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Wu P, Zhou J, Yu Y, Lu H. Characterization of essential elements for improved episomal expressions in
Kluyveromyces marxianus. Biotechnol J 2022; 17:e2100382. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.202100382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Pingping Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering School of Life Sciences Fudan University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering School of Life Sciences Fudan University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering School of Life Sciences Fudan University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms Shanghai China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology Tianjin China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering School of Life Sciences Fudan University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms Shanghai China
- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing Technology Shanghai China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology Tianjin China
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Shi T, Zhou J, Xue A, Lu H, He Y, Yu Y. Characterization and modulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress response target genes in Kluyveromyces marxianus to improve secretory expressions of heterologous proteins. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:236. [PMID: 34906221 PMCID: PMC8670139 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02086-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Kluyveromyces marxianus is a promising cell factory for producing bioethanol and that raised a demand for a high yield of heterologous proteins in this species. Expressions of heterologous proteins usually lead to the accumulation of misfolded or unfolded proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and then cause ER stress. To cope with this problem, a group of ER stress response target genes (ESRTs) are induced, mainly through a signaling network called unfolded protein response (UPR). Characterization and modulation of ESRTs direct the optimization of heterologous expressions. However, ESRTs in K. marxianus have not been identified so far. RESULTS In this study, we characterized the ER stress response in K. marxianus for the first time, by using two ER stress-inducing reagents, dithiothreitol (DTT) and tunicamycin (TM). Results showed that the Kar2-Ire1-Hac1 pathway of UPR is well conserved in K. marxianus. About 15% and 6% of genes were upregulated during treatment of DTT and TM, respectively. A total of 115 upregulated genes were characterized as ESRTs, among which 97 genes were identified as UPR target genes and 37 UPR target genes contained UPR elements in their promoters. Genes related to carbohydrate metabolic process and actin filament organization were identified as new types of UPR target genes. A total of 102 ESRTs were overexpressed separately in plasmids and their effects on productions of two different lignocellulolytic enzymes were systematically evaluated. Overexpressing genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism, including PDC1, PGK and VID28, overexpressing a chaperone gene CAJ1 or overexpressing a reductase gene MET13 substantially improved secretion expressions of heterologous proteins. Meanwhile, overexpressing a novel gene, KLMA_50479 (named ESR1), as well as overexpressing genes involved in ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD), including HRD3, USA1 andYET3, reduced the secretory expressions. ESR1 and the aforementioned ERAD genes were deleted from the genome. Resultant mutants, except the yet3Δ mutant, substantially improved secretions of three different heterologous proteins. During the fed-batch fermentation, extracellular activities of an endoxylanase and a glucanase in hrd3Δ cells improved by 43% and 28%, respectively, compared to those in wild-type cells. CONCLUSIONS Our results unveil the transcriptional scope of the ER stress response in K. marxianus and suggest efficient ways to improve productions of heterologous proteins by manipulating expressions of ESRTs.
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- Tianfang Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438 China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Shanghai, 200438 China
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Gündüz Ergün B, Hüccetoğulları D, Öztürk S, Çelik E, Çalık P. Established and Upcoming Yeast Expression Systems. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1923:1-74. [PMID: 30737734 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9024-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Yeast was the first microorganism used by mankind for biotransformation of feedstock that laid the foundations of industrial biotechnology. Long historical use, vast amount of data, and experience paved the way for Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a first yeast cell factory, and still it is an important expression platform as being the production host for several large volume products. Continuing special needs of each targeted product and different requirements of bioprocess operations have led to identification of different yeast expression systems. Modern bioprocess engineering and advances in omics technology, i.e., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, secretomics, and interactomics, allow the design of novel genetic tools with fine-tuned characteristics to be used for research and industrial applications. This chapter focuses on established and upcoming yeast expression platforms that have exceptional characteristics, such as the ability to utilize a broad range of carbon sources or remarkable resistance to various stress conditions. Besides the conventional yeast S. cerevisiae, established yeast expression systems including the methylotrophic yeasts Pichia pastoris and Hansenula polymorpha, the dimorphic yeasts Arxula adeninivorans and Yarrowia lipolytica, the lactose-utilizing yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and upcoming yeast platforms, namely, Kluyveromyces marxianus, Candida utilis, and Zygosaccharomyces bailii, are compiled with special emphasis on their genetic toolbox for recombinant protein production.
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- Burcu Gündüz Ergün
- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Bioengineering Division, Institute of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
- Industrial Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Since the founding of Drosophila genetics by Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleagues over 100 years ago, the experimental induction of mosaicism has featured prominently in its recognition as an unsurpassed genetic model organism. The use of genetic mosaics has facilitated the discovery of a wide variety of developmental processes, identified specific cell lineages, allowed the study of recessive embryonic lethal mutations, and demonstrated the existence of cell competition. Here, we discuss how genetic mosaicism in Drosophila became an invaluable research tool that revolutionized developmental biology. We describe the prevailing methods used to produce mosaic animals, and highlight advantages and disadvantages of each genetic system. We cover methods ranging from simple "twin-spot" analysis to more sophisticated systems of multicolor labeling.
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Spohner SC, Schaum V, Quitmann H, Czermak P. Kluyveromyces lactis: An emerging tool in biotechnology. J Biotechnol 2016; 222:104-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Multiple new site-specific recombinases for use in manipulating animal genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:14198-203. [PMID: 21831835 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111704108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Site-specific recombinases have been used for two decades to manipulate the structure of animal genomes in highly predictable ways and have become major research tools. However, the small number of recombinases demonstrated to have distinct specificities, low toxicity, and sufficient activity to drive reactions to completion in animals has been a limitation. In this report we show that four recombinases derived from yeast--KD, B2, B3, and R--are highly active and nontoxic in Drosophila and that KD, B2, B3, and the widely used FLP recombinase have distinct target specificities. We also show that the KD and B3 recombinases are active in mice.
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Anders A, Breunig KD. Evolutionary aspects of a genetic network: studying the lactose/galactose regulon of Kluyveromyces lactis. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 734:259-277. [PMID: 21468994 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-086-7_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The budding yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has diverged from the Saccharomyces lineage before the whole-genome duplication and its genome sequence reveals lower redundancy of many genes. Moreover, it shows lower preference for fermentative carbon metabolism and a broader substrate spectrum making it a particularly rewarding system for comparative and evolutionary studies of carbon-regulated genetic networks. The lactose/galactose regulon of K. lactis, which is regulated by the prototypic transcription activator Gal4 exemplifies important aspects of network evolution when compared with the model GAL regulon of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Differences in physiology relate to different subcellular compartmentation of regulatory components and, importantly, to quantitative differences in protein-protein interactions rather than major differences in network architecture. Here, we introduce genetic and biochemical tools to study K. lactis in general and the lactose/galactose regulon in particular. We present methods to quantify relevant protein-protein interactions in that network and to visualize such differences in simple plate assays allowing for genetic approaches in further studies.
