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Audry J, Zhang H, Kerr C, Berkner KL, Runge K. Ccq1 restrains Mre11-mediated degradation to distinguish short telomeres from double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:3722-3739. [PMID: 38321948 PMCID: PMC11040153 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Telomeres protect chromosome ends and are distinguished from DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by means of a specialized chromatin composed of DNA repeats bound by a multiprotein complex called shelterin. We investigated the role of telomere-associated proteins in establishing end-protection by studying viable mutants lacking these proteins. Mutants were studied using a Schizosaccharomyces pombe model system that induces cutting of a 'proto-telomere' bearing telomere repeats to rapidly form a new stable chromosomal end, in contrast to the rapid degradation of a control DSB. Cells lacking the telomere-associated proteins Taz1, Rap1, Poz1 or Rif1 formed a chromosome end that was stable. Surprisingly, cells lacking Ccq1, or impaired for recruiting Ccq1 to the telomere, converted the cleaved proto-telomere to a rapidly degraded DSB. Ccq1 recruits telomerase, establishes heterochromatin and affects DNA damage checkpoint activation; however, these functions were separable from protection of the new telomere by Ccq1. In cells lacking Ccq1, telomere degradation was greatly reduced by eliminating the nuclease activity of Mre11 (part of the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1/Xrs2 DSB processing complex), and higher amounts of nuclease-deficient Mre11 associated with the new telomere. These results demonstrate a novel function for S. pombe Ccq1 to effect end-protection by restraining Mre11-dependent degradation of the DNA end.
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- Julien Audry
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Improving Drug Sensitivity of HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors by Restriction of Cellular Efflux System in a Fission Yeast Model. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11070804. [PMID: 35890048 PMCID: PMC9318301 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11070804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Fission yeast can be used as a cell-based system for high-throughput drug screening. However, higher drug concentrations are often needed to achieve the same effect as in mammalian cells. Our goal here was to improve drug sensitivity so reduced drugs could be used. Three different methods affecting drug uptakes were tested using an FDA-approved HIV-1 protease inhibitor (PI) drug Darunavir (DRV). First, we tested whether spheroplasts without cell walls increase the drug sensitivity. Second, we examined whether electroporation could be used. Although small improvements were observed, neither of these two methods showed significant increase in the EC50 values of DRV compared with the traditional method. In contrast, when DRV was tested in a mutant strain PR836 that lacks key proteins regulating cellular efflux, a significant increase in the EC50 was observed. A comparison of nine FDA-approved HIV-1 PI drugs between the wild-type RE294 strain and the mutant PR836 strain showed marked enhancement of the drug sensitivities ranging from an increase of 0.56 log to 2.48 logs. Therefore, restricting cellular efflux through the adaption of the described fission yeast mutant strain enhances the drug sensitivity, reduces the amount of drug used, and increases the chance of success in future drug discovery.
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Tanaka N, Kagami A, Hirai K, Suzuki S, Matsuura S, Fukunaga T, Tabuchi M, Takegawa K. The fission yeast gmn2 + gene encodes an ERD1 homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae required for protein glycosylation and retention of luminal endoplasmic reticulum proteins. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2021; 67:67-76. [PMID: 33536395 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The gmn2 mutant of Schizosaccharomyces pombe has previously been shown to exhibit defects in protein glycosylation of N-linked oligosaccharides (Ballou, L. and Ballou, CE., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92, 2790-2794 (1995)). Like most glycosylation-defective mutants, the S. pombe gmn2 mutant was found to be sensitive to hygromycin B, an aminoglycoside antibiotic. As a result of complementation analysis, the gmn2+ gene was found to be a single open reading frame that encodes a polypeptide of 373 amino acids consisting of multiple membrane-spanning regions. The Gmn2 protein shares sequence similarity with Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Erd1 proteins, which are required for retention of luminal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteins. Although disruption of the gmn2+ gene is not lethal, the secreted glycoprotein showed a significant glycosylation defect with destabilization of the glycosyltransferase responsible for N-glycan elongation. It was also shown that a significant amount of BiP was missorted to the cell surface according to ADEL receptor destabilization. Fluorescent microscopy revealed that the functional Gmn2-EGFP fusion protein is mainly localized in the Golgi membrane. These results indicate that the Gmn2 protein is required for protein glycosylation and for retention of ER-resident proteins in S. pombe cells.
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- Naotaka Tanaka
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
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A novel electroporation procedure for highly efficient transformation of Lipomyces starkeyi. J Microbiol Methods 2020; 169:105816. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Overexpression of RAD51 Enables PCR-Based Gene Targeting in Lager Yeast. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7070192. [PMID: 31284488 PMCID: PMC6680445 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7070192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lager beer fermentations rely on specific polyploid hybrids between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus falling into the two groups of S. carlsbergensis/Saaz-type and S. pastorianus/Frohberg-type. These strains provide a terroir to lager beer as they have long traditional associations and local selection histories with specific breweries. Lager yeasts share, based on their common origin, several phenotypes. One of them is low transformability, hampering the gene function analyses required for proof-of-concept strain improvements. PCR-based gene targeting is a standard tool for manipulating S. cerevisiae and other ascomycetes. However, low transformability paired with the low efficiency of homologous recombination practically disable targeted gene function analyses in lager yeast strains. For genetic manipulations in lager yeasts, we employed a yeast transformation protocol based on lithium-acetate/PEG incubation combined with electroporation. We first introduced freely replicating CEN/ARS plasmids carrying ScRAD51 driven by a strong heterologous promoter into lager yeast. RAD51 overexpression in the Weihenstephan 34/70 lager yeast was necessary and sufficient in our hands for gene targeting using short-flanking homology regions of 50 bp added to a selection marker by PCR. We successfully targeted two independent loci, ScADE2/YOR128C and ScHSP104/YLL026W, and confirmed correct integration by diagnostic PCR. With these modifications, genetic alterations of lager yeasts can be achieved efficiently and the RAD51-containing episomal plasmid can be removed after successful strain construction.
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Tong P, Pidoux AL, Toda NRT, Ard R, Berger H, Shukla M, Torres-Garcia J, Müller CA, Nieduszynski CA, Allshire RC. Interspecies conservation of organisation and function between nonhomologous regional centromeres. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2343. [PMID: 31138803 PMCID: PMC6538654 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09824-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Despite the conserved essential function of centromeres, centromeric DNA itself is not conserved. The histone-H3 variant, CENP-A, is the epigenetic mark that specifies centromere identity. Paradoxically, CENP-A normally assembles on particular sequences at specific genomic locations. To gain insight into the specification of complex centromeres, here we take an evolutionary approach, fully assembling genomes and centromeres of related fission yeasts. Centromere domain organization, but not sequence, is conserved between Schizosaccharomyces pombe, S. octosporus and S. cryophilus with a central CENP-ACnp1 domain flanked by heterochromatic outer-repeat regions. Conserved syntenic clusters of tRNA genes and 5S rRNA genes occur across the centromeres of S. octosporus and S. cryophilus, suggesting conserved function. Interestingly, nonhomologous centromere central-core sequences from S. octosporus and S. cryophilus are recognized in S. pombe, resulting in cross-species establishment of CENP-ACnp1 chromatin and functional kinetochores. Therefore, despite the lack of sequence conservation, Schizosaccharomyces centromere DNA possesses intrinsic conserved properties that promote assembly of CENP-A chromatin.
