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Crandall JG, Fisher KJ, Sato TK, Hittinger CT. Ploidy evolution in a wild yeast is linked to an interaction between cell type and metabolism. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3001909. [PMID: 37943740 PMCID: PMC10635434 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Ploidy is an evolutionarily labile trait, and its variation across the tree of life has profound impacts on evolutionary trajectories and life histories. The immediate consequences and molecular causes of ploidy variation on organismal fitness are frequently less clear, although extreme mating type skews in some fungi hint at links between cell type and adaptive traits. Here, we report an unusual recurrent ploidy reduction in replicate populations of the budding yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus experimentally evolved for improvement of a key metabolic trait, the ability to use maltose as a carbon source. We find that haploids have a substantial, but conditional, fitness advantage in the absence of other genetic variation. Using engineered genotypes that decouple the effects of ploidy and cell type, we show that increased fitness is primarily due to the distinct transcriptional program deployed by haploid-like cell types, with a significant but smaller contribution from absolute ploidy. The link between cell-type specification and the carbon metabolism adaptation can be traced to the noncanonical regulation of a maltose transporter by a haploid-specific gene. This study provides novel mechanistic insight into the molecular basis of an environment-cell type fitness interaction and illustrates how selection on traits unexpectedly linked to ploidy states or cell types can drive karyotypic evolution in fungi.
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- Johnathan G. Crandall
- Laboratory of Genetics, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Methner Y, Magalhães F, Raihofer L, Zarnkow M, Jacob F, Hutzler M. Beer fermentation performance and sugar uptake of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera–A novel option for low-alcohol beer. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1011155. [PMID: 36274745 PMCID: PMC9581282 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1011155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There is a growing trend for beers with novel flavor profiles, as consumers demand a more diversified product range. Such beers can be produced by using non-Saccharomyces yeasts. The yeast species Saccharomycopsis fibuligera is known to produce exceptionally pleasant plum and berry flavors during brewer’s wort fermentation while its mycelia growth is most likely a technological challenge in industrial-scale brewing. To better understand and optimize the physiological properties of this yeast species during the brewing process, maltose and maltotriose uptake activity trials were performed. These revealed the existence of active transmembrane transporters for maltose in addition to the known extracellular amylase system. Furthermore, a single cell isolate of S. fibuligera was cultured, which showed significantly less mycelial growth during propagation and fermentation compared to the mother culture and would therefore be much more suitable for application on an industrial scale due to its better flocculation and clarification properties. Genetic differences between the two cultures could not be detected in a (GTG)5 rep-PCR fingerprint and there was hardly any difference in the fermentation process, sugar utilization and flavor profiles of the beers. Accordingly, the characteristic plum and berry flavor could also be perceived by using the culture from the single cell isolate, which was complemented by a dried fruit flavor. A fermentation temperature of 20°C at an original gravity of 10 °P proved to be optimal for producing a low-alcohol beer at around 0.8% (v/v) by applying the S. fibuligera yeast culture from the single cell isolate.
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- Yvonne Methner
- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Brewing and Beverage Technology, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- *Correspondence: Mathias Hutzler,
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de la Cerda Garcia-Caro R, Hokamp K, Roche F, Thompson G, Timouma S, Delneri D, Bond U. Aneuploidy influences the gene expression profiles in Saccharomyces pastorianus group I and II strains during fermentation. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010149. [PMID: 35389986 PMCID: PMC9032419 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The lager yeasts, Saccharomyces pastorianus, are hybrids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus and are divided into two broad groups, Group I and II. The two groups evolved from at least one common hybridisation event but have subsequently diverged with Group I strains losing many S. cerevisiae chromosomes while the Group II strains retain both sub-genomes. The complex genomes, containing orthologous alleles from the parental chromosomes, pose interesting questions regarding gene regulation and its impact on the fermentation properties of the strains. Superimposed on the presence of orthologous alleles are complexities of gene dosage due to the aneuploid nature of the genomes. We examined the contribution of the S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus alleles to the gene expression patterns of representative Group I and II strains during fermentation. We show that the relative expression of S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus orthologues is positively correlated with gene copy number. Despite the reduced S. cerevisiae content in the Group I strain, S. cerevisiae orthologues contribute to biochemical pathways upregulated during fermentation which may explain the retention of specific chromosomes in the strain. Conversely, S. eubayanus genes are significantly overrepresented in the upregulated gene pool in the Group II strain. Comparison of the transcription profiles of the strains during fermentation identified both common and unique gene expression patterns, with gene copy number being a dominant contributory factor. Thus, the