzyme and Microbial Technology
JF - Enzyme and Microbial Technology
SN - 0141-0229
IS - 4
ER -