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- Pin Tong
- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK ,0000 0001 2203 0006grid.464101.6Present Address: UPMC CNRS, Roscoff Marine Station, Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK ,0000 0001 0674 042Xgrid.5254.6Present Address: Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, University of Copenhagen, Bülowsvej 34, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK ,0000 0001 2298 5320grid.5173.0Present Address: Symbiocyte, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 8948grid.4991.5Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 8948grid.4991.5Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE UK
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- 0000 0004 1936 7988grid.4305.2Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology and Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF UK
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Electroporation of germinated conidia and young mycelium as an efficient transformation system for Acremonium chrysogenum. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2018; 64:33-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-018-0625-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Liu H, Jiao X, Wang Y, Yang X, Sun W, Wang J, Zhang S, Zhao ZK. Fast and efficient genetic transformation of oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides by using electroporation. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:3089757. [PMID: 28369336 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Metabolic engineering of Rhodosporidium toruloides, a robust lipid and caroteinoid producer, is of great importance for oleochemicals and carotenoids production. However, the Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation is tedious and time consuming. Here, we described a fast and efficient genetic transformation of R. toruloides using electroporation with linear DNA fragments, and the process was optimized. The results showed that 2 × 103 transformants can be obtained at 0.7 kV/μg linear DNA by using hygromycin and bleomycin as selection markers after the competent cells pretreated with 25 mM DTT and 100 mM LiAc. Our results would facilitate mutant library construction and metabolic engineering of R. toruloides for production of oleochemicals and carotenoids. We further demonstrated that all transformants arose due to illegitimate integration of transforming DNA fragments by colony PCR.
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- Hongdi Liu
- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China.,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, PR China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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Hung CW, Klein T, Cassidy L, Linke D, Lange S, Anders U, Bureik M, Heinzle E, Schneider K, Tholey A. Comparative Proteome Analysis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Identifies Metabolic Targets to Improve Protein Production and Secretion. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:3090-3106. [PMID: 27477394 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.051474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein secretion in yeast is a complex process and its efficiency depends on a variety of parameters. We performed a comparative proteome analysis of a set of Schizosaccharomyces pombe strains producing the α-glucosidase maltase in increasing amounts to investigate the overall proteomic response of the cell to the burden of protein production along the various steps of protein production and secretion. Proteome analysis of these strains, utilizing an isobaric labeling/two dimensional LC-MALDI MS approach, revealed complex changes, from chaperones and secretory transport machinery to proteins controlling transcription and translation. We also found an unexpectedly high amount of changes in enzyme levels of the central carbon metabolism and a significant up-regulation of several amino acid biosyntheses. These amino acids were partially underrepresented in the cellular protein compared with the composition of the model protein. Additional feeding of these amino acids resulted in a 1.5-fold increase in protein secretion. Membrane fluidity was identified as a second bottleneck for high-level protein secretion and addition of fluconazole to the culture caused a significant decrease in ergosterol levels, whereas protein secretion could be further increased by a factor of 2.1. In summary, we show that high level protein secretion causes global changes of protein expression levels in the cell and that precursor availability and membrane composition limit protein secretion in this yeast. In this respect, comparative proteome analysis is a powerful tool to identify targets for an efficient increase of protein production and secretion in S. pombe Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifiers PXD002693 and PXD003016.
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- Chien-Wen Hung
- From the ‡Institute for Experimental Medicine, Div. Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- §Biochemical Engineering Institute, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- From the ‡Institute for Experimental Medicine, Div. Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- From the ‡Institute for Experimental Medicine, Div. Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- §Biochemical Engineering Institute, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- ¶Roche Diagnostics GmbH, 68305 Mannheim, Germany
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- ‖PomBioTech GmbH, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; **School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- §Biochemical Engineering Institute, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- §Biochemical Engineering Institute, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- From the ‡Institute for Experimental Medicine, Div. Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany;
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Golberg A, Sack M, Teissie J, Pataro G, Pliquett U, Saulis G, Stefan T, Miklavcic D, Vorobiev E, Frey W. Energy-efficient biomass processing with pulsed electric fields for bioeconomy and sustainable development. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:94. [PMID: 27127539 PMCID: PMC4848877 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0508-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fossil resources-free sustainable development can be achieved through a transition to bioeconomy, an economy based on sustainable biomass-derived food, feed, chemicals, materials, and fuels. However, the transition to bioeconomy requires development of new energy-efficient technologies and processes to manipulate biomass feed stocks and their conversion into useful products, a collective term for which is biorefinery. One of the technological platforms that will enable various pathways of biomass conversion is based on pulsed electric fields applications (PEF). Energy efficiency of PEF treatment is achieved by specific increase of cell membrane permeability, a phenomenon known as membrane electroporation. Here, we review the opportunities that PEF and electroporation provide for the development of sustainable biorefineries. We describe the use of PEF treatment in biomass engineering, drying, deconstruction, extraction of phytochemicals, improvement of fermentations, and biogas production. These applications show the potential of PEF and consequent membrane electroporation to enable the bioeconomy and sustainable development.
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- Alexander Golberg
- />Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- />Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- />Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA Italy
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- />Institut für Bioprozeβ- und Analysenmeβtechnik e.V., Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany
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- />Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- />German Institute of Food Technologies, Quakenbrück, Germany
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- />Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- />Departement de Genie Chimique, Centre de Recherche de Royallieu, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, Compiegne, France
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- />Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Yasuda T, Takaine M, Numata O, Nakano K. Anillin-related protein Mid1 regulates timely formation of the contractile ring in the fission yeastSchizosaccharomyces japonicus. Genes Cells 2016; 21:594-607. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tsuyoshi Yasuda
- Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan
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Murray JM, Watson AT, Carr AM. Transformation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Electroporation Procedure. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2016; 2016:pdb.prot090951. [PMID: 27037074 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot090951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Transformation ofSchizosaccharomyces pombewith DNA requires the conditioning of cells to promote DNA uptake followed by cell growth under conditions that select and maintain the plasmid or integration event. The three main methodologies are electroporation, treatment with lithium cations, and transformation of protoplasts. This protocol describes transformation by electroporation. It involves pretreatingS. pombecells with dithiothreitol (DTT), which increases the transformation efficiency once the electric pulse is applied.
