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Krause DJ, Hittinger CT. Functional Divergence in a Multi-gene Family Is a Key Evolutionary Innovation for Anaerobic Growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:6711080. [PMID: 36134526 PMCID: PMC9551191 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The amplification and diversification of genes into large multi-gene families often mark key evolutionary innovations, but this process often creates genetic redundancy that hinders functional investigations. When the model budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae transitions to anaerobic growth conditions, the cell massively induces the expression of seven serine/threonine-rich anaerobically-induced cell wall mannoproteins (anCWMPs): TIP1, TIR1, TIR2, TIR3, TIR4, DAN1, and DAN4. Here, we show that these genes likely derive evolutionarily from a single ancestral anCWMP locus, which was duplicated and translocated to new genomic contexts several times both prior to and following the budding yeast whole genome duplication (WGD) event. Based on synteny and their phylogeny, we separate the anCWMPs into four gene subfamilies. To resolve prior inconclusive genetic investigations of these genes, we constructed a set of combinatorial deletion mutants to determine their contributions toward anaerobic growth in S. cerevisiae. We found that two genes, TIR1 and TIR3, were together necessary and sufficient for the anCWMP contribution to anaerobic growth. Overexpressing either gene alone was insufficient for anaerobic growth, implying that they encode non-overlapping functional roles in the cell during anaerobic growth. We infer from the phylogeny of the anCWMP genes that these two important genes derive from an ancient duplication that predates the WGD event, whereas the TIR1 subfamily experienced gene family amplification after the WGD event. Taken together, the genetic and molecular evidence suggests that one key anCWMP gene duplication event, several auxiliary gene duplication events, and functional divergence underpin the evolution of anaerobic growth in budding yeasts.
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- David J Krause
- Laboratory of Genetics, Wisconsin Energy Institute, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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Oliver SG. From Petri Plates to Petri Nets, a revolution in yeast biology. FEMS Yeast Res 2022; 22:6526310. [PMID: 35142857 PMCID: PMC8862034 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foac008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Stephen G Oliver
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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van Dijk M, Rugbjerg P, Nygård Y, Olsson L. RNA sequencing reveals metabolic and regulatory changes leading to more robust fermentation performance during short-term adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to lignocellulosic inhibitors. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:201. [PMID: 34654441 PMCID: PMC8518171 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02049-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The limited tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to inhibitors is a major challenge in second-generation bioethanol production, and our understanding of the molecular mechanisms providing tolerance to inhibitor-rich lignocellulosic hydrolysates is incomplete. Short-term adaptation of the yeast in the presence of dilute hydrolysate can improve its robustness and productivity during subsequent fermentation. RESULTS We utilized RNA sequencing to investigate differential gene expression in the industrial yeast strain CR01 during short-term adaptation, mimicking industrial conditions for cell propagation. In this first transcriptomic study of short-term adaption of S. cerevisiae to lignocellulosic hydrolysate, we found that cultures respond by fine-tuned up- and down-regulation of a subset of general stress response genes. Furthermore, time-resolved RNA sequencing allowed for identification of genes that were differentially expressed at 2 or more sampling points, revealing the importance of oxidative stress response, thiamin and biotin biosynthesis. furan-aldehyde reductases and specific drug:H+ antiporters, as well as the down-regulation of certain transporter genes. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing short-term adaptation of S. cerevisiae to lignocellulosic hydrolysate, and suggest new genetic targets for improving fermentation robustness.
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- Marlous van Dijk
- Department of Biology and Bioengineering, Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Bioengineering, Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Bioengineering, Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Bioengineering, Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals the metabolic mechanism of patulin by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Costa ACT, Hornick J, Antunes TFS, Santos AMC, Fernandes AAR, Broach JR, Fernandes PMB. Complete genome sequence and analysis of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain used for sugarcane spirit production. Braz J Microbiol 2021; 52:1087-1095. [PMID: 33835421 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-021-00444-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Distillation of fermented sugarcane juice produces both rum and cachaça, significant sources of revenue in Brazil and elsewhere. In this study, we provide a genomic analysis of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain isolated from a cachaça distillery in Brazil. We determined the complete genome sequence of a strain with high flocculation capacity, high tolerance to ethanol, osmotic and heat shock stress and high fermentation rates and compared the sequence with that of the reference S288c genome as well as those of two other cachaça strains. Single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis identified alterations in genes involved in nitrogen and organic compound metabolism, integrity of organelles and ion homeostasis. The strain exhibited fragmentation of several flocculation genes relative to the reference genome, as well as loss of a stop codon in the FLO8 gene, which encodes a transcription factor required for FLO gene expression. The strain contained no genes not present in the reference genome strain but did lack several genes, including asparaginase genes, maltose utilization loci, and several genes from the tandem array of the DUP240 family. The three cachaça strains lacked different sets of genes, but the asparaginase genes and several of the DUP240 genes were common deficiencies. This study provides new insights regarding the selective pressure of sugarcane fermentation on the genome of yeast strains and offers additional genetic resources for modern synthetic biology and genome editing tools.
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- Ane Catarine Tosi Costa
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, 29040-090, Brazil.
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Daskalova A, Petrova V, Velkova L, Kujumdzieva A, Tomova A, Voelter W, Dolashka P. Investigation of protein expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells in quiescent and proliferating state before and after toxic stress. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2021.1879677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- Asya Daskalova
- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of General and Industrial Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of General and Industrial Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of General and Industrial Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Repele A, Krueger S, Bhattacharyya T, Tuineau MY. The regulatory control of Cebpa enhancers and silencers in the myeloid and red-blood cell lineages. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217580. [PMID: 31181110 PMCID: PMC6557489 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cebpa encodes a transcription factor (TF) that plays an instructive role in the development of multiple myeloid lineages. The expression of Cebpa itself is finely modulated, as Cebpa is expressed at high and intermediate levels in neutrophils and macrophages respectively and downregulated in non-myeloid lineages. The cis-regulatory logic underlying the lineage-specific modulation of Cebpa's expression level is yet to be fully characterized. Previously, we had identified 6 new cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) in a 78kb region surrounding Cebpa. We had also inferred the TFs that regulate each CRM by fitting a sequence-based thermodynamic model to a comprehensive reporter activity dataset. Here, we report the cis-regulatory logic of Cebpa CRMs at the resolution of individual binding sites. We tested the binding sites and functional roles of inferred TFs by designing and constructing mutated CRMs and comparing theoretical predictions of their activity against empirical measurements in a myeloid cell line. The enhancers were confirmed to be activated by combinations of PU.1, C/EBP family TFs, Egr1, and Gfi1 as predicted by the model. We show that silencers repress the activity of the proximal promoter in a dominant manner in G1ME cells, which are derived from the red-blood cell lineage. Dominant repression in G1ME cells can be traced to binding sites for GATA and Myb, a motif shared by all of the silencers. Finally, we demonstrate that GATA and Myb act redundantly to silence the proximal promoter. These results indicate that dominant repression is a novel mechanism for resolving hematopoietic lineages. Furthermore, Cebpa has a fail-safe cis-regulatory architecture, featuring several functionally similar CRMs, each of which contains redundant binding sites for multiple TFs. Lastly, by experimentally demonstrating the predictive ability of our sequence-based thermodynamic model, this work highlights the utility of this computational approach for understanding mammalian gene regulation.