aneuploid genomes create complex patterns of gene expression during fermentation with gene dosage playing a crucial role both within and between strains. Saccharomyces pastorianus are yeasts used for making lager type beers and are natural hybrids of two other yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus. The hybrids formed just 500–600 years ago, and the combined parental genomes are responsible for the clean crisp flavours associated with lager beers. There are two types of lager yeasts: Group I strains have lost a significant portion of S. cerevisiae chromosomes, while the Group II strains contain the full S. cerevisiae complement. Both contain the full set of S. eubayanus chromosomes. An unusual consequence of the hybridisation is that the genomes of lager yeasts are aneuploid with the copy numbers of chromosomes ranging from 1–6. Aneuploidy is often associated with cancer in humans and therefore an understanding of how aneuploidy contributes to gene expression in lager yeasts may provide insights into its role in tumour cells. Here, we show that gene expression patterns are influenced by chromosomal aneuploidy with transcript levels directly correlated with gene dosage. We also examined the role played by the parental genomes in the gene expression profiles under fermentation conditions and show that while both genomes contribute to the transcript pools, S. eubayanus genes are over-represented during fermentation.
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
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- Moyne Institute, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Moyne Institute, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
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Lin CL, García-Caro RDLC, Zhang P, Carlin S, Gottlieb A, Petersen MA, Vrhovsek U, Bond U. Packing a punch: understanding how flavours are produced in lager fermentations. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 21:6316108. [PMID: 34227660 PMCID: PMC8310685 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foab040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Beer is one of the most popular beverages in the world and it has an irreplaceable place in culture. Although invented later than ale, lager beers dominate the current market. Many factors relating to the appearance (colour, clarity and foam stability) and sensory characters (flavour, taste and aroma) of beer, and other psychological determinants affect consumers' perception of the product and defines its drinkability. This review takes a wholistic approach to scrutinise flavour generation in the brewing process, focusing particularly on the contribution of the raw ingredients and the yeasts to the final flavour profiles of lager beers. In addition, we examine current developments to improve lager beer flavour profiles for the modern consumers.
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- Claire Lin Lin
- Brewing 345, Novozymes A/S, Biologiensvej 2, 2800 Kongens, Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Metabolomic Unit, Food Quality and Nutrition Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E.Mach 1, 38010 S.Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Metabolomic Unit, Food Quality and Nutrition Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E.Mach 1, 38010 S.Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Brewing 345, Novozymes A/S, Biologiensvej 2, 2800 Kongens, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Metabolomic Unit, Food Quality and Nutrition Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E.Mach 1, 38010 S.Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, The Moyne Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Hutzler M, Michel M, Kunz O, Kuusisto T, Magalhães F, Krogerus K, Gibson B. Unique Brewing-Relevant Properties of a Strain of Saccharomyces jurei Isolated From Ash ( Fraxinus excelsior). Front Microbiol 2021; 12:645271. [PMID: 33868204 PMCID: PMC8044551 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The successful application of Saccharomyces eubayanus and Saccharomyces paradoxus in brewery fermentations has highlighted the potential of wild Saccharomyes yeasts for brewing, and prompted investigation into the application potential of other members of the genus. Here, we evaluate, for the first time, the brewing potential of Saccharomyces jurei. The newly isolated strain from an ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) in Upper Bavaria, Germany, close to the river Isar, was used to ferment a 12°P wort at 15°C. Performance was compared directly with that of a reference lager strain (TUM 34/70) and the S. eubayanus type strain. Both wild yeast rapidly depleted simple sugars and thereafter exhibited a lag phase before maltose utilization. This phase lasted for 4 and 10 days for S. eubayanus and S. jurei, respectively. S. eubayanus utilized fully the available maltose but, consistent with previous reports, did not use maltotriose. S. jurei, in contrast, utilized approximately 50% of the maltotriose available, making this the first report of maltotriose utilization in a wild Saccharomyces species. Maltotriose use was directly related to alcohol yield with 5.5, 4.9, and 4.5% ABV produced by Saccharomyces pastorianus, S. jurei, and S. eubayanus. Beers also differed with respect to aroma volatiles, with a high level (0.4 mg/L) of the apple/aniseed aroma ethyl hexanoate in S. jurei beers, while S. eubayanus beers had a high level of phenylethanol (100 mg/L). A trained panel rated all beers as being of high quality, but noted clear differences. A phenolic spice/clove note was prominent in S. jurei beer. This was less pronounced in the S. eubayanus beers, despite analytical levels of 4-vinylguaiacol being similar. Tropical fruit notes were pronounced in S. jurei beers, possibly resulting from the high level of ethyl hexanoate. Herein, we present results from the first intentional application of S. jurei as a yeast for beer fermentation (at the time of submission) and compare its fermentation performance to other species of the genus. Results indicate considerable potential for S. jurei application in brewing, with clear advantages compared to other wild Saccharomyces species.
