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Christensen KE, Duarte A, Ma Z, Edwards JL, Brem RB. Dissecting an ancient stress resistance trait syndrome in the compost yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.21.572915. [PMID: 38187519 PMCID: PMC10769334 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.21.572915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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In the search to understand how evolution builds new traits, ancient events are often the hardest to dissect. Species-unique traits pose a particular challenge for geneticists-cases in which a character arose long ago and, in the modern day, is conserved within a species, distinguishing it from reproductively isolated relatives. In this work, we have developed the budding yeast genus Kluyveromyces as a model for mechanistic dissection of trait variation across species boundaries. Phenotypic profiling revealed robust heat and chemical-stress tolerance phenotypes that distinguished the compost yeast K. marxianus from the rest of the clade. We used culture-based, transcriptomic, and genetic approaches to characterize the metabolic requirements of the K. marxianus trait syndrome. We then generated a population-genomic resource for K. marxianus and harnessed it in molecular-evolution analyses, which found hundreds of housekeeping genes with evidence for adaptive protein variation unique to this species. Our data support a model in which, in the distant past, K. marxianus underwent a vastly complex remodeling of its proteome to achieve stress resistance. Such a polygenic architecture, involving nucleotide-level allelic variation on a massive scale, is consistent with theoretical models of the mechanisms of long-term adaptation, and suggests principles of broad relevance for interspecies trait genetics.
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- Kaylee E. Christensen
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720
- Current address: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720
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Turchetti B, Buzzini P, Baeza M. A genomic approach to analyze the cold adaptation of yeasts isolated from Italian Alps. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1026102. [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1026102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Microorganisms including yeasts are responsible for mineralization of organic matter in cold regions, and their characterization is critical to elucidate the ecology of such environments on Earth. Strategies developed by yeasts to survive in cold environments have been increasingly studied in the last years and applied to different biotechnological applications, but their knowledge is still limited. Microbial adaptations to cold include the synthesis of cryoprotective compounds, as well as the presence of a high number of genes encoding the synthesis of proteins/enzymes characterized by a reduced proline content and highly flexible and large catalytic active sites. This study is a comparative genomic study on the adaptations of yeasts isolated from the Italian Alps, considering their growth kinetics. The optimal temperature for growth (OTG), growth rate (Gr), and draft genome sizes considerably varied (OTG, 10°C–20°C; Gr, 0.071–0.0726; genomes, 20.7–21.5 Mpb; %GC, 50.9–61.5). A direct relationship was observed between calculated protein flexibilities and OTG, but not for Gr. Putative genes encoding for cold stress response were found, as well as high numbers of genes encoding for general, oxidative, and osmotic stresses. The cold response genes found in the studied yeasts play roles in cell membrane adaptation, compatible solute accumulation, RNA structure changes, and protein folding, i.e., dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase, glycogen synthase, omega-6 fatty acid, stearoyl-CoA desaturase, ATP-dependent RNA helicase, and elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids. A redundancy for several putative genes was found, higher for P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase, alpha/beta hydrolase, armadillo repeat-containing proteins, and the major facilitator superfamily protein. Hundreds of thousands of small open reading frames (SmORFs) were found in all studied yeasts, especially in Phenoliferia glacialis. Gene clusters encoding for the synthesis of secondary metabolites such as terpene, non-ribosomal peptide, and type III polyketide were predicted in four, three, and two studied yeasts, respectively.
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Zhang M, Wu N, Fan Y, Xu C, Luo J, Wang Y, Yu K, Wang M. Proteomic Profiling and Stress Response in Pediococcus acidilactici under Acetic Acid. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:12708-12721. [PMID: 36125361 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Lactic acid bacteria are indispensable functional microorganisms for cereal vinegar brewing, but cell activities are inhibited by the dominant acetic acid stress. Herein, an acetic-acid-tolerant strain isolated previously was identified as Pediococcus acidilactici, which also exhibited good resistance to other stresses during vinegar brewing. Proteomics analysis evidenced that differentially expressed proteins involved in the glycolysis and gluconeogenesis pathway, pyruvate metabolism, and sugar phosphotransferase system were all downregulated. Meanwhile, saturation of fatty acids and antioxidant enzymes was strengthened. The effects of several proteins on the resistance of P. acidilactici and Lactobacillus lactis relied on the types of strain and stress. AccA and AcpP participating in fatty acid metabolism and biosynthesis and Mnc related to stress response were found to protect cells by modifying fatty acid compositions and reinforcing the antioxidant defense system. Our works deepen the mechanisms of P. acidilactici under acetic acid and offer targets for engineering cell tolerance.
