Transcriptional regulation and the diversification of metabolism in wine yeast strains.

ABSTRACT: Transcription factors and their binding sites have been proposed as primary targets of evolutionary adaptation because changes to single transcription factors can lead to far-reaching changes in gene expression patterns. Nevertheless, there is very little concrete evidence for such evolutionary changes. Industrial wine yeast strains, of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are a geno- and phenotypically diverse group of organisms that have adapted to the ecological niches of industrial winemaking environments and have been selected to produce specific styles of wine. Variation in transcriptional regulation among wine yeast strains may be responsible for many of the observed differences and specific adaptations to different fermentative conditions in the context of commercial winemaking. W

SUBMITTER: Rossouw D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3249374 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature