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The Improvement of Reserve Polysaccharide Glycogen Level and Other Quality Parameters of S. cerevisiae Brewing Dry Yeasts by Their Rehydration in Water, Treated with Low-Temperature, Low-Pressure Glow Plasma (LPGP). APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12062909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The increasing popularity of active dry yeast arises from its properties, such as ease of storage, and simplicity of preparation and dosing. Herein, we elaborate on the effect of plasma-treated water (PTW) under air atmosphere (PTWAir) and nitrogen (PTWN) on the improvement of the reserve polysaccharide glycogen level and other quality parameters of S. cerevisiae brewing dry yeast in comparison with the non plasma-treated water (CW). For this purpose, strains of top-fermenting (S. cerevisiae T58 (poor quality), S33 (poor quality)) and bottom-fermenting (S. pastorianus W30/70 (poor quality)) yeast stored one year after opening and S. cerevisiae US-05 (fresh strain) were selected to examine the influence of PTWs toward the quality parameters of yeast biomass after the rehydration and fermentation process. The obtained results showed that in the case of poor quality yeast strains, PTWAir increased glycogen content after the rehydration and fermentation process, which was a favorable trend. A similar increase was observed for the trehalose content. Results showed that PTWN significantly reduced the number of yeast cells in ale strains and the viability of all analyzed samples. The lowest viability was observed in Sc S33 strain for PTWAir (41.99%), PTWN (18.6%) and CW (22.86%). PTWAir did not contribute to reducing the analyzed parameter; in particular, the results of Sc T58 yeast strain’s viability are shown: PTWAir (58.83%), PTWN (32.28%) and CW (43.56%). The obtained results suggest that rehydration by PTWN of dry yeast with a weakened condition is not recommended for both qualitative and cost-related reasons, while PTWAir significantly contributed to the improvement of some yeast parameters after rehydration and fermentation (higher glycogen and trehalose content).
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Richelle A, Bogaerts P. Macroscopic Modelling of Intracellular Reserve Carbohydrates Production during Baker's Yeast Cultures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.05.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lebaka VR, Ryu HW, Wee YJ. Effect of fruit pulp supplementation on rapid and enhanced ethanol production in very high gravity (VHG) fermentation. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2014. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-014-0022-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Navarta LG, Calvo J, Posetto P, Cerutti S, Raba J, Benuzzi D, Sanz MI. Postharvest Control of Gray Mold in Apples with Lyophilized Formulations of Cryptococcus laurentii: the Effect of Cold Stress in the Survival and Effectiveness of the Yeast. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-014-1303-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Richelle A, Fickers P, Bogaerts P. Macroscopic modelling of baker's yeast production in fed-batch cultures and its link with trehalose production. Comput Chem Eng 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cray JA, Bell ANW, Bhaganna P, Mswaka AY, Timson DJ, Hallsworth JE. The biology of habitat dominance; can microbes behave as weeds? Microb Biotechnol 2013; 6:453-92. [PMID: 23336673 PMCID: PMC3918151 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Competition between microbial species is a product of, yet can lead to a reduction in, the microbial diversity of specific habitats. Microbial habitats can resemble ecological battlefields where microbial cells struggle to dominate and/or annihilate each other and we explore the hypothesis that (like plant weeds) some microbes are genetically hard-wired to behave in a vigorous and ecologically aggressive manner. These 'microbial weeds' are able to dominate the communities that develop in fertile but uncolonized--or at least partially vacant--habitats via traits enabling them to out-grow competitors; robust tolerances to habitat-relevant stress parameters and highly efficient energy-generation systems; avoidance of or resistance to viral infection, predation and grazers; potent antimicrobial systems; and exceptional abilities to sequester and store resources. In addition, those associated with nutritionally complex habitats are extraordinarily versatile in their utilization of diverse substrates. Weed species typically deploy multiple types of antimicrobial including toxins; volatile organic compounds that act as either hydrophobic or highly chaotropic stressors; biosurfactants; organic acids; and moderately chaotropic solutes that are produced in bulk quantities (e.g. acetone, ethanol). Whereas ability to dominate communities is habitat-specific we suggest that some microbial species are archetypal weeds including generalists such as: Pichia anomala, Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas putida; specialists such as Dunaliella salina, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus spp. and other lactic acid bacteria; freshwater autotrophs Gonyostomum semen and Microcystis aeruginosa; obligate anaerobes such as Clostridium acetobutylicum; facultative pathogens such as Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Pantoea ananatis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; and other extremotolerant and extremophilic microbes such as Aspergillus spp., Salinibacter ruber and Haloquadratum walsbyi. Some microbes, such as Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium smegmatis and Pseudoxylaria spp., exhibit characteristics of both weed and non-weed species. We propose that the concept of nonweeds represents a 'dustbin' group that includes species such as Synodropsis spp., Polypaecilum pisce, Metschnikowia orientalis, Salmonella spp., and Caulobacter crescentus. We show that microbial weeds are conceptually distinct from plant weeds, microbial copiotrophs, r-strategists, and other ecophysiological groups of microorganism. Microbial weed species are unlikely to emerge from stationary-phase or other types of closed communities; it is open habitats that select for weed phenotypes. Specific characteristics that are common to diverse types of open habitat are identified, and implications of weed biology and open-habitat ecology are discussed in the context of further studies needed in the fields of environmental and applied microbiology.
