Altered sterol composition renders yeast thermotolerant
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

Ethanol production for use as a biofuel is mainly achieved through simultaneous saccharification and fermentation by yeast. Operating at >/=40 degrees C would be beneficial in terms of increasing efficiency of the process and reducing costs, but yeast does not grow efficiently at those temperatures. We used adaptive laboratory evolution to select yeast strains with improved growth and ethanol production at >/=40 degrees C. Sequencing of the whole genome, genome-wide gene expression, and metabolic-flux analyses revealed a change in sterol composition, from ergosterol to fecosterol, caused by mutations in the C-5 sterol desaturase gene, and increased expression of genes involved in sterol biosynthesis. Additionally, large chromosome III rearrangements and mutations in genes associated with DNA damage and respiration were found, but contributed less to the thermotolerant phenotype

Författare

Luis Caspeta-Guadarrama

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Yun Chen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

PAYAM GHIACI

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Amir Feizi

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Steen Buskov

Novozymes A/S

B. M. Hallstrom

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)

Dina Petranovic Nielsen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Science

0036-8075 (ISSN) 1095-9203 (eISSN)

Vol. 346 6205 75-78

Ämneskategorier

Biologiska vetenskaper

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1126/science.1258137

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