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- Mathias Hutzler
- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland.,Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Chair of Brewing and Beverage Technology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Brouwers N, Gorter de Vries AR, van den Broek M, Weening SM, Elink Schuurman TD, Kuijpers NGA, Pronk JT, Daran JMG. In vivo recombination of Saccharomyces eubayanus maltose-transporter genes yields a chimeric transporter that enables maltotriose fermentation. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007853. [PMID: 30946741 PMCID: PMC6448828 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces eubayanus is the non-S. cerevisiae parent of the lager-brewing hybrid S. pastorianus. In contrast to most S. cerevisiae and Frohberg-type S. pastorianus strains, S. eubayanus cannot utilize the α-tri-glucoside maltotriose, a major carbohydrate in brewer’s wort. In Saccharomyces yeasts, utilization of maltotriose is encoded by the subtelomeric MAL gene family, and requires transporters for maltotriose uptake. While S. eubayanus strain CBS 12357T harbors four SeMALT genes which enable uptake of the α-di-glucoside maltose, it lacks maltotriose transporter genes. In S. cerevisiae, sequence identity indicates that maltotriose and maltose transporters likely evolved from a shared ancestral gene. To study the evolvability of maltotriose utilization in S. eubayanus CBS 12357T, maltotriose-assimilating mutants obtained after UV mutagenesis were subjected to laboratory evolution in carbon-limited chemostat cultures on maltotriose-enriched wort. An evolved strain showed improved maltose and maltotriose fermentation in 7 L fermenter experiments on industrial wort. Whole-genome sequencing revealed a novel mosaic SeMALT413 gene, resulting from repeated gene introgressions by non-reciprocal translocation of at least three SeMALT genes. The predicted tertiary structure of SeMalT413 was comparable to the original SeMalT transporters, but overexpression of SeMALT413 sufficed to enable growth on maltotriose, indicating gene neofunctionalization had occurred. The mosaic structure of SeMALT413 resembles the structure of S. pastorianus maltotriose-transporter gene SpMTY1, which has high sequences identity to alternatingly S. cerevisiae MALx1, S. paradoxus MALx1 and S. eubayanus SeMALT3. Evolution of the maltotriose transporter landscape in hybrid S. pastorianus lager-brewing strains is therefore likely to have involved mechanisms similar to those observed in the present study. Fermentation of the wort sugar maltotriose is critical for the flavor profile obtained during beer brewing. The recently discovered yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus is gaining popularity as an alternative to S. pastorianus and S. cerevisiae for brewing, however it is unable to utilize maltotriose. Here, a combination of non-GMO mutagenesis and laboratory evolution of the S. eubayanus type strain CBS 12357T was used to enable maltotriose fermentation and improve brewing performance. The improved strain expressed a novel transporter gene, SeMALT413, which was formed by recombination between three different SeMALT maltose-transporter genes. Overexpression of SeMALT413 in CBS 12357T confirmed its neofunctionalization as a maltotriose transporter. As the S. pastorianus maltotriose transporter SpMty1 has a mosaic structure similar to SeMalT413, maltotriose utilization likely involved similar recombination events during the domestication of current lager brewing strains. Based on a posteriori sequence analysis, the emergence of gene functions has been attributed to gene neofunctionalization in a broad range of organisms. The real-time observation of neofunctionalization during laboratory evolution constitutes an important validation of the relevance and importance of this mechanism for Darwinian evolution.