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- Alexander Anders
- Institut für Biologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Cha M, Kim EJ, Park J, Kim J, Kim BG. Enantioselective synthesis of ethyl-(S)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate (S-HPPE) from ethyl-3-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate using recombinant fatty acid synthase (FAS2) from Kluyveromyces lactis KCTC 7133 in Pichia pastoris GS115. Enzyme Microb Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2008.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fonseca GG, Heinzle E, Wittmann C, Gombert AK. The yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus and its biotechnological potential. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 79:339-54. [PMID: 18427804 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1458-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 307] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Strains belonging to the yeast species Kluyveromyces marxianus have been isolated from a great variety of habitats, which results in a high metabolic diversity and a substantial degree of intraspecific polymorphism. As a consequence, several different biotechnological applications have been investigated with this yeast: production of enzymes (beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, inulinase, and polygalacturonases, among others), of single-cell protein, of aroma compounds, and of ethanol (including high-temperature and simultaneous saccharification-fermentation processes); reduction of lactose content in food products; production of bioingredients from cheese-whey; bioremediation; as an anticholesterolemic agent; and as a host for heterologous protein production. Compared to its congener and model organism, Kluyveromyces lactis, the accumulated knowledge on K. marxianus is much smaller and spread over a number of different strains. Although there is no publicly available genome sequence for this species, 20% of the CBS 712 strain genome was randomly sequenced (Llorente et al. in FEBS Lett 487:71-75, 2000). In spite of these facts, K. marxianus can envisage a great biotechnological future because of some of its qualities, such as a broad substrate spectrum, thermotolerance, high growth rates, and less tendency to ferment when exposed to sugar excess, when compared to K. lactis. To increase our knowledge on the biology of this species and to enable the potential applications to be converted into industrial practice, a more systematic approach, including the careful choice of (a) reference strain(s) by the scientific community, would certainly be of great value.
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Characterization of the superoxide dismutase SOD1 gene of Kluyveromyces marxianus L3 and improved production of SOD activity. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 77:1269-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1270-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Irene C, Maciariello C, Micheli G, Theis JF, Newlon CS, Fabiani L. DNA elements modulating the KARS12 chromosomal replicator in Kluyveromyces lactis. Mol Genet Genomics 2006; 277:287-99. [PMID: 17136349 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0188-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Accepted: 10/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication is initiated by a highly conserved set of proteins that interact with cis-acting elements on chromosomes called replicators. Despite the conservation of replication initiation proteins, replicator sequences show little similarity from species to species in the small number of organisms that have been examined. Examination of replicators in other species is likely to reveal common features of replicators. We have examined a Kluyeromyces lactis replicator, KARS12, that functions as origin of DNA replication on plasmids and in the chromosome. It contains a 50-bp region with similarity to two other K. lactis replicators, KARS101 and the pKD1 replication origin. Replacement of the 50-bp sequence with an EcoRI site completely abrogated the ability of KARS12 to support plasmid and chromosomal DNA replication origin activity, demonstrating this sequence is a common feature of K. lactis replicators and is essential for function, possibly as the initiator protein binding site. Additional sequences up to 1 kb in length are required for efficient KARS12 function. Within these sequences are a binding site for a global regulator, Abf1p, and a region of bent DNA, both of which contribute to the activity of KARS12. These elements may facilitate protein binding, protein/protein interaction and/or nucleosome positioning as has been proposed for other eukaryotic origins of DNA replication.
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- Carmela Irene
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università La Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro, 5, Roma, Italy
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Irene C, Maciariello C, Cioci F, Camilloni G, Newlon CS, Fabiani L. Identification of the sequences required for chromosomal replicator function in Kluyveromyces lactis. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:1413-23. [PMID: 14982634 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The analysis of replication intermediates of a Kluyveromyces lactis chromosomal autonomous replicating sequence (ARS), KARS101, has shown that it is active as a chromosomal replicator. KARS101 contains a 50 bp sequence conserved in two other K. lactis ARS elements. The deletion of the conserved sequence in KARS101 completely abolished replicator activity, in both the plasmids and the chromosome. Gel shift assays indicated that this sequence binds proteins present in K. lactis nuclear extracts, and a 40 bp sequence, previously defined as the core essential for K. lactis ARS function, is required for efficient binding. Reminiscent of the origin replication complex (ORC), the binding appears to be ATP dependent. A similar pattern of protection of the core was seen with in vitro footprinting. KARS101 also functions as an ARS sequence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A comparative study using S. cerevisiae nuclear extracts revealed that the sequence required for binding is a dodecanucleotide related to the S. cerevisiae ARS consensus sequence and essential for S. cerevisiae ARS activity.
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- Carmela Irene
- Dipartimento Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Universita La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro, 5, Rome Italy
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Jayaram M, Mehta S, Uzri D, Voziyanov Y, Velmurugan S. Site-specific recombination and partitioning systems in the stable high copy propagation of the 2-micron yeast plasmid. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 77:127-72. [PMID: 15196892 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)77004-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Makkuni Jayaram
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Toffano-Nioche C, Artiguenave F, Duchateau-Nguyen G, Lemaire M, Marmeisse R, Montrocher R, Robert C, Termier M, Wincker P, Wésolowski-Louvel M. Genomic exploration of the hemiascomycetous yeasts: 11. Kluyveromyces lactis. FEBS Lett 2000; 487:66-70. [PMID: 11152886 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02282-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Random sequencing of the Kluyveromyces lactis genome allowed the identification of 2235-2601 open reading frames (ORFs) homologous to S. cerevisiae ORFs, 51 ORFs which were homologous to genes from other species, 64 tRNAs, the complete rDNA repeat, and a few Ty1- and Ty2-like sequences. In addition, the complete sequence of plasmid pKD1 and a large coverage of the mitochondrial genome were obtained. The global distribution into general functional categories found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and as defined by MIPS is well conserved in K. lactis. However, detailed examination of certain subcategories revealed a small excess of genes involved in amino acid metabolism in K. lactis. The sequences are deposited at EMBL under the accession numbers AL424881-AL430960.