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- Johanne M Murray
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, E. Sussex BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, E. Sussex BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, E. Sussex BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom
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Efficient construct of a large and functional scFv yeast display library derived from the ascites B cells of ovarian cancer patients by three-fragment transformation-associated recombination. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:4051-61. [PMID: 26782745 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Over the past decade, yeast display technology has emerged as a powerful tool for the isolation of high-affinity immunoglobulin fragments with potential utility as clinical diagnostic and therapeutic reagents. Despite significant refinement of the various methodologies underpinning library construction and selections, certain aspects remain challenging and process limiting. We have sought to significantly improve the robustness of the single-chain Fv (scFv) library construction step by overcoming the technical inefficiencies frequently encountered during the PCR-mediated assembly of scFvs from the discrete heavy and light V-domain repertoires. Using a novel primer set designed to provide maximum amplification coverage of the known germ-line V-domain repertoire, we have exploited the potential of the in vivo homologous gap-repair apparatus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to assemble intact scFvs directly from co-transformed PBMC-derived VH, VL, and linearized vector component fragments. We have successfully applied this three-fragment assembly strategy to construct a large (>10(9)) scFv yeast display library from the ascites immune repertoire of ovarian cancer patients and validated the approach by applying FACS-based sorting to readily isolate scFvs that recognize various tumor marker antigens (TMAs). It is expected that this simplified construction method may find general utility, both for de novo scFv library construction and for subsequent combinatorial affinity maturation manipulations that require more than two fragments.
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Kotnik T, Frey W, Sack M, Haberl Meglič S, Peterka M, Miklavčič D. Electroporation-based applications in biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol 2015; 33:480-8. [PMID: 26116227 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Electroporation is already an established technique in several areas of medicine, but many of its biotechnological applications have only started to emerge; we review here some of the most promising. We outline electroporation as a phenomenon and then proceed to applications, first outlining the best established - the use of reversible electroporation for heritable genetic modification of microorganisms (electrotransformation), and then explore recent advances in applying electroporation for inactivation of microorganisms, extraction of biomolecules, and fast drying of biomass. Although these applications often aim to upscale to the industrial and/or clinical level, we also outline some important chip-scale applications of electroporation. We conclude our review with a discussion of the main challenges and future perspectives.
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- Tadej Kotnik
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-v-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-v-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Instrumentation and Process Control, Centre of Excellence for Biosensors, Tovarniška cesta 26, 5270 Ajdovščina, Slovenia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Zimkus A, Misiūnas A, Ramanavičius A, Chaustova L. Evaluation of Competence Phenomenon of Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Lipophilic Cations Accumulation and FT-IR Spectroscopy. Relation of Competence to Cell Cycle. Fungal Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10142-2_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Physical methods for genetic transformation of fungi and yeast. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:184-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Overcoming the metabolic burden of protein secretion in Schizosaccharomyces pombe – A quantitative approach using 13C-based metabolic flux analysis. Metab Eng 2014; 21:34-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 10/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Wu D, Li X, Shen C, Lu J, Chen J, Xie G. Isolation of a haploid from an industrial Chinese rice wine yeast for metabolic engineering manipulation. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jib.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Dianhui Wu
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- Industrial Technology Research Institute of Jiangnan University in Suqian; 888 Renmin Road Suqian 223800 People's Republic of China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
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- School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi 214122 People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Research Centre for Chinese Rice Wine; China Shaoxing Rice Wine Group Co. Ltd; Shaoxing 312000 People's Republic of China
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Dujeancourt L, Richter R, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Bonnefoy N, Herbert CJ. Interactions between peptidyl tRNA hydrolase homologs and the ribosomal release factor Mrf1 in S. pombe mitochondria. Mitochondrion 2013; 13:871-80. [PMID: 23892058 PMCID: PMC3919214 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.07.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mitochondrial translation synthesizes key subunits of the respiratory complexes. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, strains lacking Mrf1, the mitochondrial stop codon recognition factor, are viable, suggesting that other factors can play a role in translation termination. S. pombe contains four predicted peptidyl tRNA hydrolases, two of which (Pth3 and Pth4), have a GGQ motif that is conserved in class I release factors. We show that high dosage of Pth4 can compensate for the absence of Mrf1 and loss of Pth4 exacerbates the lack of Mrf1. Also Pth4 is a component of the mitochondrial ribosome, suggesting that it could help recycling stalled ribosomes. In S. pombe the peptidyl tRNA hydrolases Pth3 and Pth4 are mitochondrial proteins. Pth3 and Pth4 are associated with the mitochondrial ribosome and the large subunit. Deletion of pth4 and mrf1, encoding the mitochondrial release factor, is co-lethal. Over-expression of pth4 compensates for the deletion of mrf1. Pth4 can act as a release factor in S. pombe mitochondria.
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- Laurent Dujeancourt
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, UPR3404, FRC3115, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Zilio N, Wehrkamp-Richter S, Boddy MN. A new versatile system for rapid control of gene expression in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Yeast 2012; 29:425-34. [PMID: 22968950 DOI: 10.1002/yea.2920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The ability to regulate the expression of a gene greatly aids the process of uncovering its functions. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has so far lacked a system for rapidly controlling the expression of chromosomal genes, hindering its full potential as a model organism. Although the widely used nmt1 promoter displays a wide dynamic range of activity, it takes > 14-15 h to derepress. The urg1 promoter also shows a large dynamic range and can be induced quickly (< 2 h), but its implementation requires laborious strain construction and it cannot be used to study meiosis. To overcome these limitations, we constructed a tetracycline-regulated system for inducible expression of chromosomal genes in fission yeast, which is easily established and implemented. In this system the promoter of a gene is replaced by simple one-step substitution techniques with a tetracycline-regulated promoter cassette (tetO(7) -TATA(CYC1) ) in cells where TetR/TetR'-based transcription activators/repressors are also produced. Using top1 and nse6 as reporter genes, we show that Top1 and Nse6 appear after just 30 min of activating tetO(7) -TATA(CYC1) and plateau after -4-6 h. The amount of synthesised protein is comparable to that produced from the attenuated nmt1 promoter P(nmt8) , which should be closer to wild-type levels for most genes than those generated from excessively strong promoters and can be controlled by changing the concentration of the effector antibiotic. This system also works efficiently during meiosis, thus making it a useful addition to the toolkit of the fission yeast community.
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- Nicola Zilio
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Promotion of glycerol utilization using ethanol and 1-propanol in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 95:441-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3971-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Snf1-like protein kinase Ssp2 regulates glucose derepression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2011; 11:159-67. [PMID: 22140232 DOI: 10.1128/ec.05268-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The function of two fission yeast genes, SPCC74.03c/ssp2(+) and SPAC23H4.02/ppk9(+), encoding an Snf1-like protein kinase were investigated. Deletion of ssp2(+) caused a partial defect in glucose derepression of inv1(+), fbp1(+), and gld1(+) and in assimilation of sucrose and glycerol, while a mutation in ppk9(+) had no apparent effect. Scr1, a transcription factor involved in glucose repression, localized to the nucleus under glucose-rich conditions and to the cytoplasm during glucose starvation in wild-type cells. In contrast, in the ssp2Δ mutant, Scr1 localized to the nucleus in cells grown in glucose-rich medium as well as in glucose-starved cells. Immunoblot analysis showed that Ssp2 is required for the phosphorylation of Scr1 upon glucose deprivation. Mutation of five putative Ssp2 recognition sites in Scr1 prevented glucose derepression of invertase in glucose-starved cells. These results indicate that Ssp2 regulates phosphorylation and subcellular localization of Scr1 in response to glucose.