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- Menghan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China
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Baptista M, Domingues L. Kluyveromyces marxianus as a microbial cell factory for lignocellulosic biomass valorisation. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 60:108027. [PMID: 35952960 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.108027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The non-conventional yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus is widely used for several biotechnological applications, mainly due to its thermotolerance, high growth rate, and ability to metabolise a wide range of sugars. These cell traits are strategic for lignocellulosic biomass valorisation and strain diversity prompts the development of robust chassis, either with improved tolerance to lignocellulosic inhibitors or ethanol. This review summarises bioethanol and value-added chemicals production by K. marxianus from different lignocellulosic biomasses. Moreover, metabolic engineering and process optimization strategies developed to expand K. marxianus potential are also compiled, as well as studies reporting cell mechanisms to cope with lignocellulosic-derived inhibitors. The main lignocellulosic-based products are bioethanol, representing 71% of the reports, and xylitol, representing 17% of the reports. K. marxianus also proved to be a good chassis for lactic acid and volatile compounds production from lignocellulosic biomass, although the literature on this matter is still scarce. The increasing advances in genome editing tools and process optimization strategies will widen the K. marxianus-based portfolio products.
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- Marlene Baptista
- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; LABBELS -Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; LABBELS -Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
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Zhang N, Shang Y, Wang F, Wang D, Hong J. Influence of prefoldin subunit 4 on the tolerance of Kluyveromyces marxianus to lignocellulosic biomass-derived inhibitors. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:224. [PMID: 34906148 PMCID: PMC8672639 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01715-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Kluyveromyces marxianus is a potentially excellent host for microbial cell factories using lignocellulosic biomass, due to its thermotolerance, high growth rate, and wide substrate spectrum. However, its tolerance to inhibitors derived from lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment needs to be improved. The prefoldin complex assists the folding of cytoskeleton which relates to the stress tolerance, moreover, several subunits of prefoldin have been verified to be involved in gene expression regulation. With the presence of inhibitors, the expression of a gene coding the subunit 4 of prefoldin (KmPFD4), a possible transcription factor, was significantly changed. Therefore, KmPFD4 was selected to evaluate its functions in inhibitors tolerance. RESULTS In this study, the disruption of the prefoldin subunit 4 gene (KmPFD4) led to increased concentration of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and disturbed the assembly of actin and tubulin in the presence of inhibitors, resulting in reduced inhibitor tolerance. Nuclear localization of KmPFD4 indicated that it could regulate gene expression. Transcriptomic analysis showed that upregulated gene expression related to ROS elimination, ATP production, and NAD+ synthesis, which is a response to the presence of inhibitors, disappeared in KmPFD4-disrupted cells. Thus, KmPFD4 impacts inhibitor tolerance by maintaining integration of the cytoskeleton and directly or indirectly affecting the expression of genes in response to inhibitors. Finally, overexpression of KmPFD4 enhanced ethanol fermentation with a 46.27% improvement in productivity in presence of the inhibitors. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that KmPFD4 plays a positive role in the inhibitor tolerance and can be applied for the development of inhibitor-tolerant platform strains.
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- Nini Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
- Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, People's Republic of China.
- Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
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Wang Z, Zhou L, Lu M, Zhang Y, Perveen S, Zhou H, Wen Z, Xu Z, Jin M. Adaptive laboratory evolution of Yarrowia lipolytica improves ferulic acid tolerance. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:1745-1758. [PMID: 33523248 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11130-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Yarrowia lipolytica strain is a promising cell factory for the conversion of lignocellulose to biofuels and bioproducts. Despite the inherent robustness of this strain, further improvements to lignocellulose-derived inhibitors toxicity tolerance of Y. lipolytica are also required to achieve industrial application. Here, adaptive laboratory evolution was employed with increasing concentrations of ferulic acid. The adaptive laboratory evolution experiments led to evolve Y. lipolytica strain yl-XYL + *FA*4 with increased tolerance to ferulic acid as compared to the parental strain. Specifically, the evolved strain could tolerate 1.5 g/L ferulic acid, whereas 0.5 g/L ferulic acid could cause about 90% lethality of the parental strain. Transcriptome analysis of the evolved strain revealed several targets underlying toxicity tolerance enhancements. YALI0_E25201g, YALI0_F05984g, YALI0_B18854g, and YALI0_F16731g were among the highest upregulated genes, and the beneficial contributions of these genes were verified via reverse engineering. Recombinant strains with overexpressing each of these four genes obtained enhanced tolerance to ferulic acid as compared to the control strain. Fortunately, recombinant strains with overexpression of YALI0_E25201g, YALI0_B18854g, and YALI0_F16731g individually also obtained enhanced tolerance to vanillic acid. Overall, this work demonstrated a whole strain improvement cycle by "non-rational" metabolic engineering and presented new targets to modify Y. lipolytica for microbial lignocellulose valorization. KEY POINTS: • Adaptive evolution improved the ferulic acid tolerance of Yarrowia lipolytica • Transcriptome sequence was applied to analyze the ferulic acid tolerate strain • Three genes were demonstrated for both ferulic acid and vanillic acid tolerance.
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- Zedi Wang
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China.
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China.
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China.
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