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- Andrea Repele
- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America
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Whole Genome Sequencing, de Novo Assembly and Phenotypic Profiling for the New Budding Yeast Species Saccharomyces jurei. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2018; 8:2967-2977. [PMID: 30097472 PMCID: PMC6118302 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Saccharomyces sensu stricto complex consist of yeast species, which are not only important in the fermentation industry but are also model systems for genomic and ecological analysis. Here, we present the complete genome assemblies of Saccharomyces jurei, a newly discovered Saccharomyces sensu stricto species from high altitude oaks. Phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis revealed that S. jurei is more closely related to S. mikatae, than S. cerevisiae, and S. paradoxus. The karyotype of S. jurei presents two reciprocal chromosomal translocations between chromosome VI/VII and I/XIII when compared to the S. cerevisiae genome. Interestingly, while the rearrangement I/XIII is unique to S. jurei, the other is in common with S. mikatae strain IFO1815, suggesting shared evolutionary history of this species after the split between S. cerevisiae and S. mikatae. The number of Ty elements differed in the new species, with a higher number of Ty elements present in S. jurei than in S. cerevisiae. Phenotypically, the S. jurei strain NCYC 3962 has relatively higher fitness than the other strain NCYC 3947T under most of the environmental stress conditions tested and showed remarkably increased fitness in higher concentration of acetic acid compared to the other sensu stricto species. Both strains were found to be better adapted to lower temperatures compared to S. cerevisiae.
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Deciphering the Origin, Evolution, and Physiological Function of the Subtelomeric Aryl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Family in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 84:AEM.01553-17. [PMID: 29079624 PMCID: PMC5734042 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01553-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Homology searches indicate that Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain BY4741 contains seven redundant genes that encode putative aryl-alcohol dehydrogenases (AAD). Yeast AAD genes are located in subtelomeric regions of different chromosomes, and their functional role(s) remain enigmatic. Here, we show that two of these genes, AAD4 and AAD14, encode functional enzymes that reduce aliphatic and aryl-aldehydes concomitant with the oxidation of cofactor NADPH, and that Aad4p and Aad14p exhibit different substrate preference patterns. Other yeast AAD genes are undergoing pseudogenization. The 5′ sequence of AAD15 has been deleted from the genome. Repair of an AAD3 missense mutation at the catalytically essential Tyr73 residue did not result in a functional enzyme. However, ancestral-state reconstruction by fusing Aad6 with Aad16 and by N-terminal repair of Aad10 restores NADPH-dependent aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase activities. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that AAD genes are narrowly distributed in wood-saprophyte fungi and in yeast that occupy lignocellulosic niches. Because yeast AAD genes exhibit activity on veratraldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, and vanillin, they could serve to detoxify aryl-aldehydes released during lignin degradation. However, none of these compounds induce yeast AAD gene expression, and Aad activities do not relieve aryl-aldehyde growth inhibition. Our data suggest an ancestral role for AAD genes in lignin degradation that is degenerating as a result of yeast's domestication and use in brewing, baking, and other industrial applications. IMPORTANCE Functional characterization of hypothetical genes remains one of the chief tasks of the postgenomic era. Although the first Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome sequence was published over 20 years ago, 22% of its estimated 6,603 open reading frames (ORFs) remain unverified. One outstanding example of this category of genes is the enigmatic seven-member AAD family. Here, we demonstrate that proteins encoded by two members of this family exhibit aliphatic and aryl-aldehyde reductase activity, and further that such activity can be recovered from pseudogenized AAD genes via ancestral-state reconstruction. The phylogeny of yeast AAD genes suggests that these proteins may have played an important ancestral role in detoxifying aromatic aldehydes in ligninolytic fungi. However, in yeast adapted to niches rich in sugars, AAD genes become subject to mutational erosion. Our findings shed new light on the selective pressures and molecular mechanisms by which genes undergo pseudogenization.
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Sardi M, Rovinskiy N, Zhang Y, Gasch AP. Leveraging Genetic-Background Effects in Saccharomyces cerevisiae To Improve Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate Tolerance. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:5838-49. [PMID: 27451446 PMCID: PMC5038035 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01603-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED A major obstacle to sustainable lignocellulosic biofuel production is microbe inhibition by the combinatorial stresses in pretreated plant hydrolysate. Chemical biomass pretreatment releases a suite of toxins that interact with other stressors, including high osmolarity and temperature, which together can have poorly understood synergistic effects on cells. Improving tolerance in industrial strains has been hindered, in part because the mechanisms of tolerance reported in the literature often fail to recapitulate in other strain backgrounds. Here, we explored and then exploited variations in stress tolerance, toxin-induced transcriptomic responses, and fitness effects of gene overexpression in different Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) strains to identify genes and processes linked to tolerance of hydrolysate stressors. Using six different S. cerevisiae strains that together maximized phenotypic and genetic diversity, first we explored transcriptomic differences between resistant and sensitive strains to identify common and strain-specific responses. This comparative analysis implicated primary cellular targets of hydrolysate toxins, secondary effects of defective defense strategies, and mechanisms of tolerance. Dissecting the responses to individual hydrolysate components across strains pointed to synergistic interactions between osmolarity, pH, hydrolysate toxins, and nutrient composition. By characterizing the effects of high-copy gene overexpression in three different strains, we revealed the breadth of the background-specific effects of gene fitness contributions in synthetic hydrolysate. Our approach identified new genes for engineering improved stress tolerance in diverse strains while illuminating the effects of genetic background on molecular mechanisms. IMPORTANCE Recent studies on natural variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae have uncovered substantial phenotypic diversity. Here, we took advantage of this diversity, using it as a tool to infer the effects of combinatorial stress found in lignocellulosic hydrolysate. By comparing sensitive and tolerant strains, we implicated primary cellular targets of hydrolysate toxins and elucidated the physiological states of cells when exposed to this stress. We also explored the strain-specific effects of gene overexpression to further identify strain-specific responses to hydrolysate stresses and to identify genes that improve hydrolysate tolerance independent of strain background. This study underscores the importance of studying multiple strains to understand the effects of hydrolysate stress and provides a method to find genes that improve tolerance across strain backgrounds.
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- Maria Sardi
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Microbiology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Adamczyk J, Deregowska A, Skoneczny M, Skoneczna A, Natkanska U, Kwiatkowska A, Rawska E, Potocki L, Kuna E, Panek A, Lewinska A, Wnuk M. Copy number variations of genes involved in stress responses reflect the redox state and DNA damage in brewing yeasts. Cell Stress Chaperones 2016; 21:849-64. [PMID: 27299603 PMCID: PMC5003802 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-016-0710-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The yeast strains of the Saccharomyces sensu stricto complex involved in beer production are a heterogeneous group whose genetic and genomic features are not adequately determined. Thus, the aim of the present study was to provide a genetic characterization of selected group of commercially available brewing yeasts both ale top-fermenting and lager bottom-fermenting strains. Molecular karyotyping revealed that the diversity of chromosome patterns and four strains with the most accented genetic variabilities were selected and subjected to genome-wide array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) analysis. The differences in the gene copy number were found in five functional gene categories: (1) maltose metabolism and transport, (2) response to toxin, (3) siderophore transport, (4) cellular aldehyde metabolic process, and (5) L-iditol 2-dehydrogenase activity (p < 0.05). In the Saflager W-34/70 strain (Fermentis) with the most affected array-CGH profile, loss of aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (AAD) gene dosage correlated with an imbalanced redox state, oxidative DNA damage and breaks, lower levels of nucleolar proteins Nop1 and Fob1, and diminished tolerance to fermentation-associated stress stimuli compared to other strains. We suggest that compromised stress response may not only promote oxidant-based changes in the nucleolus state that may affect fermentation performance but also provide novel directions for future strain improvement.
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- Jagoda Adamczyk
- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
- Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Rzeszow, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601, Rzeszow, Poland.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Rzeszow, Rejtana 16C, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland.