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Matsuzawa T, Morita T, Tanaka N, Tohda H, Takegawa K. Identification of a galactose-specific flocculin essential for non-sexual flocculation and filamentous growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Microbiol 2011; 82:1531-44. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wang JH, Hung W, Tsai SH. High efficiency transformation by electroporation of Yarrowia lipolytica. J Microbiol 2011; 49:469-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0433-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Heterologous expression of GPCRs in fission yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2011. [PMID: 21607855 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-126-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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In this chapter, we describe methods to heterologously express G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces (Sz.) pombe. GPCRs regulate a diverse range of biological processes in all eukaryotic cells, including plants, insects, humans, and yeast. The high degree of conservation between GPCRs from different organisms has facilitated the development of a large number of model systems to enable study of this pharmaceutically important family of cell-surface receptors. Of the many model systems available for investigating GPCRs, yeast have proven to be one of the more attractive. Yeasts' amenability to both genetic and biochemical manipulation, a reduced number of endogenous GPCRs and their relative low culturing costs has facilitated their use in many high-throughput drug screens. Given the high number of detailed methods relating to the expression of GPCRs within budding yeast, we have focused our attention on the use of fission yeast as a model system. We describe the methods used and provide examples from our own experiences of expressing a number of human GPCRs in Sz. pombe cells.
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Aoki K, Nakajima R, Furuya K, Niki H. Novel episomal vectors and a highly efficient transformation procedure for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Yeast 2011; 27:1049-60. [PMID: 20737410 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Schizosaccharomyces japonicus is a fission yeast for which new genetic tools have recently been developed. Here, we report novel plasmid vectors with high transformation efficiency and an electroporation method for Sz. japonicus. We isolated 44 replicating segments from 12 166 transformants of Sz. japonicus genomic fragments and found a chromosomal fragment, RS1, as a new replicating sequence that conferred high transformation activity to Sz. japonicus cells. This sequence was cloned into a pUC19 vector with ura4(+) of Sz. pombe (pSJU11) or the kan gene on the kanMX6 module (pSJK11) as selection markers. These plasmids transformed Sz. japonicus cells in the early-log phase by electroporation at a frequency of 123 cfu/µg for pSJK11 and 301 cfu/µg for pSJU11, which were higher than previously reported autonomously replicating sequences. Although a portion of plasmids remained in host cells by integration into the chromosome via RS1 segment, the plasmids could be recovered from transformants. The plasmid copy number was estimated to be 1.88 copies per cell by Southern blot analysis using a Sz. pombe ura4(+) probe. The plasmid containing ade6(+) suppressed the auxotrophic growth of the ade6-domE mutant, indicating that the plasmid would be useful for suppressor screening and complementation assays in Sz. japonicus. Furthermore, pSJU11 transformed Sz. pombe cells with the same frequency as the pREP2 plasmid. This study is a report to demonstrate practical use of episomal plasmid vectors for genetic research in Sz. japonicus.
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- Keita Aoki
- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Processing and maturation of carboxypeptidase Y and alkaline phosphatase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 90:203-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-3031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 11/07/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Matsuzawa T, Fujita Y, Tanaka N, Tohda H, Itadani A, Takegawa K. New insights into galactose metabolism by Schizosaccharomyces pombe: isolation and characterization of a galactose-assimilating mutant. J Biosci Bioeng 2010; 111:158-66. [PMID: 21075050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe cannot use galactose as a carbon or energy source, and little is known about galactose metabolism in this species. Here we report isolation of a galactose-assimilating mutant that grows on a medium containing galactose as a sole carbon source through use of a proofreading-deficient DNA polymerase δ variant encoded by cdc6-1. Based on comparative analysis of gene expression profiles in the wild-type and the mutant (FG2-8), we found that SPBPB2B2.10c (gal7+), SPBPB2B2.12c (gal10+) and SPBPB2B2.13 (gal1+), homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL7, GAL10 and GAL1, respectively, and SPBPB2B2.08, SPBPB2B2.09c, and SPBPB2B2.11 that localize close to the gal genes, were highly expressed and dramatically induced by addition of galactose. The gal7Δ strain, carrying an integrated ura4+ marker at the gal7+ locus, grew on 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA)-containing medium. In contrast, the FG2-8 gal7Δ strain could not grow on 5-FOA medium. In addition, expression of gal7+, SPBPB2B2.13, gal10+ and gal1+ genes increased in the wild-type strain when carried on a vector, and these transformants grew on galactose medium. We suggest that gal7+, gal10+, and gal1+ are localized close to a chromosomal terminal repressed by gene silencing in S. pombe. In contrast, gene silencing was defective in the FG2-8 strain making galactose assimilation possible.
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- Tomohiko Matsuzawa
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Coulon S, Ramasubramanyan S, Alies C, Philippin G, Lehmann A, Fuchs RP. Rad8Rad5/Mms2-Ubc13 ubiquitin ligase complex controls translesion synthesis in fission yeast. EMBO J 2010; 29:2048-58. [PMID: 20453833 PMCID: PMC2892369 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Many DNA lesions cause pausing of replication forks at lesion sites; thus, generating gaps in the daughter strands that are filled-in by post-replication repair (PRR) pathways. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, PRR involves translesion synthesis (TLS) mediated by Poleta or Polzeta, or Rad5-dependent gap filling through a poorly characterized error-free mechanism. We have developed an assay to monitor error-free and mutagenic TLS across single DNA lesions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. For both main UV photolesions, we have delineated a major error-free pathway mediated by a distinct combination of TLS polymerases. Surprisingly, these TLS pathways require enzymes needed for poly-ubiquitination of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) as well as those required for mono-ubiquitination. For pathways that require several TLS polymerases the poly-ubiquitin chains of PCNA may facilitate their recruitment through specific interactions with their multiple ubiquitin-binding motifs. These error-free TLS pathways may at least partially account for the previously described poly-ubiquitination-dependent error-free branch of PRR. This work highlights major differences in the control of lesion tolerance pathways between S. pombe and S. cerevisiae despite the homologous sets of PRR genes these organisms share.