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- M Bolotin-Fukuhara
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Microbiologie, IGM, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
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Schaffrath R, Breunig KD. Genetics and molecular physiology of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Fungal Genet Biol 2000; 30:173-90. [PMID: 11035939 DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2000.1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With the recent development of powerful molecular genetic tools, Kluyveromyces lactis has become an excellent alternative yeast model organism for studying the relationships between genetics and physiology. In particular, comparative yeast research has been providing insights into the strikingly different physiological strategies that are reflected by dominance of respiration over fermentation in K. lactis versus Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Other than S. cerevisiae, whose physiology is exceptionally affected by the so-called glucose effect, K. lactis is adapted to aerobiosis and its respiratory system does not underlie glucose repression. As a consequence, K. lactis has been successfully established in biomass-directed industrial applications and large-scale expression of biotechnically relevant gene products. In addition, K. lactis maintains species-specific phenomena such as the "DNA-killer system, " analyses of which are promising to extend our knowledge about microbial competition and the fundamentals of plasmid biology.
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- R Schaffrath
- Institut für Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle(Saale), Germany.
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Bartkevi&cbreve;iūte D, Siek&sbreve;tele R, Sasnauskas K. Heterologous expression of the Kluyveromyces marxianus endopolygalacturonase gene (EPG1) using versatile autonomously replicating vector for a wide range of host. Enzyme Microb Technol 2000; 26:653-656. [PMID: 10862869 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00155-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A versatile plasmid shuttle vector system pKDU7 was constructed, which is useful for the heterologous gene expression in a wide range of Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces strains. This cloning vector was constructed using the 1.6-µm circular plasmid pKD1 of Kluyveromyces drosophilarum, the URA3 gene of K. marxianus as well as the pUC19 sequences. The stability of vector in transformants strongly depends on the integrity of the functionally important elements of pKD1. It was shown by comparison of three recombinant vectors, which possessed the pKD1 sequence inserted in different ways. The efficient transformation and stability maintenance of the vector constructed in various strains of Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces was shown by the expression of the EPG1 gene of the Kluyveromyces marxianus encoding pectin-degrading endopolygalacturonase.
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A gratuitous induction system based on the strong, indigenous LAC4 promoter was developed for Kluyveromyces lactis. To prevent consumption of the inducer galactose, a strain with a gal1-209 mutation was employed; this mutation disables the galactokinase function but retains the regulatory function for induction. The Escherichia coli lacZ gene (encoding beta-galactosidase) is functional in K. lactis and was used as the reporter gene downstream of the LAC4 promoter on a multicopy plasmid. The gal1-209 strain exhibited several unexpected phenomena, including partial consumption of the inducer galactose (although at a much slower rate relative to GAL1 strains) and growth inhibition at high concentrations of galactose. These unusual characteristics, however, did not prevent the successful construction of a strong gratuitous induction system. Due to the low rate of inducer consumption for the gratuitous strain, very low concentrations of galactose (1:20 galactose:glucose) resulted in high-level induction. Under these conditions, beta-galactosidase specific and volumetric activities were 4.2- and 5.5-fold higher, respectively, than those for the "GAL1" nongratuitous strain. This research demonstrated the improved productivity possible via LAC4 promoter-based gratuitous induction (and thus a more stable inducer concentration). The effects of various carbon source concentrations on growth and induction were also determined.
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- H B Hsieh
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2575, USA
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Morlino GB, Tizzani L, Fleer R, Frontali L, Bianchi MM. Inducible amplification of gene copy number and heterologous protein production in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:4808-13. [PMID: 10543790 PMCID: PMC91648 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4808-4813.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Heterologous protein production can be doubled by increasing the copy number of the corresponding heterologous gene. We constructed a host-vector system in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis that was able to induce copy number amplification of pKD1 plasmid-based vectors upon expression of an integrated copy of the plasmid recombinase gene. We increased the production and secretion of two heterologous proteins, glucoamylase from the yeast Arxula adeninivorans and mammalian interleukin-1beta, following gene dosage amplification when the heterologous genes were carried by pKD1-based vectors. The choice of the promoters for expression of the integrated recombinase gene and of the episomal heterologous genes are critical for the mitotic stability of the host-vector system.
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- G B Morlino
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome 00185, Italy
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This review describes the molecular studies of Schwanniomyces occidentalis (Debaryomyces occidentalis) concerning transformation, genome, gene cloning, gene structure, gene expression and its characteristics to application. Schw. occidentalis appears to have at least five or seven chromosomes and no native plasmid from the yeast has been reported. Four transformation systems based on complement of Schw. occidentalis auxotrophic mutants were established. Vectors with the replicon of 2-micron plasmid and autonomous replication sequences (ARS) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schw. occidentalis ARS replicated extrachromosomally in Schw. occidentalis transformants, without modification of the transformed vector DNA. So far, at least 21 Schw. occidentalis genes encoding 14 different proteins have been cloned. Most of the Schw. occidentalis genes have shown homologies (45 to 91%) with the corresponding genes of other organisms, especially of S. cerevisiae. However, some Schw. occidentalis genes possess other unique structures for their operators, promoters, transcription initiation sites, and terminators. Some foreign genes were expressed in Schw. occidentalis, while Schw. occidentalis genes functioned in other yeasts and bacteria, Escherichia coli, and Streptomyces lividans. Due to a strong ability of secretion and low level of glycosylation, Schw. occidentalis might be a promising host to produce heterologous proteins.
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- T T Wang
- Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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Saliola M, Mazzoni C, Solimando N, Crisà A, Falcone C, Jung G, Fleer R. Use of the KlADH4 promoter for ethanol-dependent production of recombinant human serum albumin in Kluyveromyces lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:53-60. [PMID: 9872759 PMCID: PMC90982 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.53-60.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/1998] [Accepted: 10/08/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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KlADH4 is a gene of Kluyveromyces lactis encoding a mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase activity which is specifically induced by ethanol. The promoter of this gene was used for the expression of heterologous proteins in K. lactis, a very promising organism which can be used as an alternative host to Saccharomyces cerevisiae due to its good secretory properties. In this paper we report the ethanol-driven expression in K. lactis of the bacterial beta-glucuronidase and of the human serum albumin (HSA) genes under the control of the KlADH4 promoter. In particular, we studied the extracellular production of recombinant HSA (rHSA) with integrative and replicative vectors and obtained a significant increase in the amount of the protein with multicopy vectors, showing that no limitation of KlADH4 trans-acting factors occurred in the cells. By deletion analysis of the promoter, we identified an element (UASE) which is sufficient for the induction of KlADH4 by ethanol and, when inserted in the respective promoters, allows ethanol-dependent activation of other yeast genes, such as PGK and LAC4. We also analyzed the effect of medium composition on cell growth and protein secretion. A clear improvement in the production of the recombinant protein was achieved by shifting from batch cultures (0.3 g/liter) to fed-batch cultures (1 g/liter) with ethanol as the preferred carbon source.