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- Jonathan A Cray
- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, MBC, Queen's University BelfastBelfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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Equilibrium and kinetic studies of the counteraction of trehalose on acid-induced protein unfolding. Biochem Eng J 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Enological properties in wild and commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts: relationship with competition during alcoholic fermentation. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0744-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lee Y, Chen PW, Voit EO. Analysis of operating principles with S-system models. Math Biosci 2011; 231:49-60. [PMID: 21377479 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2011.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Operating principles address general questions regarding the response dynamics of biological systems as we observe or hypothesize them, in comparison to a priori equally valid alternatives. In analogy to design principles, the question arises: Why are some operating strategies encountered more frequently than others and in what sense might they be superior? It is at this point impossible to study operation principles in complete generality, but the work here discusses the important situation where a biological system must shift operation from its normal steady state to a new steady state. This situation is quite common and includes many stress responses. We present two distinct methods for determining different solutions to this task of achieving a new target steady state. Both methods utilize the property of S-system models within Biochemical Systems Theory (BST) that steady states can be explicitly represented as systems of linear algebraic equations. The first method uses matrix inversion, a pseudo-inverse, or regression to characterize the entire admissible solution space. Operations on the basis of the solution space permit modest alterations of the transients toward the target steady state. The second method uses standard or mixed integer linear programming to determine admissible solutions that satisfy criteria of functional effectiveness, which are specified beforehand. As an illustration, we use both methods to characterize alternative response patterns of yeast subjected to heat stress, and compare them with observations from the literature.
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- Yun Lee
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332-0535, United States
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Fonseca LL, Sánchez C, Santos H, Voit EO. Complex coordination of multi-scale cellular responses to environmental stress. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 7:731-41. [PMID: 21088798 DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00102c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cells and organisms are regularly exposed to a variety of stresses, and effective responses are a matter of survival. The article describes a multi-scale experimental and dynamical modeling analysis that clearly indicates concerted stress control in different temporal and organizational domains, and a strong synergy between the dynamics of genes, proteins and metabolites. Specifically, we show with in vivo NMR measurements of metabolic profiles that baker's yeast responds to a paradigmatic stress, heat, at three organizational levels and in two time regimes. At the metabolic level, an almost immediate response is mounted. However, this response is a "quick fix" in comparison to a much more effective response that had been pre-organized in earlier periods of heat stress and is an order of magnitude stronger. Equipped with the metabolic profile data, our modeling efforts resulted in a crisp, quantitative separation of response actions at the levels of metabolic control and gene regulation. They also led to predictions of necessary changes in protein levels and clearly demonstrated that formerly observed temperature profiles of key enzyme activities are not sufficient to explain the accumulation of trehalose as an immediate response to sudden heat stress.
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- Luís L Fonseca
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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Sergeeva YE, Galanina LA, Feofilova EP. A new function of trehalose and the peculiarities of lipid formation in mycelial fungi. Microbiology (Reading) 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261710040053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Zhang Y, Zhang T, Chi Z, Wang JM, Liu GL, Chi ZM. Conversion of cassava starch to trehalose by Saccharomycopsis fibuligera A11 and purification of trehalose. Carbohydr Polym 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chi Z, Wang JM, Chi ZM, Ye F. Trehalose accumulation from corn starch by Saccharomycopsis fibuligera A11 during 2-l fermentation and trehalose purification. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 37:19-25. [PMID: 19967448 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0644-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In this study, corn starch was used as the substrate for cell growth and trehalose accumulation by Saccharomycopsis fibuligera A11. Effect of different aeration rates, agitation speeds, and concentrations of corn starch on direct conversion of corn starch to trehalose by S. fibuligera A11 were examined using a Biostat B2 2-l fermentor. We found that the optimal conditions for direct conversion of corn starch to trehalose by this yeast strain were that agitation speed was 200 rpm, aeration rate was 4.0 l/min, concentration of corn starch was 2.0% (w/v), initial pH was 5.5, fermentation temperature was 30 degrees C. Under these conditions, over 22.9 g of trehalose per 100 g of cell dry weight was accumulated in the yeast cells, cell mass was 15.2 g/l of the fermentation medium, 0.12% (w/v) of reducing sugar, and 0.21% (w/v) of total sugar were left in the fermented medium within 48 h of the fermentation. It was found that trehalose in the yeast cells could be efficiently extracted by the hot distilled water (80 degrees C). After isolation and purification, the crystal trehalose was obtained from the extract of the cells.