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- Stéphane Coulon
- CNRS, UPR 3081, Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis, Conventionné par l'Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, Marseille cedex 20, France
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- CNRS, UPR 3081, Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis, Conventionné par l'Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, Marseille cedex 20, France
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- CNRS, UPR 3081, Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis, Conventionné par l'Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, Marseille cedex 20, France
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, UK
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- CNRS, UPR 3081, Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis, Conventionné par l'Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, Marseille cedex 20, France
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Construction of a β-glucosidase expression system using the multistress-tolerant yeast Issatchenkia orientalis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:1841-53. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2629-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The gld1+ gene encoding glycerol dehydrogenase is required for glycerol metabolism in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:715-27. [PMID: 20396879 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2586-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is able to utilize glycerol as the sole carbon source via two pathways (glycerol 3-phosphate pathway and dihydroxyacetone [DHA] pathway). In contrast, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe does not grow on media containing glycerol as the sole carbon source. However, in the presence of other carbon sources such as galactose and ethanol, S. pombe could assimilate glycerol and glycerol was preferentially utilized over ethanol and galactose. No equivalent of S. cerevisiae Gcy1/glycerol dehydrogenase has been identified in S. pombe. However, we identified a gene in S. pombe, SPAC13F5.03c (gld1 (+)), that is homologous to bacterial glycerol dehydrogenase. Deletion of gld1 caused a reduction in glycerol dehydrogenase activity and prevented glycerol assimilation. The gld1 Delta cells grew on 50 mM DHA as the sole carbon source, indicating that the glycerol dehydrogenase encoded by gld1 (+) is essential for glycerol assimilation in S. pombe. Strains of S. pombe deleted for dak1 (+) and dak2 (+) encoding DHA kinases could not grow on glycerol and showed sensitivity to a higher concentration of DHA. The dak1 Delta strain showed a more severe reduction of growth on glycerol and DHA than the dak2 Delta strain because the expression of dak1 (+) mRNA was higher than that of dak2 (+). In wild-type S. pombe, expression of the gld1 (+), dak1 (+), and dak2 (+) genes was repressed at a high concentration of glucose and was derepressed during glucose starvation. We found that gld1 (+) was regulated by glucose repression and that it was derepressed in scr1 Delta and tup12 Delta strains.
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In this chapter we present basic protocols for the use of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, commonly known as fission yeast, in molecular biology and genetics research. Fission yeast is an increasingly popular model organism for the study of biological pathways because of its genetic tractability and as a model for metazoan biology. It provides an alternative and complimentary approach to Saccharomyces cerevisiae for addressing questions of cell biology, physiology, genetics, and genomics/proteomics. We include details and considerations for growing fission yeast, information on crosses and genetics, gene targeting and transformation, cell synchrony and analysis, and molecular biology protocols.
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- Sarah A Sabatinos
- Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Xu J, De Jong AT, Chen G, Chow HK, Damaso CO, Schwartz Mittelman A, Shin JA. Reengineering natural design by rational design and in vivo library selection: the HLH subdomain in bHLHZ proteins is a unique requirement for DNA-binding function. Protein Eng Des Sel 2010; 23:337-46. [PMID: 20086039 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzp082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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To explore the role of the HLH subdomain in bHLHZ proteins, we designed sets of minimalist proteins based on bHLHZ protein Max, bHLH/PAS protein Arnt and bZIP protein C/EBP. In the first, the Max bHLH and C/EBP leucine zipper were fused such that the leucine heptad repeats were not in register; therefore, the protein dimerization interface was disrupted. Max1bHLH-C/EBP showed little ability to activate transcription from the E-box (5'-CACGTG) in the yeast one-hybrid assay, and no E-box binding by quantitative fluorescence anisotropy. Max1bHLH-C/EBP's activity was significantly improved after library selection (three amino acids randomized between HLH and leucine zipper), despite the Max bHLH and C/EBP zipper still being out of register: a representative mutant gave a high nanomolar K(d) value for E-box binding. Thus, selection proved to be a powerful tool for salvaging the flawed Max1bHLH-C/EBP, although the out-of-register mutants still did not achieve the strong DNA-binding affinities displayed by their in-register counterparts. ArntbHLH-C/EBP hybrids further demonstrated the importance of maintaining register, as out-of-register mutants showed no E-box-responsive activity, whereas the in-register hybrid showed moderate activity. In another design, we eliminated the HLH altogether and fused the Max basic region to the C/EBP zipper to generate bZIP-like hybrids. Despite numerous designs and selections, these hybrids possessed no E-box-responsive activity. Finally, we tested the importance of the loop sequence in MaxbHLHZ by fluorescence and circular dichroism. In one mutant, the loop was shortened by two residues; in the other, the Lys57:DNA-backbone interaction was abolished by mutation to Gly57. Both showed markedly decreased E-box-binding relative to MaxbHLHZ. Our results suggest that, in contrast to the more rigid bZIP, the HLH is capable of significant conformational adaptation to enable gene-regulatory function and is required for protein dimerization and positioning the basic region for DNA recognition.
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- Jing Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L1C6, Canada
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Suzuki S, Matsuzawa T, Nukigi Y, Takegawa K, Tanaka N. Characterization of two different types of UDP-glucose/-galactose 4-epimerase involved in galactosylation in fission yeast. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 156:708-718. [PMID: 19942659 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.035279-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Schizosaccharomyces species are currently the only known organisms with two types of genes encoding UDP-glucose/-galactose 4-epimerase, uge1(+) and gal10(+). A strain deleted for uge1(+) exhibited a severe galactosylation defect and a decrease in activity and in UDP-galactose content when grown in glucose-rich medium (2 % glucose), indicating that Uge1p is a major UDP-glucose/-galactose 4-epimerase under these growth conditions. In contrast, gal10(+) was efficiently expressed and involved in galactosylation of cell-surface proteins in low-glucose medium (0.1 % glucose and 2 % glycerol), but not in galactose-containing medium. In a uge1Deltagal10Delta strain, the galactosylation defect was suppressed and UDP-galactose content restored to wild-type levels in galactose-containing medium. Disruption of gal7(+), encoding galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, in the uge1Deltagal10Delta strain reversed suppression of the galactosylation defect and reduced levels of UDP-galactose, indicating that galactose is transported from the medium to the cytosol and is converted into UDP-galactose via galactose 1-phosphate by Gal7p in Sch. pombe.
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- Shotaro Suzuki
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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Mukaiyama H, Kajiwara S, Hosomi A, Giga-Hama Y, Tanaka N, Nakamura T, Takegawa K. Autophagy-deficient Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutants undergo partial sporulation during nitrogen starvation. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 155:3816-3826. [PMID: 19778961 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.034389-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Autophagy is triggered when organisms sense radical environmental changes, including nutritional starvation. During autophagy, cytoplasmic components, including organelles, are enclosed within autophagosomes and are degraded upon lysosome-vacuole fusion. In this study, we show that processing of GFP-tagged Atg8 can serve as a marker for autophagy in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Using this marker, 13 Atg homologues were also found to be required for autophagy in fission yeast. In budding yeast, autophagy-deficient mutants are known to be sterile, whereas in fission yeast we found that up to 30 % of autophagy-defective cells with amino acid auxotrophy were able to recover sporulation when an excess of required amino acids was supplied. Furthermore, we found that approximately 15 % of the autophagy-defective cells were also able to sporulate when a prototrophic strain was subjected to nitrogen starvation, which suggested that fission yeast may store sufficient intracellular nitrogen to allow partial sporulation under nitrogen-limiting conditions, although the majority of the nitrogen source is supplied by autophagy. Monitoring of the sporulation process revealed that the process was blocked non-specifically at various stages in the atg1Delta and atg12Delta mutants, possibly due to a shortage of amino acids. Taking advantage of this partial sporulation ability of fission yeast, we sought evidence for the existence of a recycling system for nitrogen sources during starvation.
