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Songdech P, Butkinaree C, Yingchutrakul Y, Promdonkoy P, Runguphan W, Soontorngun N. Increased production of isobutanol from xylose through metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae overexpressing transcription factor Znf1 and exogenous genes. FEMS Yeast Res 2024; 24:foae006. [PMID: 38331422 PMCID: PMC10878408 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foae006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Only trace amount of isobutanol is produced by the native Saccharomyces cerevisiae via degradation of amino acids. Despite several attempts using engineered yeast strains expressing exogenous genes, catabolite repression of glucose must be maintained together with high activity of downstream enzymes, involving iron-sulfur assimilation and isobutanol production. Here, we examined novel roles of nonfermentable carbon transcription factor Znf1 in isobutanol production during xylose utilization. RNA-seq analysis showed that Znf1 activates genes in valine biosynthesis, Ehrlich pathway and iron-sulfur assimilation while coupled deletion or downregulated expression of BUD21 further increased isobutanol biosynthesis from xylose. Overexpression of ZNF1 and xylose-reductase/dehydrogenase (XR-XDH) variants, a xylose-specific sugar transporter, xylulokinase, and enzymes of isobutanol pathway in the engineered S. cerevisiae pho13gre3Δ strain resulted in the superb ZNXISO strain, capable of producing high levels of isobutanol from xylose. The isobutanol titer of 14.809 ± 0.400 g/L was achieved, following addition of 0.05 g/L FeSO4.7H2O in 5 L bioreactor. It corresponded to 155.88 mg/g xylose consumed and + 264.75% improvement in isobutanol yield. This work highlights a new regulatory control of alternative carbon sources by Znf1 on various metabolic pathways. Importantly, we provide a foundational step toward more sustainable production of advanced biofuels from the second most abundant carbon source xylose.
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- Pattanan Songdech
- Excellent Research Laboratory for Yeast Innovation, Division of Biochemical Technology, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Excellent Research Laboratory for Yeast Innovation, Division of Biochemical Technology, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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Vargas BDO, dos Santos JR, Pereira GAG, de Mello FDSB. An atlas of rational genetic engineering strategies for improved xylose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PeerJ 2023; 11:e16340. [PMID: 38047029 PMCID: PMC10691383 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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Xylose is the second most abundant carbohydrate in nature, mostly present in lignocellulosic material, and representing an appealing feedstock for molecule manufacturing through biotechnological routes. However, Saccharomyces cerevisiae-a microbial cell widely used industrially for ethanol production-is unable to assimilate this sugar. Hence, in a world with raising environmental awareness, the efficient fermentation of pentoses is a crucial bottleneck to producing biofuels from renewable biomass resources. In this context, advances in the genetic mapping of S. cerevisiae have contributed to noteworthy progress in the understanding of xylose metabolism in yeast, as well as the identification of gene targets that enable the development of tailored strains for cellulosic ethanol production. Accordingly, this review focuses on the main strategies employed to understand the network of genes that are directly or indirectly related to this phenotype, and their respective contributions to xylose consumption in S. cerevisiae, especially for ethanol production. Altogether, the information in this work summarizes the most recent and relevant results from scientific investigations that endowed S. cerevisiae with an outstanding capability for commercial ethanol production from xylose.
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- Beatriz de Oliveira Vargas
- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology, and Immunology, Institute of Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Trivedi VD, Sullivan SF, Choudhury D, Endalur Gopinarayanan V, Hart T, Nair NU. Integration of metabolism and regulation reveals rapid adaptability to growth on non-native substrates. Cell Chem Biol 2023; 30:1135-1143.e5. [PMID: 37421944 PMCID: PMC10529486 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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Engineering synthetic heterotrophy is a key to the efficient bio-based valorization of renewable and waste substrates. Among these, engineering hemicellulosic pentose utilization has been well-explored in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) over several decades-yet the answer to what makes their utilization inherently recalcitrant remains elusive. Through implementation of a semi-synthetic regulon, we find that harmonizing cellular and engineering objectives are a key to obtaining highest growth rates and yields with minimal metabolic engineering effort. Concurrently, results indicate that "extrinsic" factors-specifically, upstream genes that direct flux of pentoses into central carbon metabolism-are rate-limiting. We also reveal that yeast metabolism is innately highly adaptable to rapid growth on non-native substrates and that systems metabolic engineering (i.e., functional genomics, network modeling, etc.) is largely unnecessary. Overall, this work provides an alternate, novel, holistic (and yet minimalistic) approach based on integrating non-native metabolic genes with a native regulon system.
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- Vikas D Trivedi
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
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McCool MA, Bryant CJ, Huang H, Ogawa LM, Farley-Barnes KI, Sondalle SB, Abriola L, Surovtseva YV, Baserga SJ. Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing. RNA Biol 2023; 20:257-271. [PMID: 37246770 PMCID: PMC10228412 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2023.2217392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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The main components of the essential cellular process of eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis are highly conserved from yeast to humans. Among these, the U3 Associated Proteins (UTPs) are a small subunit processome subcomplex that coordinate the first two steps of ribosome biogenesis in transcription and pre-18S processing. While we have identified the human counterparts of most of the yeast Utps, the homologs of yeast Utp9 and Bud21 (Utp16) have remained elusive. In this study, we find that NOL7 is the likely ortholog of Bud21. Previously described as a tumour suppressor through regulation of antiangiogenic transcripts, we now show that NOL7 is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing in human cells. These roles lead to decreased protein synthesis and induction of the nucleolar stress response upon NOL7 depletion. Beyond Bud21's nonessential role in yeast, we establish human NOL7 as an essential UTP that is necessary to maintain both early pre-rRNA levels and processing.
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- Mason A. McCool
- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale Center for Molecular Discovery, Yale University, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Narayanan V, Sandström AG, Gorwa-Grauslund MF. Re-evaluation of the impact of BUD21 deletion on xylose utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metab Eng Commun 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2023.e00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Songdech P, Intasit R, Yingchutrakul Y, Butkinaree C, Ratanakhanokchai K, Soontorngun N. Activation of cryptic xylose metabolism by a transcriptional activator Znf1 boosts up xylitol production in the engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking xylose suppressor BUD21 gene. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:32. [PMID: 35248023 PMCID: PMC8897867 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01757-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Xylitol is a valuable pentose sugar alcohol, used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Biotechnological xylitol production is currently attractive due to possible conversion from abundant and low-cost industrial wastes or agricultural lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, the transcription factor Znf1 was characterised as being responsible for the activation of cryptic xylose metabolism in a poor xylose-assimilating S. cerevisiae for xylitol production.
Results
The results suggest that the expression of several xylose-utilising enzyme genes, encoding xylose reductases for the reduction of xylose to xylitol was derepressed by xylose. Their expression and those of a pentose phosphate shunt and related pathways required for xylose utilisation were strongly activated by the transcription factor Znf1. Using an engineered S. cerevisiae strain overexpressing ZNF1 in the absence of the xylose suppressor bud21Δ, xylitol production was maximally by approximately 1200% to 12.14 g/L of xylitol, corresponding to 0.23 g/g xylose consumed, during 10% (w/v) xylose fermentation. Proteomic analysis supported the role of Znf1 and Bud21 in modulating levels of proteins associated with carbon metabolism, xylose utilisation, ribosomal protein synthesis, and others. Increased tolerance to lignocellulosic inhibitors and improved cell dry weight were also observed in this engineered bud21∆ + pLJ529-ZNF1 strain. A similar xylitol yield was achieved using fungus-pretreated rice straw hydrolysate as an eco-friendly and low-cost substrate.
Conclusions
Thus, we identified the key modulators of pentose sugar metabolism, namely the transcription factor Znf1 and the suppressor Bud21, for enhanced xylose utilisation, providing a potential application of a generally recognised as safe yeast in supporting the sugar industry and the sustainable lignocellulose-based bioeconomy.
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Zhang P, Chen Q, Fu G, Xia L, Hu X. Regulation and metabolic engineering strategies for permeases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 35:112. [PMID: 31286266 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2684-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Microorganisms have evolved permeases to incorporate various essential nutrients and exclude harmful products, which assists in adaptation to different environmental conditions for survival. As permeases are directly involved in the utilization of and regulatory response to nutrient sources, metabolic engineering of microbial permeases can predictably influence nutrient metabolism and regulation. In this mini-review, we have summarized the mechanisms underlying the general regulation of permeases, and the current advancements and future prospects of metabolic engineering strategies targeting the permeases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The different types of permeases and their regulatory mechanisms have been discussed. Furthermore, methods for metabolic engineering of permeases have been highlighted. Understanding the mechanisms via which permeases are meticulously regulated and engineered will not only facilitate research on regulation of global nutrition and yeast metabolic engineering, but can also provide important insights for future studies on the synthesis of valuable products and elimination of harmful substances in S. cerevisiae.
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- Peng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, 330047, Jiangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, 330047, Jiangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, 330047, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Software, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, 330047, Jiangxi, China.
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Hanson PK. Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Unicellular Model Genetic Organism of Enduring Importance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cpet.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Pamela K. Hanson
- Department of Biology, Birmingham-Southern College; Birmingham Alabama
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Seppälä S, Wilken SE, Knop D, Solomon KV, O’Malley MA. The importance of sourcing enzymes from non-conventional fungi for metabolic engineering and biomass breakdown. Metab Eng 2017; 44:45-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 09/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kwak S, Jin YS. Production of fuels and chemicals from xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a review and perspective. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:82. [PMID: 28494761 PMCID: PMC5425999 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0694-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Efficient xylose utilization is one of the most important pre-requisites for developing an economic microbial conversion process of terrestrial lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and biochemicals. A robust ethanol producing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been engineered with heterologous xylose assimilation pathways. A two-step oxidoreductase pathway consisting of NAD(P)H-linked xylose reductase and NAD+-linked xylitol dehydrogenase, and one-step isomerase pathway using xylose isomerase have been employed to enable xylose assimilation in engineered S. cerevisiae. However, the resulting engineered yeast exhibited inefficient and slow xylose fermentation. In order to improve the yield and productivity of xylose fermentation, expression levels of xylose assimilation pathway enzymes and their kinetic properties have been optimized, and additional optimizations of endogenous or heterologous metabolisms have been achieved. These efforts have led to the development of engineered yeast strains ready for the commercialization of cellulosic bioethanol. Interestingly, xylose metabolism by engineered yeast was preferably respiratory rather than fermentative as in glucose metabolism, suggesting that xylose can serve as a desirable carbon source capable of bypassing metabolic barriers exerted by glucose repression. Accordingly, engineered yeasts showed superior production of valuable metabolites derived from cytosolic acetyl-CoA and pyruvate, such as 1-hexadecanol and lactic acid, when the xylose assimilation pathway and target synthetic pathways were optimized in an adequate manner. While xylose has been regarded as a sugar to be utilized because it is present in cellulosic hydrolysates, potential benefits of using xylose instead of glucose for yeast-based biotechnological processes need to be realized.
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- Suryang Kwak
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Carl R. Woose Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Carl R. Woose Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Moysés DN, Reis VCB, de Almeida JRM, de Moraes LMP, Torres FAG. Xylose Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Challenges and Prospects. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:207. [PMID: 26927067 PMCID: PMC4813126 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Many years have passed since the first genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains capable of fermenting xylose were obtained with the promise of an environmentally sustainable solution for the conversion of the abundant lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. Several challenges emerged from these first experiences, most of them related to solving redox imbalances, discovering new pathways for xylose utilization, modulation of the expression of genes of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, and reduction of xylitol formation. Strategies on evolutionary engineering were used to improve fermentation kinetics, but the resulting strains were still far from industrial application. Lignocellulosic hydrolysates proved to have different inhibitors derived from lignin and sugar degradation, along with significant amounts of acetic acid, intrinsically related with biomass deconstruction. This, associated with pH, temperature, high ethanol, and other stress fluctuations presented on large scale fermentations led the search for yeasts with more robust backgrounds, like industrial strains, as engineering targets. Some promising yeasts were obtained both from studies of stress tolerance genes and adaptation on hydrolysates. Since fermentation times on mixed-substrate hydrolysates were still not cost-effective, the more selective search for new or engineered sugar transporters for xylose are still the focus of many recent studies. These challenges, as well as under-appreciated process strategies, will be discussed in this review.
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- Danuza Nogueira Moysés
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF 70910-900, Brazil.
- Petrobras Research and Development Center, Biotechnology Management, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-915, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Agroenergia, Laboratório de Genética e Biotecnologia, Parque Estação Biológica s/n, Av. W3 Norte, Brasília, DF 70770-901, Brazil.
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Usher J, Thomas G, Haynes K. Utilising established SDL-screening methods as a tool for the functional genomic characterisation of model and non-model organisms. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 15:fov091. [PMID: 26472754 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The trend for large-scale genetic and phenotypic screens has revealed a wealth of information on biological systems. A major challenge is understanding how genes function and putative roles in networks. The majority of current gene knowledge is garnered from studies utilising the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We demonstrate that synthetic dosage lethal genetic array methodologies can be used to study genetic networks in other yeasts, namely the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata, which has limited forward genetic tools, due to the lack of 'natural' mating. We performed two SDL screens in S. cerevisiae, overexpressing the transcriptional regulator UME6 as bait in the first screen and its C. glabrata ortholog CAGL0F05357g in the second. Analysis revealed that SDL maps share 204 common interactors, with 10 genetic interactions unique to C. glabrata indicating a level of genetic rewiring, indicative of linking genotype to phenotype in fungal pathogens. This was further validated by incorporating our results into the global genetic landscape map of the cell from Costanzo et al. to identify common and novel gene attributes. This data demonstrated the utility large data sets and more robust analysis made possible by interrogating exogenous genes in the context of the eukaryotic global genetic landscape.
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- Jane Usher
- Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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Challenges for the production of bioethanol from biomass using recombinant yeasts. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2015; 92:89-125. [PMID: 26003934 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lignocellulose biomass, one of the most abundant renewable resources on the planet, is an alternative sustainable energy source for the production of second-generation biofuels. Energy in the form of simple or complex carbohydrates can be extracted from lignocellulose biomass and fermented by microorganisms to produce bioethanol. Despite 40 years of active and cutting-edge research invested into the development of technologies to produce bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, the process remains commercially unviable. This review describes the achievements that have been made in generating microorganisms capable of utilizing both simple and complex sugars from lignocellulose biomass and the fermentation of these sugars into ethanol. We also provide a discussion on the current "roadblocks" standing in the way of making second-generation bioethanol a commercially viable alternative to fossil fuels.
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Kricka W, Fitzpatrick J, Bond U. Metabolic engineering of yeasts by heterologous enzyme production for degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose from biomass: a perspective. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:174. [PMID: 24795706 PMCID: PMC4001029 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This review focuses on current approaches to metabolic engineering of ethanologenic yeast species for the production of bioethanol from complex lignocellulose biomass sources. The experimental strategies for the degradation of the cellulose and xylose-components of lignocellulose are reviewed. Limitations to the current approaches are discussed and novel solutions proposed.
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- William Kricka
- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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Kim SR, Park YC, Jin YS, Seo JH. Strain engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for enhanced xylose metabolism. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:851-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 02/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kim SR, Skerker JM, Kang W, Lesmana A, Wei N, Arkin AP, Jin YS. Rational and evolutionary engineering approaches uncover a small set of genetic changes efficient for rapid xylose fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57048. [PMID: 23468911 PMCID: PMC3582614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Economic bioconversion of plant cell wall hydrolysates into fuels and chemicals has been hampered mainly due to the inability of microorganisms to efficiently co-ferment pentose and hexose sugars, especially glucose and xylose, which are the most abundant sugars in cellulosic hydrolysates. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot metabolize xylose due to a lack of xylose-metabolizing enzymes. We developed a rapid and efficient xylose-fermenting S. cerevisiae through rational and inverse metabolic engineering strategies, comprising the optimization of a heterologous xylose-assimilating pathway and evolutionary engineering. Strong and balanced expression levels of the XYL1, XYL2, and XYL3 genes constituting the xylose-assimilating pathway increased ethanol yields and the xylose consumption rates from a mixture of glucose and xylose with little xylitol accumulation. The engineered strain, however, still exhibited a long lag time when metabolizing xylose above 10 g/l as a sole carbon source, defined here as xylose toxicity. Through serial-subcultures on xylose, we isolated evolved strains which exhibited a shorter lag time and improved xylose-fermenting capabilities than the parental strain. Genome sequencing of the evolved strains revealed that mutations in PHO13 causing loss of the Pho13p function are associated with the improved phenotypes of the evolved strains. Crude extracts of a PHO13-overexpressing strain showed a higher phosphatase activity on xylulose-5-phosphate (X-5-P), suggesting that the dephosphorylation of X-5-P by Pho13p might generate a futile cycle with xylulokinase overexpression. While xylose consumption rates by the evolved strains improved substantially as compared to the parental strain, xylose metabolism was interrupted by accumulated acetate. Deletion of ALD6 coding for acetaldehyde dehydrogenase not only prevented acetate accumulation, but also enabled complete and efficient fermentation of xylose as well as a mixture of glucose and xylose by the evolved strain. These findings provide direct guidance for developing industrial strains to produce cellulosic fuels and chemicals.
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- Soo Rin Kim
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Kim SR, Lee KS, Kong II, Lesmana A, Lee WH, Seo JH, Kweon DH, Jin YS. Construction of an efficient xylose-fermenting diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain through mating of two engineered haploid strains capable of xylose assimilation. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:105-11. [PMID: 23376240 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Revised: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be engineered for xylose fermentation through introduction of wild type or mutant genes (XYL1/XYL1 (R276H), XYL2, and XYL3) coding for xylose metabolic enzymes from Scheffersomyces stipitis. The resulting engineered strains, however, often yielded undesirable phenotypes such as slow xylose assimilation and xylitol accumulation. In this study, we performed the mating of two engineered strains that exhibit suboptimal xylose-fermenting phenotypes in order to develop an improved xylose-fermenting diploid strain. Specifically, we obtained two engineered haploid strains (YSX3 and SX3). The YSX3 strain consumed xylose rapidly and produced a lot of xylitol. On the contrary, the SX3 strain consumed xylose slowly with little xylitol production. After converting the mating type of SX3 from alpha to a, the resulting strain (SX3-2) was mated with YSX3 to construct a heterozygous diploid strain (KSM). The KSM strain assimilated xylose (0.25gxyloseh(-1)gcells(-1)) as fast as YSX3 and accumulated a small amount of xylitol (0.03ggxylose(-1)) as low as SX3, resulting in an improved ethanol yield (0.27ggxylose(-1)). We found that the improvement in xylose fermentation by the KSM strain was not because of heterozygosity or genome duplication but because of the complementation of the two xylose-metabolic pathways. This result suggested that mating of suboptimal haploid strains is a promising strategy to develop engineered yeast strains with improved xylose fermenting capability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Soo Rin Kim
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Systems genetics in "-omics" era: current and future development. Theory Biosci 2012; 132:1-16. [PMID: 23138757 DOI: 10.1007/s12064-012-0168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The systems genetics is an emerging discipline that integrates high-throughput expression profiling technology and systems biology approaches for revealing the molecular mechanism of complex traits, and will improve our understanding of gene functions in the biochemical pathway and genetic interactions between biological molecules. With the rapid advances of microarray analysis technologies, bioinformatics is extensively used in the studies of gene functions, SNP-SNP genetic interactions, LD block-block interactions, miRNA-mRNA interactions, DNA-protein interactions, protein-protein interactions, and functional mapping for LD blocks. Based on bioinformatics panel, which can integrate "-omics" datasets to extract systems knowledge and useful information for explaining the molecular mechanism of complex traits, systems genetics is all about to enhance our understanding of biological processes. Systems biology has provided systems level recognition of various biological phenomena, and constructed the scientific background for the development of systems genetics. In addition, the next-generation sequencing technology and post-genome wide association studies empower the discovery of new gene and rare variants. The integration of different strategies will help to propose novel hypothesis and perfect the theoretical framework of systems genetics, which will make contribution to the future development of systems genetics, and open up a whole new area of genetics.
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