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- Zhe Chi
- Unesco Chinese Center of Marine Biotechnology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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de Souza Oliveira RP, Rivas Torres B, Zilli M, de Araújo Viana Marques D, Basso LC, Converti A. Use of sugar cane vinasse to mitigate aluminum toxicity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2009; 57:488-494. [PMID: 19184166 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9287-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Owing to its toxicity, aluminum (Al), which is one of the most abundant metals, inhibits the productivity of many cultures and affects the microbial metabolism. The aim of this work was to investigate the capacity of sugar cane vinasse to mitigate the adverse effects of Al on cell growth, viability, and budding, as the likely result of possible chelating action. For this purpose, Fleischmann's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was used in growth tests performed in 125-mL Erlenmeyer flasks containing 30 mL of YED medium (5.0 g/L yeast extract plus 20 g/L glucose) supplemented with the selected amounts of either vinasse or Al in the form of AlCl(3) . H(2)O. Without vinasse, the addition of increasing levels of Al up to 54 mg/L reduced the specific growth rate by 18%, whereas no significant reduction was observed in its presence. The toxic effect of Al on S. cerevisiae growth and the mitigating effect of sugar cane vinasse were quantified by the exponential model of Ciftci et al. (Biotechnol Bioeng 25:2007-2023, 1983). The cell viability decreased from 97.7% at the start to 84.0% at the end of runs without vinasse and to 92.3% with vinasse. On the other hand, the cell budding increased from 7.62% at the start to 8.84% at the end of runs without vinasse and to 17.8% with vinasse. These results demonstrate the ability of this raw material to stimulate cell growth and mitigate the toxic effect of Al.
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- Ricardo Pinheiro de Souza Oliveira
- Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo University, Av Prof Lineu Prestes, 580, Bl. 16, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Valadez-Blanco R, Livingston AG. Enantioselective whole-cell biotransformation of acetophenone to S-phenylethanol by Rhodotorula glutinis. Biochem Eng J 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang L, Huang R, Gu G, Fang H. Optimization of trehalose production by a novel strainBrevibacteriumsp. SY361. J Basic Microbiol 2008; 48:410-5. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Talebnia F, Taherzadeh MJ. Physiological and morphological study of encapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Enzyme Microb Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Liang LK, Wang XK, Zhu KL, Chi ZM. Trehalose synthesis in Saccharomycopsis fibuligera does not respond to stress treatments. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 74:1084-91. [PMID: 17086411 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0688-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 09/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Synthesis of trehalose in Saccharomycopsis fibuligera sdu under various stress conditions was investigated. Neither the activation of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (SfTPS1) nor the change in trehalose content was observed under stress exposure of S. fibuligera sdu cells. The results of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, which was performed with the specific primers designed to target the SfTPS1 gene fragment cloned from this strain, also showed that all stress treatments did not increase the expression of SfTPS1 gene. These results demonstrated that synthesis of trehalose in response to stress conditions in S. fibuligera sdu clearly differs from that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and most other fungi. The phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequence deduced from the SfTPS1 gene fragment showed that the SfTPS1 sequence formed a separate family that was far related to S. cerevisiae TPS1. The yeast strain, which can accumulate a large amount of trehalose under normal growth conditions, has many applications and TPS1 gene in such strain may have unique use in transgenic organisms.
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- L K Liang
- Department of Biochemistry, Yantai University, Qingquan Road, No.30, Yantai 264005, China.
