Author:
Sugiyama M,Fukaya T,Moon J Y,Ishida K,Matsushita A,Kim S Y,Yeo S H
Abstract
Abstract
Nuruk is a traditional fermentation starter used for making starch-based Korean alcoholic drinks. The yeast strain Pichia kudriavzevii N77-4 was newly isolated from nuruk. Resistance to ethanol stress is a crucial characteristic in alcoholic beverage production, but the ethanol stress-resistance of P. kudriavzevii remains to be clarified. In this study, we attempted to analyze the ethanol resistance of P. kudriavzevii N77-4, and to improve it by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis. After 4 h of cultivation in 5% ethanol, N77-4 showed a growth defect accompanied with accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, exposure of N77-4 to ethanol stress induced a more than 3-fold increase in the expression of PkSOD2, which encodes a superoxide dismutase, indicating that the strain was able to generate PkSOD2 to decrease ROS. EMS mutagenesis was performed to improve the ethanol resistance of N77-4. An isolated mutant, HER8, exhibited higher ethanol resistance, a 50% decrease in ROS accumulation, and enhanced expressions of PkGPX2, which encodes a glutathione peroxidase, and PkSOD1. Moreover, HER8 showed 10% greater ethanol production, indicating that up-regulation of these antioxidant genes is important for improving ethanol resistance in P. kudriavzevii, and use of the HER8 strain will improve the brewing fermentation.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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3 articles.
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