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- Nick Brouwers
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- HEINEKEN Supply Chain B.V., Global Innovation and Research, Zoeterwoude, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Baker EP, Hittinger CT. Evolution of a novel chimeric maltotriose transporter in Saccharomyces eubayanus from parent proteins unable to perform this function. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007786. [PMID: 30946740 PMCID: PMC6448821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
At the molecular level, the evolution of new traits can be broadly divided between changes in gene expression and changes in protein-coding sequence. For proteins, the evolution of novel functions is generally thought to proceed through sequential point mutations or recombination of whole functional units. In Saccharomyces, the uptake of the sugar maltotriose into the cell is the primary limiting factor in its utilization, but maltotriose transporters are relatively rare, except in brewing strains. No known wild strains of Saccharomyces eubayanus, the cold-tolerant parent of hybrid lager-brewing yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae x S. eubayanus), are able to consume maltotriose, which limits their ability to fully ferment malt extract. In one strain of S. eubayanus, we found a gene closely related to a known maltotriose transporter and were able to confer maltotriose consumption by overexpressing this gene or by passaging the strain on maltose. Even so, most wild strains of S. eubayanus lack native maltotriose transporters. To determine how this rare trait could evolve in naive genetic backgrounds, we performed an adaptive evolution experiment for maltotriose consumption, which yielded a single strain of S. eubayanus able to grow on maltotriose. We mapped the causative locus to a gene encoding a novel chimeric transporter that was formed by an ectopic recombination event between two genes encoding transporters that are unable to import maltotriose. In contrast to classic models of the evolution of novel protein functions, the recombination breakpoints occurred within a single functional domain. Thus, the ability of the new protein to carry maltotriose was likely acquired through epistatic interactions between independently evolved substitutions. By acquiring multiple mutations at once, the transporter rapidly gained a novel function, while bypassing potentially deleterious intermediate steps. This study provides an illuminating example of how recombination between paralogs can establish novel interactions among substitutions to create adaptive functions. Hybrids of the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus (lager-brewing yeasts) dominate the modern brewing industry. S. cerevisiae, also known as baker’s yeast, is well-known for its role in industry and scientific research. Less well recognized is S. eubayanus, which was only discovered as a pure species in 2011. While most lager-brewing yeasts rapidly and completely utilize the important brewing sugar maltotriose, no strain of S. eubayanus isolated to date is known to do so. Despite being unable to consume maltotriose, we identified one strain of S. eubayanus carrying a gene for a functional maltotriose transporter, although most strains lack this gene. During an adaptive evolution experiment, a strain of S. eubayanus without native maltotriose transporters evolved the ability to grow on maltotriose. Maltotriose consumption in the evolved strain resulted from a chimeric transporter that arose by shuffling genes encoding parent proteins that were unable to transport maltotriose. Traditionally, functional chimeric proteins are thought to evolve by shuffling discrete functional domains or modules, but the breakpoints in the chimera studied here occurred within the single functional module of the protein. These results support the less well-recognized role of shuffling duplicate gene sequences to generate novel proteins with adaptive functions.
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- EmilyClare P. Baker
- Laboratory of Genetics, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Genome Center of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Genome Center of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Lopandic K. Saccharomyces interspecies hybrids as model organisms for studying yeast adaptation to stressful environments. Yeast 2018; 35:21-38. [PMID: 29131388 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The strong development of molecular biology techniques and next-generation sequencing technologies in the last two decades has significantly improved our understanding of the evolutionary history of Saccharomyces yeasts. It has been shown that many strains isolated from man-made environments are not pure genetic lines, but contain genetic materials from different species that substantially increase their genome complexity. A number of strains have been described as interspecies hybrids, implying different yeast species that under specific circumstances exchange and recombine their genomes. Such fusing usually results in a wide variety of alterations at the genetic and chromosomal levels. The observed