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Brion C, Ambroset C, Delobel P, Sanchez I, Blondin B. Deciphering regulatory variation of THI genes in alcoholic fermentation indicate an impact of Thi3p on PDC1 expression. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1085. [PMID: 25494835 PMCID: PMC4299793 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Thiamine availability is involved in glycolytic flux and fermentation efficiency. A deficiency of this vitamin may be responsible for sluggish fermentations in wine making. Therefore, both thiamine uptake and de novo synthesis could have key roles in fermentation processes. Thiamine biosynthesis is regulated in response to thiamine availability and is coordinated by the thiamine sensor Thi3p, which activates Pdc2p and Thi2p. We used a genetic approach to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in wine yeast and we discovered that a set of thiamine genes displayed expression-QTL on a common locus, which contains the thiamine regulator THI3. RESULTS We deciphered here the source of these regulatory variations of the THI and PDC genes. We showed that alteration of THI3 results in reduced expression of the genes involved in thiamine biosynthesis (THI11/12/13 and THI74) and increased expression of the pyruvate decarboxylase gene PDC1. Functional analysis of the allelic effect of THI3 confirmed the control of the THI and PDC1 genes. We observed, however, only a small effect of the THI3 on fermentation kinetics. We demonstrated that the expression levels of several THI genes are correlated with fermentation rate, suggesting that decarboxylation activity could drive gene expression through a modulation of thiamine content. Our data also reveals a new role of Thi3p in the regulation of the main pyruvate decarboxylase gene, PDC1. CONCLUSIONS This highlights a switch from PDC1 to PDC5 gene expression during thiamine deficiency, which may improve the thiamine affinity or conservation during the enzymatic reaction. In addition, we observed that the lab allele of THI3 and of the thiamin transporter THI7 have diverged from the original alleles, consistent with an adaptation of lab strains to rich media containing an excess of thiamine.
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- INRA, UMR1083, Science pour l'Œnologie, 2 Place Viala, F-34060, Montpellier, France.
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Gabaldón T, Martin T, Marcet-Houben M, Durrens P, Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Lespinet O, Arnaise S, Boisnard S, Aguileta G, Atanasova R, Bouchier C, Couloux A, Creno S, Almeida Cruz J, Devillers H, Enache-Angoulvant A, Guitard J, Jaouen L, Ma L, Marck C, Neuvéglise C, Pelletier E, Pinard A, Poulain J, Recoquillay J, Westhof E, Wincker P, Dujon B, Hennequin C, Fairhead C. Comparative genomics of emerging pathogens in the Candida glabrata clade. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:623. [PMID: 24034898 PMCID: PMC3847288 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Candida glabrata follows C. albicans as the second or third most prevalent cause of candidemia worldwide. These two pathogenic yeasts are distantly related, C. glabrata being part of the Nakaseomyces, a group more closely related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although C. glabrata was thought to be the only pathogenic Nakaseomyces, two new pathogens have recently been described within this group: C. nivariensis and C. bracarensis. To gain insight into the genomic changes underlying the emergence of virulence, we sequenced the genomes of these two, and three other non-pathogenic Nakaseomyces, and compared them to other sequenced yeasts. RESULTS Our results indicate that the two new pathogens are more closely related to the non-pathogenic N. delphensis than to C. glabrata. We uncover duplications and accelerated evolution that specifically affected genes in the lineage preceding the group containing N. delphensis and the three pathogens, which may provide clues to the higher propensity of this group to infect humans. Finally, the number of Epa-like adhesins is specifically enriched in the pathogens, particularly in C. glabrata. CONCLUSIONS Remarkably, some features thought to be the result of adaptation of C. glabrata to a pathogenic lifestyle, are present throughout the Nakaseomyces, indicating these are rather ancient adaptations to other environments. Phylogeny suggests that human pathogenesis evolved several times, independently within the clade. The expansion of the EPA gene family in pathogens establishes an evolutionary link between adhesion and virulence phenotypes. Our analyses thus shed light onto the relationships between virulence and the recent genomic changes that occurred within the Nakaseomyces. SEQUENCE ACCESSION NUMBERS Nakaseomyces delphensis: CAPT01000001 to CAPT01000179Candida bracarensis: CAPU01000001 to CAPU01000251Candida nivariensis: CAPV01000001 to CAPV01000123Candida castellii: CAPW01000001 to CAPW01000101Nakaseomyces bacillisporus: CAPX01000001 to CAPX01000186.
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- Toni Gabaldón
- Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and UPF, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Comparative Genomics Group, CRG-Centre for Genomic Regulation, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux 1, LaBRI, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest (MAGNOME), Talence, F-33405, France
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and UPF, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux 1, LaBRI, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest (MAGNOME), Talence, F-33405, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and UPF, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- APHP, Hôpital St Antoine, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, and UMR S945, Inserm, Université P. M. Curie, Paris, France
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- Département Génomes et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme Génomique, rue du Dr. Roux, Paris, F-75015, France
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- CEA, IG, DSV, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- Département Génomes et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme Génomique, rue du Dr. Roux, Paris, F-75015, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l‘ARN, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67084, France
- Present adress: Champalimaud Foundation, Av. Brasília, Lisboa, 1400-038, Portugal
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
- APHP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Microbiologie, Paris, France
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- APHP, Hôpital St Antoine, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, and UMR S945, Inserm, Université P. M. Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Département Génomes et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme Génomique, rue du Dr. Roux, Paris, F-75015, France
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- Institut de biologie et technologies de Saclay (iBiTec-S), Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, 91191, France
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- CEA, IG, DSV, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- CEA, IG, DSV, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l‘ARN, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67084, France
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- CEA, IG, DSV, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique moléculaires des levures, UMR3525 CNRS, UFR927, Université P. M. Curie, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris Cedex15, F75724, France
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- APHP, Hôpital St Antoine, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, and UMR S945, Inserm, Université P. M. Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Bât 400, UFR des Sciences, Orsay Cedex, F 91405, France
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Vidal EE, de Billerbeck GM, Simões DA, Schuler A, François JM, de Morais MA. Influence of nitrogen supply on the production of higher alcohols/esters and expression of flavour-related genes in cachaça fermentation. Food Chem 2013; 138:701-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Styger G, Jacobson D, Prior BA, Bauer FF. Genetic analysis of the metabolic pathways responsible for aroma metabolite production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:4429-42. [PMID: 23111598 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4522-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Revised: 10/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During alcoholic fermentation, higher alcohols, esters, and acids are formed from amino acids via the Ehrlich pathway by yeast, but many of the genes encoding the enzymes have not yet been identified. When the BAT1/2 genes, encoding transaminases that deaminate amino acids in the first step of the Ehrlich pathway are deleted, higher metabolite formation is significantly decreased. Screening yeast strains with deletions of genes encoding decarboxylases, dehydrogenases, and reductases revealed nine genes whose absence had the most significant impact on higher alcohol production. The seven most promising genes (AAD6, BAT2, HOM2, PAD1, PRO2, SPE1, and THI3) were further investigated by constructing double- and triple-deletion mutants. All double-deletion strains showed a greater decrease in isobutanol, isoamyl alcohol, isobutyric, and isovaleric acid production than the corresponding single deletion strains with the double-deletion strains in combination with ∆bat2 and the ∆hom2-∆aad6 strain revealing the greatest impact. BAT2 is the dominant gene in these deletion strains and this suggests the initial transaminase step of the Ehrlich pathway is rate-limiting. The triple-deletion strains in combination with BAT2 (∆bat2-∆thi3-∆aad6 and ∆bat2-∆thi3-∆hom2) had the greatest impact on the end metabolite production with the exception of isoamyl alcohol and isovaleric acid. The strain deleted for two dehydrogenases and a reductase (∆hom2-∆pro2-∆aad6) had a greater effect on the levels of these two compounds. This study contributes to the elucidation of the Ehrlich pathway and its significance for aroma production by fermenting yeast cells.
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- Gustav Styger
- Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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Oxidative stress tolerance, adenylate cyclase, and autophagy are key players in the chronological life span of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during winemaking. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:2748-57. [PMID: 22327582 DOI: 10.1128/aem.07261-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Most grape juice fermentation takes place when yeast cells are in a nondividing state called the stationary phase. Under such circumstances, we aimed to identify the genetic determinants controlling longevity, known as the chronological life span. We identified commercial strains with both short (EC1118) and long (CSM) life spans in laboratory growth medium and compared them under diverse conditions. Strain CSM shows better tolerance to stresses, including oxidative stress, in the stationary phase. This is reflected during winemaking, when this strain has an increased maximum life span. Compared to EC1118, CSM overexpresses a mitochondrial rhodanese gene-like gene, RDL2, whose deletion leads to increased reactive oxygen species production at the end of fermentation and a correlative loss of viability at this point. EC1118 shows faster growth and higher expression of glycolytic genes, and this is related to greater PKA activity due to the upregulation of the adenylate cyclase gene. This phenotype has been linked to the presence of a δ element in its promoter, whose removal increases the life span. Finally, EC1118 exhibits a higher level of protein degradation by autophagy, which might help achieve fast growth at the expense of cellular structures and may be relevant for long-term survival under winemaking conditions.