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- M Saliola
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 00185 Rome, Italy
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Janssen A, Chen XJ. Cloning, sequencing and disruption of the ARG8 gene encoding acetylornithine aminotransferase in the petite-negative yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Yeast 1998; 14:281-5. [PMID: 9544247 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199802)14:3<281::aid-yea212>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A recombinant plasmid was isolated from a Kluyveromyces lactis genomic DNA library which complements a Saccharomyces cerevisiae arg8 mutant defective in the gene encoding acetylornithine aminotransferase. The complementation activity was found to reside within a 2.0 kb DNA fragment. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame able to encode a 423-residue protein sharing 68.1% and 35.0% sequence identities with the products of the ARG8 and argD genes of S. cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. That the cloned gene, KlARG8, is the functional equivalent of S. cerevisiae ARG8 was supported by a gene disruption experiment which showed that K. lactis strains carrying a deleted chromosomal copy of KlARG8 are auxotrophic for arginine.
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- A Janssen
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia
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Blaisonneau J, Sor F, Cheret G, Yarrow D, Fukuhara H. A circular plasmid from the yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii. Plasmid 1998; 38:202-9. [PMID: 9435022 DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A new member of the 2-micron family of plasmids, named pTD1, was found in the yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii, a widespread yeast associated with food. Nucleotide sequences revealed the presence of a pair of inverted repeats and three open reading frames, one of which is a homologue of the FLP recombinase gene of 2-micron plasmid. An ARS region was identified, by replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and T. delbrueckii, near one of the inverted repeats. By the use of pTD1 derivatives and auxotrophic mutant hosts an efficient host-vector system was established for T. delbrueckii. So far, the 2-micron family of plasmids is restricted to four closely related genera (Q6 group): Saccharomyces, Zygosaccharomyces, Kluyveromyces, and Torulaspora. After a survey of 2500 strains belonging to about 500 species (80 genera) of yeast, no circular plasmids were found in other genera.
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- J Blaisonneau
- Institut Curie Section de Recherche, UMR 216, Centre Universitaire Paris XI, Orsay, France
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Nunes-Düby SE, Kwon HJ, Tirumalai RS, Ellenberger T, Landy A. Similarities and differences among 105 members of the Int family of site-specific recombinases. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:391-406. [PMID: 9421491 PMCID: PMC147275 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.2.391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 348] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Alignments of 105 site-specific recombinases belonging to the Int family of proteins identified extended areas of similarity and three types of structural differences. In addition to the previously recognized conservation of the tetrad R-H-R-Y, located in boxes I and II, several newly identified sequence patches include charged amino acids that are highly conserved and a specific pattern of buried residues contributing to the overall protein fold. With some notable exceptions, unconserved regions correspond to loops in the crystal structures of the catalytic domains of lambda Int (Int c170) and HP1 Int (HPC) and of the recombinases XerD and Cre. Two structured regions also harbor some pronounced differences. The first comprises beta-sheets 4 and 5, alpha-helix D and the adjacent loop connecting it to alpha-helix E: two Ints of phages infecting thermophilic bacteria are missing this region altogether; the crystal structures of HPC, XerD and Cre reveal a lack of beta-sheets 4 and 5; Cre displays two additional beta-sheets following alpha-helix D; five recombinases carry large insertions. The second involves the catalytic tyrosine and is seen in a comparison of the four crystal structures. The yeast recombinases can theoretically be fitted to the Int fold, but the overall differences, involving changes in spacing as well as in motif structure, are more substantial than seen in most other proteins. The phenotypes of mutations compiled from several proteins are correlated with the available structural information and structure-function relationships are discussed. In addition, a few prokaryotic and eukaryotic enzymes with partial homology with the Int family of recombinases may be distantly related, either through divergent or convergent evolution. These include a restriction enzyme and a subgroup of eukaryotic RNA helicases (D-E-A-D proteins).
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- S E Nunes-Düby
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Ringrose L, Angrand PO, Stewart AF. The Kw recombinase, an integrase from Kluyveromyces waltii. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 248:903-12. [PMID: 9342245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00903.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Site-specific recombinases of the integrase family share limited amino-acid-sequence similarity, but use a common reaction mechanism to recombine distinct DNA target sites. Here we report the characterisation of the Kw site-specific recombinase, encoded on the 2 mu-like plasmid pKWS1 from the yeast Kluyveromyces waltii. Using in vitro-translated Kw recombinase, we show that the protein is able to bind and to recombine its putative DNA target site. Recombination is conservative and the Kw target site has a spacer of seven base pairs. We show that Kw recombinase is able to mediate recombination in a mammalian cell line, thus, it has potential for use as a tool for genomic manipulation in heterologous systems.
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- L Ringrose
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Walsh DJ, Bergquist PL. Expression and secretion of a thermostable bacterial xylanase in Kluyveromyces lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:3297-300. [PMID: 9251219 PMCID: PMC168630 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3297-3300.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The xynA structural gene from the extremely thermophilic anaerobe Dictyoglomus thermophilum Rt46B.1 was fused in frame with the secretion signal of the Kluyveromyces lactis killer toxin in episomal expression vectors based on the Kluyveromyces plasmid pKD1. XynA was secreted predominantly as an unglycosylated 35-kDa protein which comprised up to 90% of the total extracellular proteins and reached a concentration of 130 micrograms/ml in shake-flask cultures grown under selective conditions.
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- D J Walsh
- Centre for Gene Technology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Gellissen G, Hollenberg CP. Application of yeasts in gene expression studies: a comparison of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Hansenula polymorpha and Kluyveromyces lactis -- a review. Gene 1997; 190:87-97. [PMID: 9185853 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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From the onset of gene technology yeasts have been among the most commonly used host cells for the production of heterologous proteins. At the beginning of this new development the attention in molecular biology and biotechnology focused on the use of the best characterized species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, leading to an increasing number of production systems for recombinant compounds. In recent years alternative yeasts became accessible for the techniques of modern molecular genetics and, thereby, for potential applications in biotechnology. In this respect Kluyveromyces lactis, and the methylotrophs Hansenula polymorpha and Pichia pastoris have been proven to offer significant advantages over the traditional baker's yeast for the production of certain proteins. In the following article, the present status of the various yeast systems is discussed.