changes have suggested a high genome plasticity and a significant role of interspecies hybridization in the adaptation of yeasts to environmental stresses and industrial processes. There is a high probability that harsh wine and beer fermentation environments, from which the majority of interspecies hybrids have been isolated so far, influence their selection and stabilization as well as their genomic and phenotypic heterogeneity. The lessons we have learned about geno- and phenotype plasticity and the diversity of natural and commercial yeast hybrids have already had a strong impact on the development of artificial hybrids that can be successfully used in the fermentation-based food and beverage industry. The creation of artificial hybrids through the crossing of strains with desired attributes is a possibility to obtain a vast variety of new, but not genetically modified yeasts with a range of improved and beneficial traits. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Ksenija Lopandic
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 11/3, A-1190, Vienna, Austria
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Brickwedde A, Brouwers N, van den Broek M, Gallego Murillo JS, Fraiture JL, Pronk JT, Daran JMG. Structural, Physiological and Regulatory Analysis of Maltose Transporter Genes in Saccharomyces eubayanus CBS 12357 T. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1786. [PMID: 30147677 PMCID: PMC6097016 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Saccharomyces pastorianus lager brewing yeasts are domesticated hybrids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and cold-tolerant Saccharomyces eubayanus. To understand the contribution of both parental genomes to maltose metabolism in brewing wort, this study focuses on maltose transport in the S. eubayanus type strain CBS 12357T/FM1318. To obtain complete sequences of the MAL loci of this strain, a near-complete genome assembly was generated using the Oxford Nanopore Technology MinION sequencing platform. Except for CHRXII, all sixteen chromosomes were assembled as single contigs. Four loci harboring putative maltose transporter genes (SeMALT1-4), located in subtelomeric regions of CHRII, CHRV, CHRXIII, and CHRXVI, were completely resolved. The near-identical loci on CHRV and CHRXVI strongly resembled canonical S. cerevisiae MAL loci, while those on CHRII and CHRXIII showed different structures suggestive of gene loss. Overexpression of SeMALT1-4 in a maltose-transport-deficient S. cerevisiae strain restored growth on maltose, but not on maltotriose, indicating maltose-specific transport functionality of all four transporters. Simultaneous CRISPR-Cas9-assisted deletion of only SeMALT2 and SeMALT4, which shared 99.7% sequence identity, eliminated growth of S. eubayanus CBS 12357T on maltose. Transcriptome analysis of S. eubayanus CBS 12357T established that SeMALT1 and SeMALT3, are poorly expressed in maltose-grown cultures, while SeMALT2 and SeMALT4 were expressed at much higher levels than SeMALT1 and SeMALT3, indicating that only SeMALT2/4 are responsible for maltose consumption in CBS 12357T. These results represent a first genomic and physiological characterization of maltose transport in S. eubayanus CBS 12357T and provides a valuable resource for further industrial exploitation of this yeast.
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- Anja Brickwedde
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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Vidgren V, Gibson B. Trans-regulation and localization of orthologous maltose transporters in the interspecies lager yeast hybrid. FEMS Yeast Res 2018; 18:5040228. [PMID: 29931058 PMCID: PMC6142294 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foy065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In the interspecies lager yeast hybrid there are MAL loci involved in maltose and maltotriose utilization derived from each parent (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus). We show that trans-regulation across hybrid subgenomes occurs for MAL genes. However, gene expression is less efficient with non-native activators (trans-activation) compared to native activators (cis-activation). MAL genes were induced by maltose and repressed by glucose irrespective of host. Despite the strong expression of S. cerevisiae-type genes in the S. eubayanus host, a very low amount of transporter protein was actually observed in cells. This suggests that proper formation and configuration of the S. cerevisiae transporters is not efficient in S. eubayanus. The S. eubayanus-type Malx1 transporter was present in the plasma membrane in high amounts in all hosts (S. cerevisiae, S. eubayanus and Saccharomyces pastorianus) at all times. However, the S. cerevisiae-type transporters appeared sequentially in the plasma membrane; scMalx1 was localized in the plasma membrane during early to late linear growth and subsequently withdrawn to intracellular compartments. In contrast, the scAgt1 transporter was found in the plasma membrane mainly in the stationary phase of growth. Different localization patterns may explain why certain transporter orthologues in natural S. pastorianus strains were lost to mutation.