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Penacho V, Valero E, Gonzalez R. Transcription profiling of sparkling wine second fermentation. Int J Food Microbiol 2011; 153:176-82. [PMID: 22133566 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There is a specific set of stress factors that yeast cells must overcome under second fermentation conditions, during the production of sparkling wines by the traditional (Champenoise) method. Some of them are the same as those of the primary fermentation of still wines, although perhaps with a different intensity (high ethanol concentration, low pH, nitrogen starvation) while others are more specific to second fermentation (low temperature, CO(2) overpressure). The transcription profile of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during primary wine fermentation has been studied by several research groups, but this is the first report on yeast transcriptome under second fermentation conditions. Our results indicate that the main pathways affected by these particular conditions are related to aerobic respiration, but genes related to vacuolar and peroxisomal functions were also highlighted in this study. A parallelism between the transcription profile of wine yeast during primary and second fermentation is appreciated, with ethanol appearing as the main factor driving gene transcription during second fermentation. Low temperature seems to also influence yeast transcription profile under these particular winemaking conditions.
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- Vanessa Penacho
- Instituto de Ciencias de Vid y del Vino (CSIC-UR-CAR), 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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Gil FN, Gonçalves AC, Jacinto MJ, Becker JD, Viegas CA. Transcriptional profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae relevant for predicting alachlor mechanisms of toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2011; 30:2506-2518. [PMID: 21842488 DOI: 10.1002/etc.640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Revised: 06/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Alachlor has been a commonly applied herbicide and is a substance of ecotoxicological concern. The present study aims to identify molecular biomarkers in the eukaryotic model Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can be used to predict potential cytotoxic effects of alachlor, while providing new mechanistic clues with possible relevance for experimentally less accessible eukaryotes. It focuses on genome-wide expression profiling in a yeast population in response to two exposure scenarios exerting effects from slight to moderate magnitude at phenotypic level. In particular, 100 and 264 genes, respectively, were found as differentially expressed on a 2-h exposure of yeast cells to the lowest observed effect concentration (110 mg/L) and the 20% inhibitory concentration (200 mg/L) of alachlor, in comparison with cells not exposed to the herbicide. The datasets of alachlor-responsive genes showed functional enrichment in diverse metabolic, transmembrane transport, cell defense, and detoxification categories. In general, the modifications in transcript levels of selected candidate biomarkers, assessed by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, confirmed the microarray data and varied consistently with the growth inhibitory effects of alachlor. Approximately 16% of the proteins encoded by alachlor-differentially expressed genes were found to share significant homology with proteins from ecologically relevant eukaryotic species. The biological relevance of these results is discussed in relation to new insights into the potential adverse effects of alachlor in health of organisms from ecosystems, particularly in worst-case situations such as accidental spills or careless storage, usage, and disposal.
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- Fátima N Gil
- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, IST, Lisbon, Portugal
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Styger G, Jacobson D, Bauer FF. Identifying genes that impact on aroma profiles produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the production of higher alcohols. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:713-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3237-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Borneman AR, Desany BA, Riches D, Affourtit JP, Forgan AH, Pretorius IS, Egholm M, Chambers PJ. Whole-genome comparison reveals novel genetic elements that characterize the genome of industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1001287. [PMID: 21304888 PMCID: PMC3033381 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Human intervention has subjected the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to multiple rounds of independent domestication and thousands of generations of artificial selection. As a result, this species comprises a genetically diverse collection of natural isolates as well as domesticated strains that are used in specific industrial applications. However the scope of genetic diversity that was captured during the domesticated evolution of the industrial representatives of this important organism remains to be determined. To begin to address this, we have produced whole-genome assemblies of six commercial strains of S. cerevisiae (four wine and two brewing strains). These represent the first genome assemblies produced from S. cerevisiae strains in their industrially-used forms and the first high-quality assemblies for S. cerevisiae strains used in brewing. By comparing these sequences to six existing high-coverage S. cerevisiae genome assemblies, clear signatures were found that defined each industrial class of yeast. This genetic variation was comprised of both single nucleotide polymorphisms and large-scale insertions and deletions, with the latter often being associated with ORF heterogeneity between strains. This included the discovery of more than twenty probable genes that had not been identified previously in the S. cerevisiae genome. Comparison of this large number of S. cerevisiae strains also enabled the characterization of a cluster of five ORFs that have integrated into the genomes of the wine and bioethanol strains on multiple occasions and at diverse genomic locations via what appears to involve the resolution of a circular DNA intermediate. This work suggests that, despite the scrutiny that has been directed at the yeast genome, there remains a significant reservoir of ORFs and novel modes of genetic transmission that may have significant phenotypic impact in this important model and industrial species. The yeast S. cerevisiae has been associated with human activity for thousands of years in industries such as baking, brewing, and winemaking. During this time, humans have effectively domesticated this microorganism, with different industries selecting for specific desirable phenotypic traits. This has resulted in the species S. cerevisiae comprising a genetically diverse collection of individual strains that are often suited to very specific roles (e.g. wine strains produce wine but not beer and vice versa). In order to understand the genetic differences that underpin these diverse industrial characteristics, we have sequenced the genomes of six industrial strains of S. cerevisiae that comprise four strains used in commercial wine production and two strains used in beer brewing. By comparing these genome sequences to existing S. cerevisiae genome sequences from laboratory, pathogenic, bioethanol, and “natural” isolates, we were able to identify numerous genetic differences among these strains including the presence of novel open reading frames and genomic rearrangements, which may provide the basis for the phenotypic differences observed among these strains.
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Microarray analysis of p-anisaldehyde-induced transcriptome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 37:313-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0676-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 11/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Yasokawa D, Murata S, Iwahashi Y, Kitagawa E, Nakagawa R, Hashido T, Iwahashi H. Toxicity of methanol and formaldehyde towards Saccharomyces cerevisiae as assessed by DNA microarray analysis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2009; 160:1685-98. [PMID: 19499198 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8684-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2009] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To assess the toxicity of the C1 compounds methanol and formaldehyde, gene expression profiles of treated baker's yeast were analyzed using DNA microarrays. Among approximately 6,000 open reading frames (ORFs), 314 were repressed and 375 were induced in response to methanol. The gene process category "energy" comprised the greatest number of induced genes while "protein synthesis" comprised the greatest number of repressed genes. Products of genes induced by methanol were mainly integral membrane proteins or were localized to the plasma membrane. A total of 622 and 610 ORFs were induced or repressed by formaldehyde, respectively. More than one-third of the genes found to be strongly repressed by formaldehyde belonged to the "protein synthesis" functional category. Conversely, genes in the subcategory of "nitrogen, sulfur, and selenium metabolism" within "metabolism" and in the category of "cell rescue, defense, and virulence" were up-regulated by exposure to formaldehyde. Our data suggest that membrane structure is a major target of methanol toxicity, while proteins were major targets of formaldehyde toxicity.
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- Daisuke Yasokawa
- Department of Food Biotechnology, Hokkaido Food Processing Research Center, 589-4 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 0690836, Japan.