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Wolska-Mitaszko B, Jaroszuk-Sciseł J, Pszeniczna K. Isoforms of trehalase and invertase of Fusarium oxysporum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 111:456-65. [PMID: 17512710 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Enzymatic assays and native PAGE were used to study trehalase and invertase activities, depending on culture age and different sugar conditions, in cell-free extracts, culture filtrates and ribosomal wash of Fusarium oxysporum. The activity of invertase preceded that of trehalase; in the exponential phase of growth, mainly invertase activity was produced, whereas trehalase activity was high in the stationary phase. In this last phase of growth, the activity of intracellular trehalase was repressed by monosaccharides, whereas disaccharides, especially lactose and starch, enhanced the activity of intracellular and extracellular trehalase. However, invertase activity was not repressed under these conditions and had the maximal activity in the presence of saccharose. Intracellular trehalase appeared in a single, high-molecular weight (120 kDa) form, whereas the extracellular enzyme appeared in a single, low-molecular weight (60 kDa) form. The activity pattern of invertase isoforms indicated the occurrence of three forms of intracellular enzyme with the main activity band at 120 kDa and two isoforms of extracellular enzyme. In the ribosomal wash, high-molecular weight isoforms of both trehalase and invertase were identified. A possible role of trehalase and invertase in carbohydrate metabolism of fungal pathogens is also discussed.
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- Barbara Wolska-Mitaszko
- Department of Molecular Biology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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Liang LK, Wang XK, Zhu KL, Chi ZM. Trehalose accumulation in a high-trehalose-accumulating mutant of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera sdu does not respond to stress treatments. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2007; 71:1291-7. [PMID: 17223779 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906120017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The isolation of high-trehalose-accumulating mutant A11 from Saccharomycopsis fibuligera sdu has been previously described. In this paper, accumulation of trehalose under various stress conditions in S. fibuligera A11 was investigated. Neither activation of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (SfTps1) nor change in trehalose content was observed under stress exposure of S. fibuligera A11 cells. A fragment of the Sftps1 gene in this strain was also cloned by degenerate PCR using the CoDeHOP strategy and multiply-aligned Tps1 sequences. This sequence allowed us to investigate the expression of the Sftps1 gene, which was also kept constant under the various stress conditions. Altogether, these results indicate that trehalose metabolism in S. fibuligera A11 in response to stress conditions clearly differs from that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and most other fungi. The expression of the Sftps1 gene was not responsive to different stress treatments.
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- L K Liang
- Department of Biochemistry, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China.
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Seo JA, Kim SJ, Kwon HJ, Yang YS, Kim HK, Hwang YH. The glass transition temperatures of sugar mixtures. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:2516-20. [PMID: 16962084 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2006] [Revised: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 08/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We measured the glass transition temperatures of mono-, di-, and trisaccharide mixtures using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and analyzed these temperatures using the Gordon-Taylor equation. We found that the glass transition temperatures of monosaccharide-monosaccharide and disaccharide-disaccharide mixtures could be described by the conventional Gordon-Taylor equation. However, the glass transition temperatures of monosaccharide-disaccharide and monosaccharide-trisaccharide mixtures deviated from the conventional Gordon-Taylor equation and the amount of deviation in the monosaccharide-trisaccharide mixtures was larger than those in the monosaccharide-disaccharide mixtures. From these results, we conclude that the size and shape of the sugars play an important role in the glass transition temperature of the mixtures.
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- Jeong-Ah Seo
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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Li BQ, Tian SP. Effects of trehalose on stress tolerance and biocontrol efficacy of Cryptococcus laurentii. J Appl Microbiol 2006; 100:854-61. [PMID: 16553742 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02852.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the effects of internal trehalose on viability and biocontrol efficacy of antagonistic yeast Cryptococcus laurentii under stresses of low temperature (LT), controlled atmosphere (CA) and freeze drying. METHODS AND RESULTS The content of trehalose in C. laurentii was increased by culturing the yeast in trehalose-containing medium. Compared with yeast cells with low trehalose level, the yeast cells with high level of internal trehalose not only obtained higher viability, but also showed higher population and better biocontrol efficacy against Penicillium expansum on apple fruit both at 1 degrees C and in CA condition (5% O(2), 5% CO(2), 1 degrees C). After freeze drying, survival of the yeast with high trehalose level was markedly increased when stored at 25 degrees C for 0, 15 and 30 days. Meanwhile, high integrity of plasma membrane was detected in the freeze-dried yeast with high trehalose level by propidium iodide staining. CONCLUSIONS Induced accumulation of internal trehalose could improve viability and biocontrol efficacy of C. laurentii under stresses of LT and CA. Moreover, survival of the yeast was also increased as internal trehalose accumulation after freeze drying, and one of the reasons might be that trehalose gave an effective protection to plasma membrane. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The results of this experiment show a promising way to improve the biocontrol performance of antagonistic yeasts under the commercial conditions.
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- B Q Li
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Properties of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase fromSaccharomycopsis fibuligera. ANN MICROBIOL 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03175012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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