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Billard P, Ménart S, Blaisonneau J, Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Fukuhara H, Wésolowski-Louvel M. Glucose uptake in Kluyveromyces lactis: role of the HGT1 gene in glucose transport. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:5860-6. [PMID: 8830679 PMCID: PMC178439 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5860-5866.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A gene for high-affinity glucose transport, HGT1, has been isolated from the lactose-assimilating yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Disruption strains showed much-reduced uptake of glucose at low concentrations and growth was particularly affected in low-glucose medium. The HGT1 nucleotide sequence implies that it encodes a typical transmembrane protein with 12 hydrophobic domains and with 26 to 31% amino acid identity with the Hxtp family of glucose transport elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression is constitutive (in contrast to RAG1, the major gene for low-affinity glucose uptake in K. lactis) and is controlled by several genes also known to affect expression of RAG1. These include RAG5 (which codes for the single hexokinase of K. lactis), which is required for HGT1 transcription, and RAG4, which has a negative effect. The double mutant deltahgt1deltarag1 showed further reduced glucose uptake but still grew quite well on 2% glucose and was not completely impaired even on 0.1% glucose.
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- P Billard
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Chen XJ. Low- and high-copy-number shuttle vectors for replication in the budding yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Gene X 1996; 172:131-6. [PMID: 8654973 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00125-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Four sets of plasmid vectors for the budding yeast Kluyveromyces lactis (Kl) have been constructed. All plasmids are pUC19-based shuttle vectors having multiple unique sites in their multiple cloning site (MCS) within the bacterial lacZ gene. The first set of vectors contains Klori, the origin of replication for Kl isolated from Kluyveromyces plasmid pKD1, and one of the selectable nutritional markers, URA3, TRP1 or LEU2. These markers from the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc), can complement the uraA1, trp1 and leu2 mutations of Kl. The second set of vectors, in addition to Klori, contains the ARS (autonomously replicating sequence) and centromeric sequences of Sc, and are able to replicate in both Sc and Kl. The third group of plasmids is centromeric vectors that are maintained in Kl at low copy number. The last family of vectors was designed for gene overexpression. As they contain the bacterial kanamycin-resistance-encoding gene (kan), plasmid copy number can be amplified to over 100 copies per cell in Kl by growing cells in the presence of the antibiotic G418 (Geneticin). This type of vector has been used to study the high-copy-lethality phenotype of a truncated version of the Kl MGI2 gene encoding the alpha-subunit of the mitochondrial F1F0-ATP synthase.
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- X J Chen
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia.
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Bui DM, Kunze I, Horstmann C, Schmidt T, Breunig KD, Kunze G. Expression of the Arxula adeninivorans glucoamylase gene in Kluyveromyces lactis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1996; 45:102-6. [PMID: 8920185 DOI: 10.1007/s002530050655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The glucoamylase gene of the yeast Arxula adeninivorans was expressed in Kluyveromyces lactis by using the GAP promoter from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a multicopy plasmid vector. The transformants secreted 90.1% of the synthesized glucoamylase into the culture medium. The secreted glucoamylase activities are about 20 times higher in comparison to those of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformants using the same promoter. Secreted glucoamylase possesses identical N-terminal amino acid sequences to those secreted by A. adeninivorans showing that cleavage of the N-terminal signal peptide takes place at the same site. Biochemical characteristics of glucoamylase expressed by K. lactis and A. adeninivorans are very similar.
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- D M Bui
- Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
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Saliola M, Falcone C. Two mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase activities of Kluyveromyces lactis are differently expressed during respiration and fermentation. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1995; 249:665-72. [PMID: 8544832 DOI: 10.1007/bf00418036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The lactose-utilizing yeast Kluyveromyces lactis is an essentially aerobic organism in which both respiration and fermentation can coexist depending on the sugar concentration. Despite a low fermentative capacity as compared to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, four structural genes encoding alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activities are present in this yeast. Two of these activities, namely K1ADH III and K1ADH IV, are located within mitochondria and their presence is dependent on the carbon sources in the medium. In this paper we demonstrate by transcription and activity analysis that KlADH3 is expressed in the presence of low glucose concentrations and in the presence of respiratory carbon sources other than ethanol. Indeed ethanol acts as a strong repressor of this gene. On the other hand, KlADH4 is induced by the presence of ethanol and not by other respiratory carbon sources. We also demonstrate that the presence of KLADH III and KLADH IV in K. lactis cells is dependent on glucose concentration, glucose uptake and the amount of ethanol produced. As a consequence, these activities can be used as markers for the onset of respiratory and fermentative metabolism in this yeast.
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- M Saliola
- Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy
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Meinhardt F, Holtwick R. Generation of a stable non-reverting Leu- mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis by gene disruption. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1995; 42:734-7. [PMID: 7765915 DOI: 10.1007/bf00171954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The LEU2 gene coding for beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis strain AWJ137 was disrupted. In the resulting Leu- strain a 0.57 x 10(3)-base pairs PstI/BglII fragment of the LEU2 coding region was replaced by the TRP1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The mutant strain was characterized by stability tests and a physical map of the disrupted region was established by restriction-enzyme analysis combined with hybridization experiments. The usefulness of the mutant strain as a recipient was shown by transformation experiments.
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- F Meinhardt
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
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Blondeau K, Boze H, Jung G, Moulin G, Galzy P. Physiological approach to heterologous human serum albumin production by Kluyveromyces lactis in chemostat culture. Yeast 1994; 10:1297-303. [PMID: 7900418 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320101006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Production of recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA) controlled by the constitutive promoter phosphoglycerate kinase was studied in Kluyveromyces lactis. It was governed by both cell concentration and glycolytic flow. The triggering of the fermentation metabolism by unfavourable culture conditions (pH, pO2, D) caused a decrease in the synthesis of the heterologous protein. The highest productivity (75 mg l-1 per h) and rHSA concentration (62 mg l-1) were obtained in chemostat culture with a dilution rate of 0.12 h-1 and with 38 g l-1 dry weight.
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- K Blondeau
- Chaire de Microbiologie Industrielle et de Génétique des Micro-organismes, ENSA-INRA, Montpellier, France
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A Kluyveromyces lactis mutant, hypersensitive to the DNA-targeting drugs ethidium bromide (EtBr), berenil, and HOE15030, can be complemented by a wild-type gene with homology to SIR2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScSIR2). The deduced amino acid sequence of the K. lactis Sir2 protein has 53% identity with ScSir2 protein but is 108 residues longer. K. lactis sir2 mutants show decreased mating efficiency, deficiency in sporulation, an increase in recombination at the ribosomal DNA locus, and EtBr-induced death. Some functional equivalence between the Sir2 proteins of K. lactis and S. cerevisiae has been demonstrated by introduction of ScSIR2 into a sir2 mutant of K. lactis. Expression of ScSIR2 on a multicopy plasmid restores resistance to EtBr and complements sporulation deficiency. Similarly, mating efficiency of a sir2 mutant of S. cerevisiae is partially restored by K. lactis SIR2 on a multicopy plasmid. Although these observations suggest that there has been some conservation of Sir2 protein function, a striking difference is that sir2 mutants of S. cerevisiae, unlike their K. lactis counterparts, are not hypersensitive to DNA-targeting drugs.
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Chen XJ, Clark-Walker GD. sir2 mutants of Kluyveromyces lactis are hypersensitive to DNA-targeting drugs. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:4501-8. [PMID: 8007956 PMCID: PMC358822 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4501-4508.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A Kluyveromyces lactis mutant, hypersensitive to the DNA-targeting drugs ethidium bromide (EtBr), berenil, and HOE15030, can be complemented by a wild-type gene with homology to SIR2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScSIR2). The deduced amino acid sequence of the K. lactis Sir2 protein has 53% identity with ScSir2 protein but is 108 residues longer. K. lactis sir2 mutants show decreased mating efficiency, deficiency in sporulation, an increase in recombination at the ribosomal DNA locus, and EtBr-induced death. Some functional equivalence between the Sir2 proteins of K. lactis and S. cerevisiae has been demonstrated by introduction of ScSIR2 into a sir2 mutant of K. lactis. Expression of ScSIR2 on a multicopy plasmid restores resistance to EtBr and complements sporulation deficiency. Similarly, mating efficiency of a sir2 mutant of S. cerevisiae is partially restored by K. lactis SIR2 on a multicopy plasmid. Although these observations suggest that there has been some conservation of Sir2 protein function, a striking difference is that sir2 mutants of S. cerevisiae, unlike their K. lactis counterparts, are not hypersensitive to DNA-targeting drugs.
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- X J Chen
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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Gal80 proteins of Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are highly conserved but contribute differently to glucose repression of the galactose regulon. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8246973 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.12.7566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We cloned the GAL80 gene encoding the negative regulator of the transcriptional activator Gal4 (Lac9) from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. The deduced amino acid sequence of K. lactis GAL80 revealed a strong structural conservation between K. lactis Gal80 and the homologous Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein, with an overall identity of 60% and two conserved blocks with over 80% identical residues. K. lactis gal80 disruption mutants show constitutive expression of the lactose/galactose metabolic genes, confirming that K. lactis Gal80 functions in essentially in the same way as does S. cerevisiae Gal80, blocking activation by the transcriptional activator Lac9 (K. lactis Gal4) in the absence of an inducing sugar. However, in contrast to S. cerevisiae, in which Gal4-dependent activation is strongly inhibited by glucose even in a gal80 mutant, glucose repressibility is almost completely lost in gal80 mutants of K. lactis. Indirect evidence suggests that this difference in phenotype is due to a higher activator concentration in K. lactis which is able to overcome glucose repression. Expression of the K. lactis GAL80 gene is controlled by Lac9. Two high-affinity binding sites in the GAL80 promoter mediate a 70-fold induction by galactose and hence negative autoregulation by Gal80. Gal80 in turn not only controls Lac9 activity but also has a moderate influence on its rate of synthesis. Thus, a feedback control mechanism exists between the positive and negative regulators. By mutating the Lac9 binding sites of the GAL80 promoter, we could show that induction of GAL80 is required to prevent activation of the lactose/galactose regulon in glycerol or glucose plus galactose, whereas the noninduced level of Gal80 is sufficient to completely block Lac9 function in glucose.
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Zenke FT, Zachariae W, Lunkes A, Breunig KD. Gal80 proteins of Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are highly conserved but contribute differently to glucose repression of the galactose regulon. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:7566-76. [PMID: 8246973 PMCID: PMC364828 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.12.7566-7576.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We cloned the GAL80 gene encoding the negative regulator of the transcriptional activator Gal4 (Lac9) from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. The deduced amino acid sequence of K. lactis GAL80 revealed a strong structural conservation between K. lactis Gal80 and the homologous Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein, with an overall identity of 60% and two conserved blocks with over 80% identical residues. K. lactis gal80 disruption mutants show constitutive expression of the lactose/galactose metabolic genes, confirming that K. lactis Gal80 functions in essentially in the same way as does S. cerevisiae Gal80, blocking activation by the transcriptional activator Lac9 (K. lactis Gal4) in the absence of an inducing sugar. However, in contrast to S. cerevisiae, in which Gal4-dependent activation is strongly inhibited by glucose even in a gal80 mutant, glucose repressibility is almost completely lost in gal80 mutants of K. lactis. Indirect evidence suggests that this difference in phenotype is due to a higher activator concentration in K. lactis which is able to overcome glucose repression. Expression of the K. lactis GAL80 gene is controlled by Lac9. Two high-affinity binding sites in the GAL80 promoter mediate a 70-fold induction by galactose and hence negative autoregulation by Gal80. Gal80 in turn not only controls Lac9 activity but also has a moderate influence on its rate of synthesis. Thus, a feedback control mechanism exists between the positive and negative regulators. By mutating the Lac9 binding sites of the GAL80 promoter, we could show that induction of GAL80 is required to prevent activation of the lactose/galactose regulon in glycerol or glucose plus galactose, whereas the noninduced level of Gal80 is sufficient to completely block Lac9 function in glucose.
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- F T Zenke
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Bergkamp RJ, Bootsman TC, Toschka HY, Mooren AT, Kox L, Verbakel JM, Geerse RH, Planta RJ. Expression of an alpha-galactosidase gene under control of the homologous inulinase promoter in Kluyveromyces marxianus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1993; 40:309-17. [PMID: 7764385 DOI: 10.1007/bf00170386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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For expression of the alpha-galactosidase gene from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba in Kluyveromyces marxianus CBS 6556 we have used the promoter of the homologous inulinase-encoding gene (INU1). The INU1 gene has been cloned and sequenced and the coding region shows an identity of 59% with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae invertase gene (SUC2). In the 5'-flanking region of INU1 we found a sequence (TAAATCCGGGG) that perfectly matches to the MIG1 binding consensus sequence (WWWWTSYGGGG) of the S. cerevisiae GAL1, GAL4 and SUC2 genes. Using the K. marxianus INU1 promoter and prepro-signal sequence, we obtained a high alpha-galactosidase production level (153 mg/l) and a secretion efficiency of 99%. Both the production level and the secretion efficiency were significantly reduced when the INU1 pro-peptide was deleted. With either the S. cerevisiae PGK or GAL7 promoter we could obtain only low alpha-galactosidase production levels (2 mg/l).
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- R J Bergkamp
- Laboratorium voor Biochemie en Moleculaire Biologie, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Karine B, Boutur O, HeTene B, Moulin G, Galzy P. Influence of culture conditions on the production of heterologous interleukin 1? by Kluyveromyces lactis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00156338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Abastado JP, Ojcius DM, Casrouge A, Yeh P, Schumacher TN, Ploegh HL, Kourilsky P. A soluble, single-chain Kd molecule produced by yeast selects a peptide repertoire indistinguishable from that of cell-surface-associated Kd. Eur J Immunol 1993; 23:1776-83. [PMID: 8344339 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830230807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Peptide binding to a soluble, single-chain Kd protein produced by the yeast strain Kluyveromyces lactis, and to Kd molecules on Kd-expressing cells (P815) was studied using radiolabeled Kd-restricted peptides. The stability of the peptide-Kd complexes formed was monitored in the absence and presence of unlabeled competitor peptides. Radioiodination of the Tyr anchor residue in position 2 of the peptide interferes with binding. A Kd-biased peptide library and a modified antigenic peptide in which a second Tyr was added in positions 6 and 8, respectively, were therefore used to assay binding. Recombinant and cell-associated Kd molecules are very similar in the following respects: the ease with which the proteins can be loaded with labeled peptide; the spectrum of peptides selected from a peptide library; the stability of the labeled peptide-Kd complex formed; and the ability to partially dissociate the class I-peptide complex with exogenous, unlabeled peptides. These results imply that measurements of peptide binding to soluble Kd molecules are a reliable indicator of the peptide-binding properties of Kd proteins on living cells. The large quantities of soluble recombinant Kd protein currently available represent an invaluable tool not only for dissecting the molecular mechanisms of antigen presentation but also for vaccinations and the design of T cell-specific toxins.
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- J P Abastado
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, INSERM U.277, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Swinkels BW, van Ooyen AJ, Bonekamp FJ. The yeast Kluyveromyces lactis as an efficient host for heterologous gene expression. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:187-201. [PMID: 8092859 DOI: 10.1007/bf00873027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Several different yeast species have been developed into systems for efficient heterologous gene expression. In this paper we review foreign gene expression in the dairy yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. This yeast presents several advantageous properties in comparison to other yeast species. These include its impressive secretory capacities, its excellent fermentation characteristics on large scale, its food grade status and the availability of both episomal and integrative expression vectors. Moreover, in contrast to the methylotrophic yeasts that are frequently used for the expression of foreign genes, K. lactis does not require explosion-proof fermentation equipment. Here, we present an overview of the available tools for heterologous gene expression in K. lactis (available promoters, vector systems, etc). Also, the production of prochymosin, human serum albumin and pancreatic phospholipase by K. lactis is discussed in more detail, and used to rate the achievements of K. lactis with respect to other micro-organisms in which these proteins have been produced.
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- B W Swinkels
- Gist-Brocades B.V., Research and Development, Delft, The Netherlands
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Expression of the transcriptional activator LAC9 (KlGAL4) in Kluyveromyces lactis is controlled by autoregulation. Mol Cell Biol 1993. [PMID: 8474461 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.5.3058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The concentration of the transcriptional activator LAC9 (KlGAL4) of Kluyveromyces lactis is moderately regulated by the carbon source as is the case for GAL4, its homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of the LAC9 gene is induced about twofold in galactose. This induction is due to autoregulation. The LAC9 gene product binds to a low-affinity binding site in the LAC9 promoter and moderately activates transcription in response to galactose above a basal level. As for the LAC9-controlled metabolic genes, induction of LAC9 is inhibited in the presence of glucose. This inhibition of induction is a prerequisite for glucose repression of the lactose-galactose metabolic pathway. On the other hand, induced LAC9 levels are required for optimal growth on galactose, since mutating the LAC9 binding site in the LAC9 promoter resulted in poor growth and reduced expression of LAC9-controlled genes. Thus, in addition to the GAL80-dependent regulation by protein-protein interaction, the regulation of LAC9 gene expression is an important parameter in determining carbon source control of the LAC-GAL regulon. Although the mode of control is different, the pattern of LAC9 gene regulation resembles that of the S. cerevisiae GAL4 gene, being lower in glucose and glucose-galactose than in galactose.
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Zachariae W, Breunig KD. Expression of the transcriptional activator LAC9 (KlGAL4) in Kluyveromyces lactis is controlled by autoregulation. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:3058-66. [PMID: 8474461 PMCID: PMC359698 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.5.3058-3066.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The concentration of the transcriptional activator LAC9 (KlGAL4) of Kluyveromyces lactis is moderately regulated by the carbon source as is the case for GAL4, its homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of the LAC9 gene is induced about twofold in galactose. This induction is due to autoregulation. The LAC9 gene product binds to a low-affinity binding site in the LAC9 promoter and moderately activates transcription in response to galactose above a basal level. As for the LAC9-controlled metabolic genes, induction of LAC9 is inhibited in the presence of glucose. This inhibition of induction is a prerequisite for glucose repression of the lactose-galactose metabolic pathway. On the other hand, induced LAC9 levels are required for optimal growth on galactose, since mutating the LAC9 binding site in the LAC9 promoter resulted in poor growth and reduced expression of LAC9-controlled genes. Thus, in addition to the GAL80-dependent regulation by protein-protein interaction, the regulation of LAC9 gene expression is an important parameter in determining carbon source control of the LAC-GAL regulon. Although the mode of control is different, the pattern of LAC9 gene regulation resembles that of the S. cerevisiae GAL4 gene, being lower in glucose and glucose-galactose than in galactose.
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- W Zachariae
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Chen XJ, Clark-Walker GD. Mutations in MGI genes convert Kluyveromyces lactis into a petite-positive yeast. Genetics 1993; 133:517-25. [PMID: 8454202 PMCID: PMC1205340 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/133.3.517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Following targeted disruption of the unique CYC1 gene, the petite-negative yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis, was found to grow fermentatively in the absence of cytochrome c-mediated respiration. This observation encouraged us to seek mitochondrial mutants by treatment of K. lactis with ethidium bromide at the highest concentration permitting survival. By this technique, we isolated four mtDNA mutants, three lacking mtDNA and one with a deleted mitochondrial genome. In the three isolates lacking mtDNA, a nuclear mutation is present that permits petite formation. The three mutations occur at two different loci, designated MGI1 and MGI2 (for Mitochondrial Genome Integrity). The mgi mutations convert K. lactis into a petite-positive yeast. Like bakers' yeast, the mgi mutants spontaneously produce petites with deletions in mtDNA and lose this genome at high frequency on treatment with ethidium bromide. We suggest that the MGI gene products are required for maintaining the integrity of the mitochondrial genome and that, petite-positive yeasts may be naturally altered in one or other of these genes.