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Rautio JJ, Huuskonen A, Vuokko H, Vidgren V, Londesborough J. Monitoring yeast physiology during very high gravity wort fermentations by frequent analysis of gene expression. Yeast 2007; 24:741-60. [PMID: 17605133 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Brewer's yeast experiences constantly changing environmental conditions during wort fermentation. Cells can rapidly adapt to changing surroundings by transcriptional regulation. Changes in genomic expression can indicate the physiological condition of yeast in the brewing process. We monitored, using the transcript analysis with aid of affinity capture (TRAC) method, the expression of some 70 selected genes relevant to wort fermentation at high frequency through 9-10 day fermentations of very high gravity wort (25 degrees P) by an industrial lager strain. Rapid changes in expression occurred during the first hours of fermentations for several genes, e.g. genes involved in maltose metabolism, glycolysis and ergosterol synthesis were strongly upregulated 2-6 h after pitching. By the time yeast growth had stopped (72 h) and total sugars had dropped by about 50%, most selected genes had passed their highest expression levels and total mRNA was less than half the levels during growth. There was an unexpected upregulation of some genes of oxygen-requiring pathways during the final fermentation stages. For five genes, expression of both the Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. bayanus components of the hybrid lager strain were determined. Expression profiles were either markedly different (ADH1, ERG3) or very similar (MALx1, ILV5, ATF1) between these two components. By frequent analysis of a chosen set of genes, TRAC provided a detailed and dynamic picture of the physiological state of the fermenting yeast. This approach offers a possible way to monitor and optimize the performance of yeast in a complex process environment.
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- Jari J Rautio
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1000, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland.
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Harrison R, Papp B, Pál C, Oliver SG, Delneri D. Plasticity of genetic interactions in metabolic networks of yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:2307-12. [PMID: 17284612 PMCID: PMC1892960 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607153104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Why are most genes dispensable? The impact of gene deletions may depend on the environment (plasticity), the presence of compensatory mechanisms (mutational robustness), or both. Here, we analyze the interaction between these two forces by exploring the condition-dependence of synthetic genetic interactions that define redundant functions and alternative pathways. We performed systems-level flux balance analysis of the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) metabolic network to identify genetic interactions and then tested the model's predictions with in vivo gene-deletion studies. We found that the majority of synthetic genetic interactions are restricted to certain environmental conditions, partly because of the lack of compensation under some (but not all) nutrient conditions. Moreover, the phylogenetic cooccurrence of synthetically interacting pairs is not significantly different from random expectation. These findings suggest that these gene pairs have at least partially independent functions, and, hence, compensation is only a byproduct of their evolutionary history. Experimental analyses that used multiple gene deletion strains not only confirmed predictions of the model but also showed that investigation of false predictions may both improve functional annotation within the model and also lead to the discovery of higher-order genetic interactions. Our work supports the view that functional redundancy may be more apparent than real, and it offers a unified framework for the evolution of environmental adaptation and mutational robustness.
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- Richard Harrison
- *Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom; and
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- *Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
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- *Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom; and
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- *Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom; and
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Oliver SG. 1 Introduction to Functional Analysis in Yeast. J Microbiol Methods 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0580-9517(06)36001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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With almost 20 genomes sequenced from unicellular ascomycetes (Saccharomycotina), and the prospect of many more in the pipeline, we review the patterns and processes of yeast genome evolution. A central core of about 4000 genes is shared by all the sequenced yeast genomes. Gains of genes by horizontal gene transfer seem to be very rare. Gene losses are more frequent, and losses of whole sets of genes in some pathways in some species can be understood in terms of species-specific differences in biology. The wholesale loss of redundant copies of duplicated genes after whole-genome duplication in the ancestor of one clade of yeasts is likely to have caused the emergence of many reproductively isolated lineages of yeasts at that time, but other processes are responsible for species barriers that arose more recently among close relatives of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Devin R Scannell
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Guan Q, Zheng W, Tang S, Liu X, Zinkel RA, Tsui KW, Yandell BS, Culbertson MR. Impact of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay on the global expression profile of budding yeast. PLoS Genet 2006; 2:e203. [PMID: 17166056 PMCID: PMC1657058 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in the normal repertoire of gene expression. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, hundreds of endogenous RNA Polymerase II transcripts achieve steady-state levels that depend on NMD. For some, the decay rate is directly influenced by NMD (direct targets). For others, abundance is NMD-sensitive but without any effect on the decay rate (indirect targets). To distinguish between direct and indirect targets, total RNA from wild-type (Nmd+) and mutant (Nmd−) strains was probed with high-density arrays across a 1-h time window following transcription inhibition. Statistical models were developed to describe the kinetics of RNA decay. 45% ± 5% of RNAs targeted by NMD were predicted to be direct targets with altered decay rates in Nmd− strains. Parallel experiments using conventional methods were conducted to empirically test predictions from the global experiment. The results show that the global assay reliably distinguished direct versus indirect targets. Different types of targets were investigated, including transcripts containing adjacent, disabled open reading frames, upstream open reading frames, and those prone to out-of-frame initiation of translation. Known targeting mechanisms fail to account for all of the direct targets of NMD, suggesting that additional targeting mechanisms remain to be elucidated. 30% of the protein-coding targets of NMD fell into two broadly defined functional themes: those affecting chromosome structure and behavior and those affecting cell surface dynamics. Overall, the results provide a preview for how expression profiles in multi-cellular eukaryotes might be impacted by NMD. Furthermore, the methods for analyzing decay rates on a global scale offer a blueprint for new ways to study mRNA decay pathways in any organism where cultured cell lines are available. Genes determine the structure of proteins through transcription and translation in which an RNA copy of the gene is made (mRNA) and then translated to make the protein. Cellular protein levels reflect the relative rates of mRNA synthesis and degradation, which are subject to multiple layers of controls. Mechanisms also exist to ensure the quality of each mRNA. One quality control mechanism called nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) triggers the rapid degradation of mRNAs containing coding errors that would otherwise lead to the production of non-functional or potentially deleterious proteins. NMD occurs in yeasts, plants, flies, worms, mice, and humans. In humans, NMD affects the etiology of genetic disorders by affecting the expression of genes that carry disease-causing mutations. Besides quality assurance, NMD plays another role in gene expression by controlling the abundance of hundreds of normal mRNAs that are devoid of coding errors. In this paper, the authors used DNA arrays to monitor the relative decay rates of all mRNAs in budding yeast and found a subset where decay rates were dependent on NMD. Many of the corresponding proteins perform related functional roles affecting both the structure and behavior of chromosomes and the structure and integrity of the cell surface.
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- Qiaoning Guan
- Laboratories of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratories of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratories of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratories of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Iwahashi Y, Hosoda H, Park JH, Lee JH, Suzuki Y, Kitagawa E, Murata SM, Jwa NS, Gu MB, Iwahashi H. Mechanisms of patulin toxicity under conditions that inhibit yeast growth. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:1936-42. [PMID: 16506856 DOI: 10.1021/jf052264g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Patulin, 4-hydroxy-4H-furo[3,2c]pyran-2(6H)-one, is one of the best characterized and most widely disseminated mycotoxins found in agricultural products. Nonetheless, the mechanisms by which patulin causes toxicity are not well understood. Thus, the cytotoxicity of patulin was characterized by analysis of the yeast transcriptome upon challenge with patulin. Interestingly, patulin-induced yeast gene expression profiles were found to be similar to gene expression patterns obtained after treatment with the antifungal agricultural chemicals thiuram, maneb, and zineb. Moreover, patulin treatment was found to activate protein degradation, especially proteasome activities, sulfur amino acid metabolism, and the defense system for oxidative stress. Damage to DNA by alkylation was also suggested, and this seemed to be repaired by recombinational and excision repair mechanisms. Furthermore, the results provide potential biomarker genes for the detection of patulin in agricultural products. The results suggest the possibility of applying the yeast transcriptome system for the evaluation of chemicals, especially for natural chemicals that are difficult to get by organic synthesis.