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- Hiroyuki Mukaiyama
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.,Research Center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-8755, Japan.,Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-8755, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.,Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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Xu J, Chen G, De Jong AT, Shahravan SH, Shin JA. Max-E47, a designed minimalist protein that targets the E-box DNA site in vivo and in vitro. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:7839-48. [PMID: 19449889 PMCID: PMC2734406 DOI: 10.1021/ja901306q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Max-E47 is a designed hybrid protein comprising the Max DNA-binding basic region and E47 HLH dimerization subdomain. In the yeast one-hybrid system (Y1H), Max-E47 shows strong transcriptional activation from the E-box site, 5'-CACGTG, targeted by the Myc/Max/Mad network of transcription factors; two mutants, Max-E47Y and Max-E47YF, activate more weakly from the E-box in the Y1H. Quantitative fluorescence anisotropy titrations to gain free energies of protein:DNA binding gave low nanomolar K(d) values for the native MaxbHLHZ, Max-E47, and the Y and YF mutants binding to the E-box site (14, 15, 9, and 6 nM, respectively), with no detectable binding to a nonspecific control duplex. Because these minimalist, E-box-binding hybrids have no activation domain and no interactions with the c-MycbHLHZ, as shown by the yeast two-hybrid assay, they can potentially serve as dominant-negative inhibitors that suppress activation of E-box-responsive genes targeted by transcription factors including the c-Myc/Max complex. As proof-of-principle, we used our modified Y1H, which allows direct competition between two proteins vying for a DNA target, to show that Max-E47 effectively outcompetes the native MaxbHLHZ for the E-box; weaker competition is observed from the two mutants, consistent with Y1H results. These hybrids provide a minimalist scaffold for further exploration of the relationship between protein structure and DNA-binding function and may have applications as protein therapeutics or biochemical probes capable of targeting the E-box site.
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- Jing Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, Canada
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Gene transfer and protein release of fission yeast by application of a high voltage electric pulse. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 394:13-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-2678-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Prévéral S, Gayet L, Moldes C, Hoffmann J, Mounicou S, Gruet A, Reynaud F, Lobinski R, Verbavatz JM, Vavasseur A, Forestier C. A common highly conserved cadmium detoxification mechanism from bacteria to humans: heavy metal tolerance conferred by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter SpHMT1 requires glutathione but not metal-chelating phytochelatin peptides. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:4936-43. [PMID: 19054771 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808130200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cadmium poses a significant threat to human health due to its toxicity. In mammals and in bakers' yeast, cadmium is detoxified by ATP-binding cassette transporters after conjugation to glutathione. In fission yeast, phytochelatins constitute the co-substrate with cadmium for the transporter SpHMT1. In plants, a detoxification mechanism similar to the one in fission yeast is supposed, but the molecular nature of the transporter is still lacking. To investigate further the relationship between SpHMT1 and its co-substrate, we overexpressed the transporter in a Schizosaccharomyces pombe strain deleted for the phytochelatin synthase gene and heterologously in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in Escherichia coli. In all organisms, overexpression of SpHMT1 conferred a markedly enhanced tolerance to cadmium but not to Sb(III), AgNO(3), As(III), As(V), CuSO(4), or HgCl(2). Abolishment of the catalytic activity by expression of SpHMT1(K623M) mutant suppressed the cadmium tolerance phenotype independently of the presence of phytochelatins. Depletion of the glutathione pool inhibited the SpHMT1 activity but not that of AtHMA4, a P-type ATPase, indicating that GSH is necessary for the SpHMT1-mediated cadmium resistance. In E. coli, SpHMT1 was targeted to the periplasmic membrane and led to an increased amount of cadmium in the periplasm. These results demonstrate that SpHMT1 confers cadmium tolerance in the absence of phytochelatins but depending on the presence of GSH and ATP. Our results challenge the dogma of the two separate cadmium detoxification pathways and demonstrate that a common highly conserved mechanism has been selected during the evolution from bacteria to humans.
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- Sandra Prévéral
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Cadarache, Service de Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales, Laboratoire des Echanges Membranaires et Signalisation, the CNRS, UMR Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales
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Metabolic state and cell cycle as determinants of facilitated uptake of genetic information by yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Open Life Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.2478/s11535-008-0040-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractThe transformation efficiency of yeast cells during exponential growth might be characterised as undulatory. The aim of the study was to investigate the reason for the fluctuation in transformation efficiency of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae p63-DC5 cells during exponential growth. The heightened response to exogenous DNA was observed with the growing yeast culture when budded cells were predominant. To confirm this phenomenon we carried out synchronization of yeast cells with 10 mM hydroxyurea. Results showed that synchronous yeast cells in the S-phase of cell cycle have enhanced transformation efficiency. Furthermore, S. cerevisiae p63-DC5 cells in the S-phase were successfully transformed with plasmid pl13 in the absence of lithium acetate. We indicated that the permeability of yeast cells in the S-phase to tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP) cations was significantly higher than in asynchronous culture. The results of our study showed that the fluctuation in transformation efficiency was strictly dependent on the metabolic state of yeast cells and the capacity of the yeast cells to become competent was related to the S-phase of cell cycle.
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Chow HK, Xu J, Shahravan SH, De Jong AT, Chen G, Shin JA. Hybrids of the bHLH and bZIP protein motifs display different DNA-binding activities in vivo vs. in vitro. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3514. [PMID: 18949049 PMCID: PMC2568859 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Minimalist hybrids comprising the DNA-binding domain of bHLH/PAS (basic-helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim) protein Arnt fused to the leucine zipper (LZ) dimerization domain from bZIP (basic region-leucine zipper) protein C/EBP were designed to bind the E-box DNA site, CACGTG, targeted by bHLHZ (basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper) proteins Myc and Max, as well as the Arnt homodimer. The bHLHZ-like structure of ArntbHLH-C/EBP comprises the Arnt bHLH domain fused to the C/EBP LZ: i.e. swap of the 330 aa PAS domain for the 29 aa LZ. In the yeast one-hybrid assay (Y1H), transcriptional activation from the E-box was strong by ArntbHLH-C/EBP, and undetectable for the truncated ArntbHLH (PAS removed), as detected via readout from the HIS3 and lacZ reporters. In contrast, fluorescence anisotropy titrations showed affinities for the E-box with ArntbHLH-C/EBP and ArntbHLH comparable to other transcription factors (K(d) 148.9 nM and 40.2 nM, respectively), but only under select conditions that maintained folded protein. Although in vivo yeast results and in vitro spectroscopic studies for ArntbHLH-C/EBP targeting the E-box correlate well, the same does not hold for ArntbHLH. As circular dichroism confirms that ArntbHLH-C/EBP is a much more strongly alpha-helical structure than ArntbHLH, we conclude that the nonfunctional ArntbHLH in the Y1H must be due to misfolding, leading to the false negative that this protein is incapable of targeting the E-box. Many experiments, including protein design and selections from large libraries, depend on protein domains remaining well-behaved in the nonnative experimental environment, especially small motifs like the bHLH (60-70 aa). Interestingly, a short helical LZ can serve as a folding- and/or solubility-enhancing tag, an important device given the focus of current research on exploration of vast networks of biomolecular interactions.