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- X J Chen
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City
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Gellissen G, Melber K, Janowicz ZA, Dahlems UM, Weydemann U, Piontek M, Strasser AW, Hollenberg CP. Heterologous protein production in yeast. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1992; 62:79-93. [PMID: 1444338 DOI: 10.1007/bf00584464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The exploitation of recombinant DNA technology to engineer expression systems for heterologous proteins represented a major task within the field of biotechnology during the last decade. Yeasts attracted the attention of molecular biologists because of properties most favourable for their use as hosts in heterologous protein production. Yeasts follow the general eukaryotic posttranslational modification pattern of expressed polypeptides, exhibit the ability to secrete heterologous proteins and benefit from an established fermentation technology. Aside from the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an increasing number of alternative non-Saccharomyces yeast species are used as expression systems in basic research and for an industrial application. In the following review a selection from the different yeast systems is described and compared.
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- M A Romanos
- Department of Cell Biology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, U.K
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Chen XJ, Wésolowski-Louvel M, Fukuhara H. Glucose transport in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. II. Transcriptional regulation of the glucose transporter gene RAG1. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1992; 233:97-105. [PMID: 1603079 DOI: 10.1007/bf00587566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The RAG1 gene encodes a membrane protein involved in the low-affinity glucose/fructose transport system of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Analysis of steady-state mRNA levels analysis and quantitation of expression by beta-galactosidase from RAG1-lacZ fusions assays revealed that the RAG1 gene was poorly expressed in cells grown under gluconeogenesis conditions, but was induced more than ten-fold when they were grown on various sugars. These sugars included glucose, fructose, mannose, sucrose, raffinose, as well as galactose. Nucleotide sequence and deletion analysis of the 5' flanking region of the RAG1 gene showed that an essential cis-acting element required for induced transcription of the RAG1 gene resided between -615 and -750 from the coding sequence. This region contained a 22 bp purine stretch, and a pair of 11 bp direct repeat sequences. The 11 bp repeats harbor a CCAAT motif, a consensus sequence for binding of the yeast and mammalian HAP2/3/4-type protein complex. The transcription of the RAG1 gene was dramatically affected by three unlinked mutations, rag4, rag5 and rag8. We discuss the possible roles of RAG4, RAG5 and RAG8 gene products in the expression of the RAG1 gene, as well as the importance of the inducible RAG1 gene in the fermentative growth of K. lactis.
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- X J Chen
- Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Bergkamp RJ, Kool IM, Geerse RH, Planta RJ. Multiple-copy integration of the alpha-galactosidase gene from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba into the ribosomal DNA of Kluyveromyces lactis. Curr Genet 1992; 21:365-70. [PMID: 1326415 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have developed a vector system for high-copy-number integration into the ribosomal DNA of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. This system is analogous to the pMIRY-system developed for Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plasmids containing a portion of K. lactis rDNA for targeted homologous recombination, as well as the S. cerevisiae TRP1 gene with various promoter deletions, were constructed and, after transformation to K. lactis, analyzed for both copy number and stability. These plasmids were found to be present in about 60 copies per cell and were stably maintained during growth under non-selective conditions. Using this vector system, we expressed a fusion construct containing the S. cerevisiae GAL7 promoter, the SUC2 (invertase) signal sequence and the gene coding for alpha-galactosidase from the plant Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. Although the maximum copy number of these integrated plasmids was only about 15, we nevertheless obtained a high level of alpha-galactosidase production (250 mg/l) with a secretion efficiency of about 95%. When compared to extrachromosomal K. lactis vectors containing the same fusion construct, the multicopy integrants showed a much higher alpha-galactosidase production level and a considerably higher stability under non-selective conditions.
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- R J Bergkamp
- Laboratorium voor Biochemie en Moleculaire Biologie, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Yeh P, Landais D, Lemaître M, Maury I, Crenne JY, Becquart J, Murry-Brelier A, Boucher F, Montay G, Fleer R. Design of yeast-secreted albumin derivatives for human therapy: biological and antiviral properties of a serum albumin-CD4 genetic conjugate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:1904-8. [PMID: 1542690 PMCID: PMC48562 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.5.1904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Due to its remarkably long half-life, together with its wide in vivo distribution and its lack of enzymatic or immunological functions, human serum albumin (HSA) represents an optimal carrier for therapeutic peptides/proteins aimed at interacting with cellular or molecular components of the vascular and interstitial compartments. As an example, we designed a genetically engineered HSA-CD4 hybrid aimed at specifically blocking the entry of the human immunodeficiency virus into CD4+ cells. In contrast with CD4, HSA-CD4 is correctly processed and efficiently secreted by Kluyveromyces yeasts. In addition, its CD4 moiety exhibits binding and antiviral in vitro properties similar to those of soluble CD4. Finally, the elimination half-life of HSA-CD4 in a rabbit experimental model is comparable to that of control HSA and 140-fold higher than that of soluble CD4. These results indicate that the genetic fusion of bioactive peptides to HSA is a plausible approach toward the design and recovery of secreted therapeutic HSA derivatives with appropriate pharmacokinetic properties.
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- P Yeh
- Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Centre de Recherche de Vitry-Alfortville, Vitry, France
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Fleer R, Chen XJ, Amellal N, Yeh P, Fournier A, Guinet F, Gault N, Faucher D, Folliard F, Fukuhara H. High-level secretion of correctly processed recombinant human interleukin-1 beta in Kluyveromyces lactis. Gene 1991; 107:285-95. [PMID: 1748298 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90329-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The lactose-assimilating yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis, has been developed as a microbial host for the synthesis and secretion of human proteins. Here, we report the use of multi-copy vectors based on the 2 mu-like plasmid pKD1 from Kluyveromyces drosophilarum [Chen et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 14 (1986) 4471-4481] for the secretion of recombinant human interleukin-1 beta (reIL-1 beta). High levels of reIL-1 beta were secreted into the growth medium when the structural gene was fused in-frame to a synthetic secretion signal derived from the 'pre'-region of the K. lactis killer toxin. N-terminal sequencing of the excreted protein showed highly efficient (greater than 95%) maturation of the signal sequence. Synthesis as prepro-IL-1 beta, the 'pro'-sequence being derived from the human serum albumin-encoding gene, resulted in equally efficient secretion of mature IL-1 beta. Cytoplasmic production of Met-IL-1 beta, without a secretion signal, was found to be toxic to K. lactis. As in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [Baldari et al., EMBO J. 6 (1987) 229-234], but unlike native human IL-1 beta, K. lactis reIL-1 beta is glycosylated. This glycosylation led to a 95% loss of its biological activity. Removal of the carbohydrate chains by endo-beta-N-acetyl-glucosamidase H treatment fully restored the biological activity. A modified form of IL-1 beta (Asn7----Gln7), in which the unique site for Asn-linked glycosylation was deleted, exhibited the same biological activity as native IL-1 beta. The level of secretion of mature recombinant IL-1 beta ws glycosylation-independent.
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- R Fleer
- Rhône Poulenc Rorer, Biotechnology, Department, Vitry, France
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