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Hu Y, Liu Y, Zhang J, Zhou Z, Wang J, Chen H, Huang M, Hu H, Dai Z, Jia K. Depletion of L-Methionine in Foods with an Engineered Thermophilic Methionine γ-lyase Efficiently Inhibits Tumor Growth. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023. [PMID: 37909421 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
Dietary restriction of l-methionine, an essential amino acid, exerts potent antitumor effects on l-methionine-dependent cancers. However, dietary restriction of l-methionine has not been practical for human therapy because of the problem with the administration of l-methionine concentration in foods. Here, a thermophilic methionine γ-lyase (MGL), that catalyzes the cleavage of the C-S bond in l-methionine to produce α-ketobutyric acid, methanethiol, and ammonia was engineered from human cystathionine γ-lyase and almost completely depleted l-methionine at 65 °C, a temperature that accelerates the volatilization of methanethiol and its oxidation products. The high efficiency of l-methionine lysis may be attributed to the cooperative fluctuation and moderate the structural rigidity of 4 monomers in the thermophilic MGL, which facilitates l-methionine access to the entrance of the active site. Experimental diets treated with thermophilic MGL markedly inhibited prostate tumor growth in mice, and in parallel, the in vivo concentrations of l-methionine, its transformation product l-cysteine, and the oxidative stress indicator malondialdehyde significantly decreased. These findings provide a technology for the depletion of l-methionine in foods with an engineered thermophilic MGL, which efficiently inhibits tumor growth in mice.
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- Yangming Hu
- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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Zhao Q, Wang Z, Yang L, Zhang S, Jia K. YALI0C22088g from Yarrowia lipolytica catalyses the conversion of l-methionine into volatile organic sulfur-containing compounds. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:1462-1471. [PMID: 33793081 PMCID: PMC8313282 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The enzymatic conversion of l-methionine (l-Met) into volatile organic sulfur-containing compounds (VOSCs) plays an important role in developing the characteristic aroma of foods. However, the mechanism for the direct conversion of l-Met into VOSCs is still unclear in yeast cells used to make food products. Here, we show that the transcription profile of YALI0C22088g from Yarrowia lipolytica correlates positively with l-Met addition. YALI0C22088g catalyses the γ-elimination of l-Met, directly converting l-Met into VOSCs. YALI0C22088g also exhibits strong C-S lysis activities towards l-cystathionine and the other sulfur-containing compounds and forms a distinct cystathionine-γ-lyase subgroup. We identified eight key amino acid residues in YALI0C22088g, and we inferred that the size of the tunnel and the charges carried by the entrance amino acid residue are the determinants for the enzymatic conversion of l-Met into VOSCs. These findings reveal the formation mechanism of VOSCs produced directly from l-Met via the demethiolation pathway in Yarrowia lipolytica, which provides a rationale for engineering the enzymatic conversion of l-Met into VOSCs and thus stimulates the enzymatic production of aroma compounds.
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- Quan‐Lu Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education)Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial MicrobiologyHubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial FermentationHubei University of TechnologyWuhan430068China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education)Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial MicrobiologyHubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial FermentationHubei University of TechnologyWuhan430068China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education)Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial MicrobiologyHubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial FermentationHubei University of TechnologyWuhan430068China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education)Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial MicrobiologyHubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial FermentationHubei University of TechnologyWuhan430068China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education)Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial MicrobiologyHubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial FermentationHubei University of TechnologyWuhan430068China
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Jimenez-Lorenzo R, Bloem A, Farines V, Sablayrolles JM, Camarasa C. How to modulate the formation of negative volatile sulfur compounds during wine fermentation? FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 21:6311812. [PMID: 34191008 PMCID: PMC8310686 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foab038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Beyond the production of positive aromas during alcoholic fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism also results in the formation of volatile compounds detrimental to wine quality, including a wide range of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs). The formation of these VSCs during wine fermentation is strongly variable and depends on biological and environmental factors. First, the comparison of the VSCs profile of 22 S. cerevisiae strains provided a comprehensive overview of the intra-species diversity in VSCs production: according to their genetic background, strains synthetized from 1 to 6 different sulfur molecules, in a 1- to 30-fold concentration range. The impact of fermentation parameters on VSCs production was then investigated. We identified yeast assimilable nitrogen, cysteine, methionine and pantothenic acid contents – but not SO2 content – as the main factors modulating VSCs production. In particular, ethylthioacetate and all the VSCs deriving from methionine catabolism displayed a maximal production at yeast assimilable nitrogen concentrations around 250 mg/L; pantothenic acid had a positive impact on compounds deriving from methionine catabolism through the Ehrlich pathway but a negative one on the production of thioesters. Overall, these results highlight those factors to be taken into account to modulate the formation of negative VSCs and limit their content in wines.