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- Hiu-Kwan Chow
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chen X, Fang H, Rao Z, Shen W, Zhuge B, Wang Z, Zhuge J. An efficient genetic transformation method for glycerol producer Candida glycerinogenes. Microbiol Res 2008; 163:531-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Iwaki T, Iefuji H, Hiraga Y, Hosomi A, Morita T, Giga-Hama Y, Takegawa K. Multiple functions of ergosterol in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2008; 154:830-841. [PMID: 18310029 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011155-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sterols are a major class of membrane lipids in eukaryotes. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, sterol 24-C-methyltransferase (Erg6p), C-8 sterol isomerase (Erg2p), C-5 sterol desaturase (Erg31p, Erg32p), C-22 sterol desaturase (Erg5p) and C-24 (28) sterol reductase (Sts1p/Erg4p) have been predicted, but not yet determined, to catalyse a sequence of reactions from zymosterol to ergosterol. Disruption mutants of these genes were unable to synthesize ergosterol, and most were tolerant to the polyene drugs amphotericin B and nystatin. Disruption of erg31(+) or erg32(+) did not cause ergosterol deficiency or tolerance to polyene drugs, indicating that the two C-5 sterol desaturases have overlapping functions. GFP-tagged DRM (detergent-resistant membrane)-associated protein Pma1p localized to the plasma membrane in ergDelta mutants. DRM fractionation revealed that the association between Pma1-GFP and DRM was weakened in erg6Delta but not in other erg mutants. Several GFP-tagged plasma membrane proteins were tested, and an amino acid permease homologue, SPBC359.03c, was found to mislocalize to intracellular punctate structures in the ergDelta mutants. These results indicate that these proteins are responsible for ergosterol biosynthesis in fission yeast, similar to the situation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Furthermore, in fission yeast, ergosterol is important for plasma membrane structure and function and for localization of plasma membrane proteins.
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- Tomoko Iwaki
- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8755, Japan.,Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, 3-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8755, Japan.,Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8755, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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Methods of transformation rely upon conditioning cells to take up DNA, and growing them under selective conditions to establish and maintain the plasmid or integration. Different methods may be used, including electroporation, treatment with lithium cations, or protoplast treatment which removes the cell wall. Protoplasts prepared as for transformation can also be induced to fuse with each other and undergo karyogamy, which provides a means of mating sterile strains.
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- Susan L Forsburg
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA
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Iwaki T, Onishi M, Ikeuchi M, Kita A, Sugiura R, Giga-Hama Y, Fukui Y, Takegawa K. Essential roles of class E Vps proteins for sorting into multivesicular bodies in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:2753-2764. [PMID: 17660439 PMCID: PMC2885615 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The multivesicular body (MVB) sorting pathway is required for a number of biological processes, including downregulation of cell-surface proteins and protein sorting into the vacuolar lumen. The function of this pathway requires endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) composed of class E vacuolar protein sorting (Vps) proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, many of which are conserved in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Of these, sst4/vps27 (homologous to VPS27) and sst6 (similar to VPS23) have been identified as suppressors of sterility in ste12Delta (sst), although their functions have not been uncovered to date. In this report, these two sst genes are shown to be required for vacuolar sorting of carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) and an MVB marker, the ubiquitin-GFP-carboxypeptidase S (Ub-GFP-CPS) fusion protein, despite the lack of the ubiquitin E2 variant domain in Sst6p. Disruption mutants of a variety of other class E vps homologues also had defects in sorting of CPY and Ub-GFP-CPS. Sch. pombe has a mammalian AMSH homologue, sst2. Phenotypic analyses suggested that Sst2p is a class E Vps protein. Taken together, these results suggest that sorting into multivesicular bodies is dependent on class E Vps proteins, including Sst2p, in Sch. pombe.
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- Tomoko Iwaki
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-8755, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacogenomics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacogenomics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-8755, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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Yu Y, Wang HY, Liu LN, Chen ZL, Xia GX. Functional identification of cytokinesis-related genes from tobacco BY-2 cells. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2007; 26:889-94. [PMID: 17245598 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0303-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/31/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms controlling cytokinesis in plant cell division cycle remains largely unknown. In this study, a functional approach was taken to identify genes that may play roles in cytokinesis in tobacco BY-2 cells, using fission yeast as the host organism. A total of 22 BY-2 genes that perturbed the terminal stage of cell division when ectopically expressed in yeast cells were isolated, among which, several encode for uncharacterized genes. Additionally, RT-PCR analysis indicated that four of the isolated genes were expressed in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Our results demonstrate that fission yeast system can be efficiently used to identify the genes that may function, either positively or negatively, in the regulation of cytokinesis. More importantly, the candidate genes we have isolated in this work can provide useful information for unraveling the regulators controlling cell separation at the late stage of BY-2 cell division.
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- Yi Yu
- National Center for Plant Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Papagianni M, Avramidis N, Filioussis G. High efficiency electrotransformation of Lactococcus lactis spp. lactis cells pretreated with lithium acetate and dithiothreitol. BMC Biotechnol 2007; 7:15. [PMID: 17374174 PMCID: PMC1838899 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-7-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A goal for the food industry has always been to improve strains of Lactococcus lactis and stabilize beneficial traits. Genetic engineering is used extensively for manipulating this lactic acid bacterium, while electropolation is the most widely used technique for introducing foreign DNA into cells. The efficiency of electrotransformation depends on the level of electropermealization and pretreatment with chemicals which alter cell wall permeability, resulting in improved transformation efficiencies is rather common practice in bacteria as in yeasts and fungi. In the present study, treatment with lithium acetate (LiAc) and dithiothreitol (DTT) in various combinations was applied to L. lactis spp. lactis cells of the early-log phase prior to electroporation with plasmid pTRKH3 (a 7.8 kb shuttle vector, suitable for cloning into L. lactis). Two strains of L. lactis spp. lactis were used, L. lactis spp. lactis LM0230 and ATCC 11454. To the best of our knowledge these agents have never been used before with L. lactis or other bacteria. RESULTS Electrotransformation efficiencies of up to 105 transformants per mug DNA have been reported in the literature for L. lactis spp.lactis LM0230. We report here that treatment with LiAc and DDT before electroporation increased transformation efficiency to 225 +/- 52.5 x 107 transformants per mug DNA, while with untreated cells or treated with LiAc alone transformation efficiency approximated 1.2 +/- 0.5 x 105 transformants per mug DNA. Results of the same trend were obtained with L. lactis ATCC 11454, although transformation efficiency of this strain was significantly lower. No difference was found in the survival rate of pretreated cells after electroporation. Transformation efficiency was found to vary directly with cell density and that of 1010 cells/ml resulted in the highest efficiencies. Following electrotransformation of pretreated cells with LiAc and DDT, pTRKH3 stability was examined. Both host-vector systems proved to be reproducible and highly efficient. CONCLUSION This investigation sought to improve still further transformation efficiencies and to provide a reliable high efficiency transformation system for L. lactis spp. lactis. The applied methodology, tested in two well-known strains, allows the production of large numbers of transformants and the construction of large recombinant libraries.