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- Yumiko Iwahashi
- National Food Research Institute (NFRI), 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
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Bekaert M, Richard H, Prum B, Rousset JP. Identification of programmed translational -1 frameshifting sites in the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome Res 2006; 15:1411-20. [PMID: 16204194 PMCID: PMC1240084 DOI: 10.1101/gr.4258005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Frameshifting is a recoding event that allows the expression of two polypeptides from the same mRNA molecule. Most recoding events described so far are used by viruses and transposons to express their replicase protein. The very few number of cellular proteins known to be expressed by a -1 ribosomal frameshifting has been identified by chance. The goal of the present work was to set up a systematic strategy, based on complementary bioinformatics, molecular biology, and functional approaches, without a priori knowledge of the mechanism involved. Two independent methods were devised. The first looks for genomic regions in which two ORFs, each carrying a protein pattern, are in a frameshifted arrangement. The second uses Hidden Markov Models and likelihood in a two-step approach. When this strategy was applied to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, 189 candidate regions were found, of which 58 were further functionally investigated. Twenty-eight of them expressed a full-length mRNA covering the two ORFs, and 11 showed a -1 frameshift efficiency varying from 5% to 13% (50-fold higher than background), some of which corresponds to genes with known functions. From other ascomycetes, four frameshifted ORFs are found fully conserved. Strikingly, most of the candidates do not display a classical viral-like frameshift signal and would have escaped a search based on current models of frameshifting. These results strongly suggest that -1 frameshifting might be more widely distributed than previously thought.
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- Michaël Bekaert
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie CNRS UMR 8621, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Murata Y, Homma T, Kitagawa E, Momose Y, Sato MS, Odani M, Shimizu H, Hasegawa-Mizusawa M, Matsumoto R, Mizukami S, Fujita K, Parveen M, Komatsu Y, Iwahashi H. Genome-wide expression analysis of yeast response during exposure to 4 degrees C. Extremophiles 2005; 10:117-28. [PMID: 16254683 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0480-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Adaptation to temperature fluctuation is essential for the survival of all living organisms. Although extensive research has been done on heat and cold shock responses, there have been no reports on global responses to cold shock below 10 degrees C or near-freezing. We examined the genome-wide expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, following exposure to 4 degrees C. Hierarchical cluster analysis showed that the gene expression profile following 4 degrees C exposure from 6 to 48 h was different from that at continuous 4 degrees C culture. Under 4 degrees C exposure, the genes involved in trehalose and glycogen synthesis were induced, suggesting that biosynthesis and accumulation of those reserve carbohydrates might be necessary for cold tolerance and energy preservation. The observed increased expression of phospholipids, mannoproteins, and cold shock proteins (e.g., TIP1) is consistent with membrane maintenance and increased permeability of the cell wall at 4 degrees C. The induction of heat shock proteins and glutathione at 4 degrees C may be required for revitalization of enzyme activity, and for detoxification of active oxygen species, respectively. The genes with these functions may provide the ability of cold tolerance and adaptation to yeast cells.
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- Yoshinori Murata
- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology, Central 6, Tsukuba, Japan
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Sims AH, Dunn-Coleman NS, Robson GD, Oliver SG. Glutamic protease distribution is limited to filamentous fungi. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 239:95-101. [PMID: 15451106 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Revised: 07/20/2004] [Accepted: 08/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Glutamic proteases are a distinct, and recently re-classified, group of peptidases that are thought to be found only in fungi. We have identified and analysed the distribution of over 20 putative glutamic proteases from all fungal species whose genomes have been sequenced so far. Although absent from the Saccharomycetales class, glutamic proteases appear to be present in all other ascomycetes species examined. A large number of coding regions for glutamic proteases were also found clustered together in the Phanerochaete chrysosporium genome, despite apparently being absent from three other species of Basidiomycota.
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- Andrew H Sims
- School of Biological Sciences, The Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Aranda A, del Olmo ML. Exposure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to acetaldehyde induces sulfur amino acid metabolism and polyamine transporter genes, which depend on Met4p and Haa1p transcription factors, respectively. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1913-22. [PMID: 15066780 PMCID: PMC383134 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.4.1913-1922.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acetaldehyde is a toxic compound produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells under several growth conditions. The adverse effects of this molecule are important, as significant amounts accumulate inside the cells. By means of global gene expression analyses, we have detected the effects of acetaldehyde addition in the expression of about 400 genes. Repressed genes include many genes involved in cell cycle control, cell polarity, and the mitochondrial protein biosynthesis machinery. Increased expression is displayed in many stress response genes, as well as other families of genes, such as those encoding vitamin B1 biosynthesis machinery and proteins for aryl alcohol metabolism. The induction of genes involved in sulfur metabolism is dependent on Met4p and other well-known factors involved in the transcription of MET genes under nonrepressing conditions of sulfur metabolism. Moreover, the deletion of MET4 leads to increased acetaldehyde sensitivity. TPO genes encoding polyamine transporters are also induced by acetaldehyde; in this case, the regulation is dependent on the Haa1p transcription factor. In this paper, we discuss the connections between acetaldehyde and the processes affected by this compound in yeast cells with reference to the microarray data.
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- Agustín Aranda
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biología Molecular, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, València, Spain.
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Cornell M, Paton NW, Hedeler C, Kirby P, Delneri D, Hayes A, Oliver SG. GIMS: an integrated data storage and analysis environment for genomic and functional data. Yeast 2004; 20:1291-306. [PMID: 14618567 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Effective analyses in functional genomics require access to many kinds of biological data. For example, the analysis of upregulated genes in a microarray experiment might be aided by information concerning protein interactions or proteins' cellular locations. However, such information is often stored in different formats at different sites, in ways that may not be amenable to integrated analysis. The Genome Information Management System (GIMS) is an object database that integrates genomic data with data on the transcriptome, protein-protein interactions, metabolic pathways and annotations, such as gene ontology terms and identifiers. The resulting system supports the running of analyses over this integrated data resource, and provides comprehensive facilities for handling and interrelating the results of these analyses. GIMS has been used to store Saccharomyces cerevisiae data, and we demonstrate how the integrated storage of diverse types of data can be beneficial for analysis, using combinations of complex queries. As an example, we describe how GIMS has been used to analyse a collection of aryl alcohol dehydrogenase gene deletion mutants. The GIMS database can be accessed remotely using a Java application that can be downloaded from http://img.cs.man.ac.uk/gims.
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- Michael Cornell
- Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Wightman R, Meacock PA. The THI5 gene family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: distribution of homologues among the hemiascomycetes and functional redundancy in the aerobic biosynthesis of thiamin from pyridoxine. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:1447-1460. [PMID: 12777485 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26194-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The THI5 gene family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprises four highly conserved members named THI5 (YFL058w), THI11 (YJR156c), THI12 (YNL332w) and THI13 (YDL244w). Each gene copy is located within the subtelomeric region of a different chromosome and all are homologues of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe nmt1 gene which is thought to function in the biosynthesis of hydroxymethylpyrimidine (HMP), a precursor of vitamin B(1), thiamin. A comprehensive phylogenetic study has shown that the existence of THI5 as a gene family is exclusive to those yeasts of the Saccharomyces sensu stricto subgroup. To determine the function and redundancy of each of the S. cerevisiae homologues, all combinations of the single, double, triple and quadruple deletion mutants were constructed using a PCR-mediated gene-disruption strategy. Phenotypic analyses of these mutant strains have shown the four genes to be functionally redundant in terms of HMP formation for thiamin biosynthesis; each promotes synthesis of HMP from the pyridoxine (vitamin B(6)) biosynthetic pathway. Furthermore, growth studies with the quadruple mutant strain support a previous proposal of an alternative HMP biosynthetic pathway that operates in yeast under anaerobic growth conditions. Comparative analysis of mRNA levels has revealed subtle differences in the regulation of the four genes, suggesting that they respond differently to nutrient limitation.