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- Virve Vidgren
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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Brickwedde A, van den Broek M, Geertman JMA, Magalhães F, Kuijpers NGA, Gibson B, Pronk JT, Daran JMG. Evolutionary Engineering in Chemostat Cultures for Improved Maltotriose Fermentation Kinetics in Saccharomyces pastorianus Lager Brewing Yeast. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1690. [PMID: 28943864 PMCID: PMC5596070 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The lager brewing yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, an interspecies hybrid of S. eubayanus and S. cerevisiae, ferments maltotriose, maltose, sucrose, glucose and fructose in wort to ethanol and carbon dioxide. Complete and timely conversion ("attenuation") of maltotriose by industrial S. pastorianus strains is a key requirement for process intensification. This study explores a new evolutionary engineering strategy for improving maltotriose fermentation kinetics. Prolonged carbon-limited, anaerobic chemostat cultivation of the reference strain S. pastorianus CBS1483 on a maltotriose-enriched sugar mixture was used to select for spontaneous mutants with improved affinity for maltotriose. Evolved populations exhibited an up to 5-fold lower residual maltotriose concentration and a higher ethanol concentration than the parental strain. Uptake studies with 14C-labeled sugars revealed an up to 4.75-fold higher transport capacity for maltotriose in evolved strains. In laboratory batch cultures on wort, evolved strains showed improved attenuation and higher ethanol concentrations. These improvements were also observed in pilot fermentations at 1,000-L scale with high-gravity wort. Although the evolved strain exhibited multiple chromosomal copy number changes, analysis of beer made from pilot fermentations showed no negative effects on flavor compound profiles. These results demonstrate the potential of evolutionary engineering for strain improvement of hybrid, alloploid brewing strains.
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- Anja Brickwedde
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of TechnologyDelft, Netherlands
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- HEINEKEN Supply Chain, Global Innovation and ResearchZoeterwoude, Netherlands
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of TechnologyDelft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of TechnologyDelft, Netherlands
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Gibson B, Geertman JMA, Hittinger CT, Krogerus K, Libkind D, Louis EJ, Magalhães F, Sampaio JP. New yeasts—new brews: modern approaches to brewing yeast design and development. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:3861261. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Magalhães F, Vidgren V, Ruohonen L, Gibson B. Maltose and maltotriose utilisation by group I strains of the hybrid lager yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow053. [PMID: 27364826 PMCID: PMC5815069 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Brewer's wort is a challenging environment for yeast as it contains predominantly α-glucoside sugars. There exist two subgroups of the lager yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus which differ in sugar utilisation. We performed wort fermentations and compared representative strains from both groups with respect to their ability to transport and ferment maltose and maltotriose. Additionally, we mapped the transporters MALx1, AGT1, MPHx and MTT1 by Southern blotting. Contrary to previous observations, group I comprises a diverse set of strains, with varying ability to transport and ferment maltotriose. Of the eight group I strains, three efficiently utilised maltotriose, a property enabled by the presence of transmembrane transporters SeAGT1 and MTT1 A58, a variant of the group I type strain (CBS1513) performed particularly well, taking up maltotriose at a higher rate than maltose and retaining significant transport activity at temperatures as low as 0°C. Analysis of transporter distribution in this strain revealed an increased copy number of the MTT1 gene, which encodes the only permease known with higher affinity for maltotriose than maltose and low temperature dependence for transport. We propose that much of the variation in lager yeast fermentation behaviour is determined by the presence or absence of specific transmembrane transporters.
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- Frederico Magalhães
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, Aalto University, School of Chemical Technology, Kemistintie 1, PO Box 16100, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
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Hebly M, Brickwedde A, Bolat I, Driessen MRM, de Hulster EAF, van den Broek M, Pronk JT, Geertman JM, Daran JM, Daran-Lapujade P. S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus interspecific hybrid, the best of both worlds and beyond. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 15:fov005. [PMID: 25743788 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces pastorianus lager-brewing yeasts have descended from natural hybrids of S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus. Their alloploidy has undoubtedly contributed to successful domestication and industrial exploitation. To understand the early events that have led to the predominance of S. pastorianus as lager-brewing yeast, an interspecific hybrid between S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus was experimentally constructed. Alloploidy substantially improved the performance of the S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus hybrid as compared to either parent regarding two cardinal features of brewing yeasts: tolerance to low temperature and oligosaccharide utilization. The hybrid's S. eubayanus subgenome conferred better growth rates and biomass yields at low temperature, both on glucose and on maltose. Conversely, the ability of the hybrid to consume maltotriose, which was absent in the S. eubayanus CBS12357 type strain, was inherited from its S. cerevisiae parent. The S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus hybrid even outperformed its parents, a phenomenon known as transgression, suggesting that fast growth at low temperature and oligosaccharide utilization may have been key selective advantages of the natural hybrids in brewing environments. To enable sequence comparisons of the parental and hybrid strains, the genome of S. eubayanus CBS12357 type strain (Patagonian isolate) was resequenced, resulting in an improved publicly available sequence assembly.