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- Maria Papagianni
- Department of Hygiene and Technology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene and Technology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene and Technology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
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Erler A, Maresca M, Fu J, Stewart AF. Recombineering reagents for improved inducible expression and selection marker re-use in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Yeast 2006; 23:813-23. [PMID: 16921581 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an excellent model organism for cell biology. However, its genetic toolbox is less developed than that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the first part of this study we describe an improved inducible expression vector based on tetracycline regulation of the CaMV35S promoter, which is also capable of chromosomal integration and therefore works in minimal and in rich media. We found that anhydrotetracycline is a superior ligand for induction. Maximum expression levels were observed after 12 h in minimal media (EMM) and after 9 h in rich media (YES), which is faster than the nmt1 promoter system. The system was combined with a convenient recombineering-based subcloning strategy for ease of cloning. In the second part we present four template plasmids, pSVEM-bsd, pSVEM-nat, pSVEM-kan and pSVEM-hph, which harbour four recyclable disruption cassettes based on the Cre recombinase lox71/66 strategy for use in PCR targeting methods. Cre-mediated excision leaves a non-functional mutant lox site in the genome, allowing the reiterative usage of these cassettes for multiple targetings. These cassettes are also configured with dual eukaryotic/prokaryotic promoters so that they can be used for recombineering in E. coli. Amongst other purposes, this permits the rapid and convenient creation of targeting constructs with much longer homology arms for difficult and complex targetings in the Sz. pombe genome.
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- Axel Erler
- Technical University Dresden, Biotec, Department of Genomics, Tatzberg 47-51, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Iwaki T, Giga-Hama Y, Takegawa K. A survey of all 11 ABC transporters in fission yeast: two novel ABC transporters are required for red pigment accumulation in a Schizosaccharomyces pombe adenine biosynthetic mutant. Microbiology (Reading) 2006; 152:2309-2321. [PMID: 16849797 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28952-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins transport a wide variety of substrates, including sugars, amino acids, metal ions, lipids, peptides and proteins, across membranes, and most ABC proteins contain transmembrane domains (ABC transporters). Sequencing of theSchizosaccharomyces pombegenome has allowed identification of all genes encoding ABC transporters in fission yeast. To date, six such genes have been characterized, and an additional five genes encoding ABC transporters were identified from the genome sequence. In an attempt to characterize all of the ABC transporters in fission yeast, all 11 genes were disrupted. While all the genes were found to be dispensable for cell viability, some disruptants lacked apparent phenotypes. GFP-tagged ABC transporters were localized to membranes as follows: plasma membrane (2), vacuolar membrane (4), mitochondrial membrane (2), endoplasmic reticulum membrane (2), and endosome and Golgi membranes (1). Two Cluster II. 1 proteins, Abc2p (SPAC3F10.11c) and Abc4p (SPAC30.04c), were found to be localized to vacuolar membranes, and to be responsible for accumulation of a characteristic red pigment in the vacuole of an adenine biosynthetic mutant. The doubly disrupted mutantabc2Δabc4Δ exhibited drug sensitivity, and a decreased accumulation of monochlorobimane, suggesting that both of the proteins encoded by these genes are involved in detoxification of xenobiotics, and vacuolar sequestration of glutathioneS-conjugates.
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- Tomoko Iwaki
- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8755, Japan
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Research Center, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8755, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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Böttger A, Strasser D, Alexandrova O, Levin A, Fischer S, Lasi M, Rudd S, David CN. Genetic screen for signal peptides in Hydra reveals novel secreted proteins and evidence for non-classical protein secretion. Eur J Cell Biol 2006; 85:1107-17. [PMID: 16814424 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have screened a Hydra cDNA library for sequences encoding N-terminal signal peptides using the yeast invertase secretion vector pSUC [Jacobs et al., 1997. A genetic selection for isolating cDNAs encoding secreted proteins. Gene 198, 289-296]. We isolated and sequenced 907 positive clones; 88% encoded signal peptides; 12% lacked signal peptides. By searching the Hydra EST database we identified full-length sequences for the selected clones. These encoded 37 known proteins with signal peptides and 40 novel Hydra-specific proteins with signal peptides. Localization of two signal peptide-containing sequences, VEGF and ferritin, to the secretory pathway was confirmed with GFP fusion proteins. In addition, we isolated 105 clones which lacked signal peptides but which supported invertase secretion from yeast. Isolation of plasmids from these clones and retransformation in invertase-negative yeast cells confirmed the phenotype. A GFP fusion protein of one such clone encoding the foot morphogen pedibin was localized to the cytoplasm in transfected Hydra cells and did not enter the ER/Golgi secretory pathway. Secretion of pedibin and other proteins lacking signal peptides appears to occur by a non-classical protein secretion route.
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- Angelika Böttger
- Department Biologie II, Ludwig Maximilians University, Grosshadernerstr 2, D-82152, Planegg/Martinsried, Germany
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Tang X, Jin Y, Cande WZ. Bqt2p is essential for initiating telomere clustering upon pheromone sensing in fission yeast. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 173:845-51. [PMID: 16769823 PMCID: PMC2063910 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200602152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The telomere bouquet, i.e., telomere clustering on the nuclear envelope (NE) during meiotic prophase, is thought to promote homologous chromosome pairing. Using a visual screen, we identified bqt2/im295, a mutant that disrupts telomere clustering in fission yeast. Bqt2p is required for linking telomeres to the meiotic spindle pole body (SPB) but not for attachment of telomeres or the SPB to the NE. Bqt2p is expressed upon pheromone sensing and colocalizes thereafter to Sad1p, an SPB protein. This localization only depends on Bqt1p, not on other identified proteins required for telomere clustering. Upon pheromone sensing, generation of Sad1p foci next to telomeres depends on Bqt2p. However, depletion of Bqt2p from the SPB is dispensable for dissolving the telomere bouquet at the end of meiotic prophase. Therefore, telomere bouquet formation requires Bqt2p as a linking component and is finely regulated during meiotic progression.
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- Xie Tang
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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