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- Raymond Wightman
- Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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Dickinson JR, Salgado LEJ, Hewlins MJE. The catabolism of amino acids to long chain and complex alcohols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:8028-34. [PMID: 12499363 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211914200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The catabolism of phenylalanine to 2-phenylethanol and of tryptophan to tryptophol were studied by (13)C NMR spectroscopy and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Phenylalanine and tryptophan are first deaminated (to 3-phenylpyruvate and 3-indolepyruvate, respectively) and then decarboxylated. This decarboxylation can be effected by any of Pdc1p, Pdc5p, Pdc6p, or Ydr380wp; Ydl080cp has no role in the catabolism of either amino acid. We also report that in leucine catabolism Ydr380wp is the minor decarboxylase. Hence, all amino acid catabolic pathways studied to date use a subtly different spectrum of decarboxylases from the five-membered family that comprises Pdc1p, Pdc5p, Pdc6p, Ydl080cp, and Ydr380wp. Using strains containing all possible combinations of mutations affecting the seven AAD genes (putative aryl alcohol dehydrogenases), five ADH genes, and SFA1, showed that the final step of amino acid catabolism (conversion of an aldehyde to a long chain or complex alcohol) can be accomplished by any one of the ethanol dehydrogenases (Adh1p, Adh2p, Adh3p, Adh4p, Adh5p) or by Sfa1p (formaldehyde dehydrogenase.)
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Delneri D, Colson I, Grammenoudi S, Roberts IN, Louis EJ, Oliver SG. Engineering evolution to study speciation in yeasts. Nature 2003; 422:68-72. [PMID: 12621434 DOI: 10.1038/nature01418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2002] [Accepted: 12/31/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Saccharomyces 'sensu stricto' yeasts are a group of species that will mate with one another, but interspecific pairings produce sterile hybrids. A retrospective analysis of their genomes revealed that translocations between the chromosomes of these species do not correlate with the group's sequence-based phylogeny (that is, translocations do not drive the process of speciation). However, that analysis was unable to infer what contribution such rearrangements make to reproductive isolation between these organisms. Here, we report experiments that take an interventionist, rather than a retrospective approach to studying speciation, by reconfiguring the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome so that it is collinear with that of Saccharomyces mikatae. We demonstrate that this imposed genomic collinearity allows the generation of interspecific hybrids that produce a large proportion of spores that are viable, but extensively aneuploid. We obtained similar results in crosses between wild-type S. cerevisiae and the naturally collinear species Saccharomyces paradoxus, but not with non-collinear crosses. This controlled comparison of the effect of chromosomal translocation on species barriers suggests a mechanism for the generation of redundancy in the S. cerevisiae genome.
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- Daniela Delneri
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Rossignol T, Dulau L, Julien A, Blondin B. Genome-wide monitoring of wine yeast gene expression during alcoholic fermentation. Yeast 2003; 20:1369-85. [PMID: 14663829 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The transcriptome of a wine yeast was monitored throughout an alcoholic fermentation under conditions mimicking an enological environment. Major changes in gene expression occurred during fermentation, affecting more than 2000 genes, as the yeast adapted to changing nutritional, environmental and physiological conditions. The genes of many pathways are regulated in a highly coordinated manner, and genes involved in the key metabolic pathways of fermentation are strongly expressed. We showed that, during fermentation of a synthetic medium mimicking a natural must in which growth arrest was caused by nitrogen exhaustion, entry into the stationary phase triggered major transcriptional reprogramming. Many TOR target genes involved in nitrogen utilization or other functions are induced at this stage, suggesting that this signalling pathway plays a critical role in changes in gene expression in response to nitrogen depletion. Entry into stationary phase is a key physiological event and is followed by a general stress response. The superimposition of multiple stresses, including starvation and ethanol stress, gives rise to a unique stress response, involving hundreds of genes encoding proteins involved in various cellular processes, many of unknown function.
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- Tristan Rossignol
- UMR Sciences Pour l'Oenologie INRA-ENSAM, Microbiologie et Technologie des Fermentations, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
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The aldo-keto reductases (AKR) are a superfamily of enzymes with diverse functions in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones. AKR enzymes are found in a wide range of microorganisms, and many open reading frames encoding related putative enzymes have been identified through genome sequencing projects. Established microbial members of the superfamily include the xylose reductases, 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid reductases and beta-keto ester reductases. The AKR enzymes share a common (alpha/beta)(8) structure, and conserved catalytic mechanism, although there is considerable variation in the substrate-binding pocket. The physiological function of many of these enzymes is unknown, but a variety of methods including gene disruptions, heterologous expression systems and expression profiling are being employed to deduce the roles of these enzymes in cell metabolism. Several microbial AKR are already being exploited in biotransformation reactions and there is potential for other novel members of this important superfamily to be identified, studied and utilized in this way.
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- Elizabeth M Ellis
- Departments of Bioscience and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, G1 1XW, Glasgow, UK.
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Kitagawa E, Takahashi J, Momose Y, Iwahashi H. Effects of the pesticide thiuram: genome-wide screening of indicator genes by yeast DNA microarray. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2002; 36:3908-15. [PMID: 12269742 DOI: 10.1021/es015705v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Although there have been studies on the toxicity of the pesticide thiuram, the present study is the first one to attempt to integrate a whole genomic response using microarray technology. From the DNA microarray experiment it was found that exposure to thiuram led to alterations of gene expression in yeast cells and that many genes involved in detoxification and stress response were highly induced. The induced genes were classified according to the MIPS yeast database. The induction of genes concerned with folding and proteolysis reflects the protein denaturing and degradation effects of the thiuram treatment The induction of genes involved in redox and defense against reaction oxygen species also suggests that thiuram has other effects, such as oxidative stress. Genes classified for carbohydrate metabolism and energy were also highly induced, and these gene products may play the role of providing the energy for the detoxification mechanism. In addition, in view of the induction of some genes involved in DNA repair, thiuram potentially causes DNA damage. Therefore, as stated in previous reports, thiuram is a potential positive toxic chemical. On the other hand, YKL071W, YCR102C, YLR303W, and YLL057C were selected based on the result of a DNA microarray experiment and used for the promoter activity assay. Thiuram treatment affected the promoter of these genes, indicating that this technique could be used for the selection of biomarker candidates.
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- Emiko Kitagawa
- Research Institute of Biological Resources, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Functional genomics represents a systematic approach to elucidating the function of the novel genes revealed by complete genome sequences. Such an approach should adopt a hierarchical strategy since this will both limit the number of experiments to be performed and permit a closer and closer approximation to the function of any individual gene to be achieved. Moreover, hierarchical analyses have, in their early stages, tremendous integrative power and functional genomics aims at a comprehensive and integrative view of the workings of living cells. The first draft of the human genome sequence has just been produced, and the complete genome sequences of a number of eukaryotic human pathogens (including the parasitic protozoa Plasmodium, Leishmania, and Trypanosoma) will soon be available. However, the most rapid progress in the elucidation of gene function will initially be made using model organisms. Yeast is an excellent eukaryotic model and at least 40% of single-gene determinants of human heritable diseases find homologues in yeast. We have adopted a systematic approach to the functional analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. A number of the approaches for the functional analysis of novel yeast genes are discussed. The different approaches are grouped into four domains: genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome. The utility of genetic, biochemical, and physico-chemical methods for the analysis of these domains is discussed, and the importance of framing precise biological questions, when using these comprehensive analytical methods, is emphasized. Finally, the prospects for elucidating the function of protozoan genes by using the methods pioneered with yeast, and even exploiting Saccharomyces itself, as a surrogate, are explored.
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- Stephen G Oliver
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Murata Y, Momose Y, Hasegawa M, Iwahasi H, Komatsu Y. Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression profiles in dimethyl sulfoxide treatment. CHEM-BIO INFORMATICS JOURNAL 2002. [DOI: 10.1273/cbij.2.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Yoshinori Murata
- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST)
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- Research Institute of Biological Resources, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST)
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- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST)
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- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST)
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- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST)
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Charlesworth D, Charlesworth B, McVean GA. Genome sequences and evolutionary biology, a two-way interaction. Trends Ecol Evol 2001; 16:235-242. [PMID: 11301152 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(01)02126-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Complete genome sequences are accumulating rapidly, culminating with the announcement of the human genome sequence in February 2001. In addition to cataloguing the diversity of genes and other sequences, genome sequences will provide the first detailed and complete data on gene families and genome organization, including data on evolutionary changes. Reciprocally, evolutionary biology will make important contributions to the efforts to understand functions of genes and other sequences in genomes. Large-scale, detailed and unbiased comparisons between species will illuminate the evolution of genes and genomes, and population genetics methods will enable detection of functionally important genes or sequences, including sequences that have been involved in adaptive changes.