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- Marit Hebly
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands Platform Green Synthetic Biology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Heineken Global Supply Chain, Technology & Policies, 2382 PH Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands Platform Green Synthetic Biology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BC Delft, the Netherlands Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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New lager yeast strains generated by interspecific hybridization. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 42:769-78. [PMID: 25682107 PMCID: PMC4412690 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1597-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The interspecific hybrid Saccharomyces pastorianus is the most commonly used yeast in brewery fermentations worldwide. Here, we generated de novo lager yeast hybrids by mating a domesticated and strongly flocculent Saccharomyces cerevisiae ale strain with the Saccharomyces eubayanus type strain. The hybrids were characterized with respect to the parent strains in a wort fermentation performed at temperatures typical for lager brewing (12 °C). The resulting beers were analysed for sugar and aroma compounds, while the yeasts were tested for their flocculation ability and α-glucoside transport capability. These hybrids inherited beneficial properties from both parent strains (cryotolerance, maltotriose utilization and strong flocculation) and showed apparent hybrid vigour, fermenting faster and producing beer with higher alcohol content (5.6 vs 4.5 % ABV) than the parents. Results suggest that interspecific hybridization is suitable for production of novel non-GM lager yeast strains with unique properties and will help in elucidating the evolutionary history of industrial lager yeast.
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Gibson B, Liti G. Saccharomyces pastorianus: genomic insights inspiring innovation for industry. Yeast 2014; 32:17-27. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.3033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Brian Gibson
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000 FI-02044 VTT Espoo Finland
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), CNRS UMR 7284-INSERM U1081; Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; 06107 Nice Cedex 2 France
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Vidgren V, Viljanen K, Mattinen L, Rautio J, Londesborough J. Three Agt1 transporters from brewer's yeasts exhibit different temperature dependencies for maltose transport over the range of brewery temperatures (0-20 °C). FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:601-13. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Virve Vidgren
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; VTT Finland
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Gibson BR, Storgårds E, Krogerus K, Vidgren V. Comparative physiology and fermentation performance of Saaz and Frohberg lager yeast strains and the parental species Saccharomyces eubayanus. Yeast 2013; 30:255-66. [PMID: 23695993 DOI: 10.1002/yea.2960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Two distinct genetic groups (Saaz and Frohberg) exist within the hybrid Saccharomyces pastorianus (S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus) taxon. However, physiological/technological differences that exist between the two groups are not known. Fermentative capability of the parental S. eubayanus has likewise never been studied. Here, 58 lager strains were screened to determine which hybrid group they belonged to, and selected strains were characterized to determine salient characteristics. In 15 °P all-malt wort fermentations at 22 °C, Frohberg strains showed greater growth and superior fermentation (80% apparent attenuation, 6.5% alcohol by volume in 3-4 days) compared to all other strains and maintained highest viability values (>93%). Fermentation with S. eubayanus was poor at the same temperature (33% apparent attenuation, 2.7% alcohol by volume at 6 days and viability reduced to 75%). Saaz strains and S. eubayanus were the least sensitive to cold (10 °C), though this did not translate to greater fermentation performance. Fermentation with S. eubayanus was poor at 10 °C but equal to or greater than that of the Saaz strains. Performance of Saaz yeast/S. eubayanus was limited by an inability to use wort maltotriose. [(14)C]-Maltotriose transport assays also showed negligible activity in these strains (≤0.5 µmol min(-1) g(-1) dry yeast). Beers from Saaz fermentations were characterized by two- to sixfold lower production of the flavour compounds methyl butanol, ethyl acetate and 3-methylbutyl acetate compared to Frohberg strains. Higher alcohol and ester production by S. eubayanus was similar to that of Frohberg strains.
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- Brian R Gibson
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI-02044 VTT, Finland.
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Gibson BR, Londesborough J, Rautio J, Mattinen L, Vidgren V. Transcription ofα-glucoside transport and metabolism genes in the hybrid brewing yeastSaccharomyces pastorianuswith respect to gene provenance and fermentation temperature. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jib.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- B. R. Gibson
- VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland; Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000; FI-02044 VTT; Espoo; Finland
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- VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland; Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000; FI-02044 VTT; Espoo; Finland
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- Plexpress Oy; Viikinkaari 6; 00790; Helsinki; Finland
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- Plexpress Oy; Viikinkaari 6; 00790; Helsinki; Finland
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- VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland; Tietotie 2, PO Box 1000; FI-02044 VTT; Espoo; Finland
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