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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A novel podophyllotoxin derivative with higher anti-tumor activity produced via 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin biotransformation by Penicillium purpurogenum. Process Biochem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Che Y, Yin S, Wang H, Yang H, Xu R, Wang Q, Wu Y, Boutet J, Huet R, Wang C. Production of Methionol from 3-Methylthiopropionaldehyde by Catalysis of the Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase Adh4p. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:4650-4656. [PMID: 32233408 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Methionol is a sulfur-containing aroma compound that contributes to the flavors of fermented foods. In this work, a novel method for methionol production was established using 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde (MMP) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). First, expression of seven ADH genes was analyzed in yeast fermentation added with MMP. Only ADH4 displayed an evident increased expression in response to MMP. ADH4 was then overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c and Escherichia coli BL21. The recombinant yeast strain S4 produced more methionol than control strain in MMP fermentation. Furthermore, 0.55 g/L 42 kDa Adh4p was prepared from E. coli by induced expression and purification. A fed-batch catalysis system was finally established to produce methionol from MMP by Adh4p. In 10 h of continuous catalysis, the conversion rate of MMP remained 80-95%, and a final yield of 0.2 g/L methionol was achieved. This work proposed a novel method for methionol production by enzymatic catalysis with a potential application prospect in industry.
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- Yixin Che
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., Ltd., 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210047, China
- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2, 10 Place du Général de Gaulle, F-92160 Antony, France
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- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., Ltd., 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210047, China
- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2, 10 Place du Général de Gaulle, F-92160 Antony, France
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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Jia KZ, Zhu LW, Qu X, Li S, Shen Y, Qi Q, Zhang Y, Li YZ, Tang YJ. Enzymatic O-Glycosylation of Etoposide Aglycone by Exploration of the Substrate Promiscuity for Glycosyltransferases. ACS Synth Biol 2019; 8:2718-2725. [PMID: 31774653 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The 4-O-β-d-glucopyranoside of DMEP ((-)-4'-desmethylepipodophyllotoxin) (GDMEP), a natural product from Podophyllum hexandrum, is the direct precursor to the topoisomerase inhibitor etoposide, used in dozens of chemotherapy regimens for various malignancies. The biosynthesis pathway for DMEP has been completed, while the enzyme for biosynthesizing GDMEP is still unclear. Here, we report the enzymatic O-glycosylation of DMEP with 53% conversion by exploring the substrate promiscuity and entrances of glycosyltransferases. Notably, we found 6 essential amino acid residues surrounding the putative substrate entrances exposed to the protein surface in UGT78D2, CsUGT78D2, and CsUGT78D2-like, and these residues may determine substrate specificity and high O-glycosylation activity toward DMEP. Our results provide an effective route for one-step synthesis of GDMEP. Identification of the key residues and entrances of glycosyltransferases will promote precise identification of glycosyltransferase biocatalysts for novel substrates and provide a rational basis for glycosyltransferase engineering.
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- Kai-Zhi Jia
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Regulatory Networks Governing Methionine Catabolism into Volatile Organic Sulfur-Containing Compounds in Clonostachys rosea. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.01840-18. [PMID: 30217835 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01840-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adaptation to environmental perturbations requires living systems to coordinately regulate signaling pathways, gene expression, and metabolism. To better understand the mechanisms underlying adaptation, the regulatory nodes within networks must be elucidated. Here, ARO8-2 (which encodes an aminotransferase), PDC (which encodes a decarboxylase), and STR3 (which encodes a demethiolase) were identified as key genes involved in the catabolism of methionine in the mycoparasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea, isolated from Tuber melanosporum ascocarps. Exogenous Met induced the transcription of ARO8-2 and PDC but repressed the transcription of STR3, which is controlled by the putative MSN2 and GLN3 binding sites responding to nitrogen catabolite repression. Met and its structural derivatives function as glutamine synthetase inhibitors, resulting in the downregulation of STR3 expression. The putative GLN3 binding site was necessary for STR3 downregulation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Met and its structural derivatives also triggered downregulation of demethiolase gene expression. Altogether, the results indicated that exogenous Met triggered nitrogen catabolite repression, which stimulated the Ehrlich pathway and negatively regulated the demethiolation pathway via the methionine sulfoximine-responsive regulatory pathway. This finding revealed the regulatory nodes within the networks controlling the catabolism of Met into volatile organic sulfur-containing compounds, thereby enhancing our understanding of adaptation.IMPORTANCE Methionine shuttles organic nitrogen and plays a central role in nitrogen metabolism. Exogenous Met strongly induces the expression of ARO8-2 and PDC, represses the expression of STR3, and generates volatile organic sulfur-containing compounds via the Ehrlich and demethiolation pathways. In this study, we used genetic, bioinformatic, and metabolite-based analyses to confirm that transcriptional control of the aminotransferase gene ARO8-2, the decarboxylase gene PDC, and the demethiolase gene STR3 modulates Met catabolism into volatile organic sulfur-containing compounds. Importantly, we found that, in addition to the Ehrlich pathway, the demethiolation pathway was regulated by a nitrogen catabolite repression-sensitive regulatory pathway that controlled the transcription of genes required to catabolize poor nitrogen sources. This work significantly advances our understanding of nitrogen catabolite repression-sensitive transcriptional regulation of sulfur-containing amino acid catabolism and provides a basis for engineering Met catabolism pathways for the production of fuel and valuable flavor alcohols.
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