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Zhang N, Merlotti C, Wu J, Ismail T, El-Moghazy AN, Khan SA, Butt A, Gardner DC, Sims PF, Oliver SG. Functional Analysis of six novel ORFs on the left arm of Chromosome XII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals three of them responding to S-starvation. Yeast 2001; 18:325-34. [PMID: 11223942 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0061(20010315)18:4<325::aid-yea669>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Six novel Open Reading Frames (ORFs) located on the left arm of the chromosome XII (YLL061w, YLL060c, YLL059c, YLL058w, YLL057c and YLL056c) have been analysed using either short-flanking homology (SFH) or long-flanking homology (LFH) gene replacement. Sporulation and tetrad analysis showed none of these ORFs to be essential for vegetative growth. The standard EUROFAN growth tests failed to reveal any obvious phenotypes resulting from deletion of each of the ORFs. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that YLL061w is probably an amino acid permease for S-methylmethionine and that YLL060c encodes a glutathione transferase which is involved in cellular detoxification, while YLL058w may play a role in sulphur-containing amino-acid metabolism, YLL057c in sulphonate catabolism and YLL056c in stress response. The transcription of three ORFs (YLL061w, YLL057c and YLL056c) has been shown to increase more than 10-fold under sulphate starvation. Replacement cassettes, comprising the kanMX marker flanked by each ORF's promoter and terminator regions, were cloned into pUG7. All the cognate clones, were generated using direct PCR products amplified from genomic DNA or using gap-repair. All clones and strains produced have been deposited in the EUROFAN genetic stock centre (EUROSCARF, Frankfurt).
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- N Zhang
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Delneri D, Brancia FL, Oliver SG. Towards a truly integrative biology through the functional genomics of yeast. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2001; 12:87-91. [PMID: 11167079 DOI: 10.1016/s0958-1669(00)00179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A complete library of mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, each deleted for a single representative of yeast's 6000 protein-encoding genes, has been constructed. This represents a major biological resource for the study of eukaryotic functional genomics. However, yeast is also being used as a test-bed for the development of functional genomic technologies at all levels of analysis, including the transcriptome, proteome and metabolome.
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- D Delneri
- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Manchester Oxford Road, M13 9PT, UK.
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an industrially important yeast, which is also used extensively as a model eukaryote. The S. cerevisiae genome has been sequenced in its entirety and therefore represents an ideal organism in which to carry out functional analysis of genes. We have identified several open reading frames in the S. cerevisiae genome which show significant similarity to members of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily. The physiological roles of these gene products have not been previously determined, but their similarity to other enzymes suggests they may perform roles in carbohydrate metabolism and detoxification pathways. Cloning and expression of three of these enzymes has allowed their substrate specificities to be determined. Expression profiling and gene disruption analysis will allow potential roles for these enzymes within the cell to be examined.
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- G Ford
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, G1 1XW, Glasgow, UK
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Ahmed Khan S, Zhang N, Ismail T, El-Moghazy AN, Butt A, Wu J, Merlotti C, Hayes A, Gardner DC, Oliver SG. Functional analysis of eight open reading frames on chromosomes XII and XIV of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2000; 16:1457-68. [PMID: 11113969 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0061(200012)16:16<1457::aid-yea635>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Deletion, together with basic functional and bioinformatic analyses has been carried out on eight novel ORFs discovered during the sequencing of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. Six ORFs (YLL049w, YLL051c, YLL052c, YLL053c, YLL054c and YLL055w) located on the left arm, and one (YLR130c) on the right arm, of chromosome XII, and an eighth ORF (YNL331c) on the left arm of the chromosome XIV, have been investigated. ORFs were deleted by the SFH-PCR gene-replacement strategy. Basic functional analysis revealed no obvious phenotype for any of the eight ORFs. Bioinformatic analysis, however, revealed possible functions for seven of the ORFs on the basis of the amino acid sequence similarity of their predicted protein products to those of proteins with known functions. ORF YLL051c (FRE6) shows similarity to iron transport proteins, such as ferric reductase. YLL052c and YLL053c appear to be aquaporins. The product of YLL054c (Yll054p) is highly similar to the oleate-specific transcriptional activator protein (Pip2p), which is involved in the peroxisomal induction pathway (pip). ORF YLL055w is similar to Dal5p, allantoate permease, and may play role in allantoin transport. YLR130c (ZRT2) is a low-affinity zinc transporter protein. YNL331c is also named AAD14, which is induced by chemicals that induce oxidative stress by depleting the cell of glutathione.
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- S Ahmed Khan
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Delneri D, Tomlin GC, Wixon JL, Hutter A, Sefton M, Louis EJ, Oliver SG. Exploring redundancy in the yeast genome: an improved strategy for use of the cre-loxP system. Gene 2000; 252:127-35. [PMID: 10903444 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene families having more than three members are a common phenomenon in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. As yeast research enters the post-genome era, the development of existing deletion strategies is crucial for tackling this apparent redundancy, hence a method for performing rapid multiple gene disruptions in this organism has been developed. We constructed three replacement cassettes in which different selectable markers were placed between two loxP loci. Multiple deletions (of members of a gene family) were generated, in one strain, using sequential integration of different replacement markers (kanMX, LYS2, KlURA3 and SpHIS5). Their excision from the genome was performed simultaneously, as the final step, using a new cre recombinase vector, which carries the cycloheximide-resistance gene from Candida maltosa as a selectable marker. Our multiple gene deletion system significantly accelerates and facilitates the functional analysis process and is particularly useful for studying gene families in either laboratory or industrial yeast strains.
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- D Delneri
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PT, Manchester, UK
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Dickinson JR, Harrison SJ, Dickinson JA, Hewlins MJ. An investigation of the metabolism of isoleucine to active Amyl alcohol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:10937-42. [PMID: 10753893 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.15.10937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The metabolism of isoleucine to active amyl alcohol (2-methylbutanol) in yeast was examined by the use of (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and a variety of mutants. From the identified metabolites a number of routes between isoleucine and active amyl alcohol seemed possible. All involved the initial decarboxylation of isoleucine to alpha-keto-beta-methylvalerate. The first, via branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase to alpha-methylbutyryl-CoA, was eliminated because abolition of branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase in an lpd1 disruption mutant did not prevent the formation of active amyl alcohol. However, the lpd1 mutant still produced large amounts of alpha-methylbutyrate which initially seemed contradictory because it had been assumed that alpha-methylbutyrate was derived from alpha-methylbutyryl-CoA via acyl-CoA hydrolase. Subsequently it was observed that alpha-methylbutyrate arises from the non-enzymic oxidation of alpha-methylbutyraldehyde (the immediate decarboxylation product of alpha-keto-beta-methylvalerate). Mutant studies showed that one of the decarboxylases encoded by PDC1, PDC5, PDC6, YDL080c, or YDR380w must be present to allow yeast to utilize alpha-keto-beta-methylvalerate. Apparently, any one of this family of decarboxylases is sufficient to allow the catabolism of isoleucine to active amyl alcohol. This is the first demonstration of a role for the gene product of YDR380w, and it also shows that the decarboxylation steps for each alpha-keto acid in the catabolic pathways of leucine, valine, and isoleucine are accomplished in subtly different ways. In leucine catabolism, the enzyme encoded by YDL080c is solely responsible for the decarboxylation of alpha-ketoisocaproate, whereas in valine catabolism any one of the isozymes of pyruvate decarboxylase will decarboxylate alpha-ketoisovalerate.
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- J R Dickinson
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3TL, United Kingdom
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