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Bulk Segregant Analysis Reveals a Novel Xylose Utilization Gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ABSTRACT: To determine the genomic location of a gene that permits xylose utilization we conducted bulk segregant analysis (BSA) using Affymetrix yeast tiling arrays. BSA works by taking advantage of DNA sequence polymorphisms between different strains and the fact that it is relatively easy to pool large numbers of meiotic spore products (segregants) in yeast. Pooling segregants based on their phenotype allows the region of the genome responsible for the phenotype to be detected. This is because DNA polymorphisms in regions unlinked to the locus causing the phenotype will segregate randomly and be “evened” out, while around the genomic region of interest, sequences or polymorphisms responsible for the trait will be present in all positive segregants, and absent in all negative segregants. In our case, a Simi White wine strain (S. cerevisiae) carrying the locus responsible for xylose utilization was crossed to a laboratory strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; this strain was estimated to carry DNA polymorphisms relative to the laboratory strain at a level of approximately .5%. Spores from the Simi White / S288c diploid were screened for the xylose utilization phenotype and 39 positive spores were combined into one pool and 39 negative spores into another pool, and genomic DNA (gDNA) was isolated from each pool. We then hybridized the positive and negative gDNA pools to tiling microarrays that were based on the S288c reference genome with the expectation that regions of the genome derived from Simi White will hybridize less robustly to the array because of the DNA polymorphisms between Simi White and S288c. Log2 ratios of probe intensities were calculated (negative/positive), and a peak appeared in the chromosome XV right subtelomeric region that corresponds to less robust hybridization to the microarray of the positive pool gDNA coming from this region of the genome

ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PROVIDER: GSE19120 | GEO | 2010/04/09

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA123761

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising renewable feedstock for biofuel production. Acetate is one of the major inhibitors liberated from hemicelluloses during hydrolysis. An understanding of the toxic effects of acetate on the fermentation microorganism and the efficient utilization of mixed sugars of glucose and xylose in the presence of hydrolysate inhibitors is crucial for economic biofuel production. Results A new microarray was designed including both coding sequences and intergenic regions to investigate the acetate stress responses of Zymomonas mobilis 8b when using single carbon sources of glucose or xylose, or mixed sugars of both glucose and xylose. With the supplementation of exogenous acetate, 8b can utilize all the glucose with a similar ethanol yield, although the growth, final biomass, and ethanol production rate were reduced. However, xylose utilization was inhibited in both media containing xylose or a mixed sugar of glucose and xylose, although the performance of 8b was better in mixed sugar than xylose-only media. The presence of acetate caused genes related to biosynthesis, the flagellar system, and glycolysis to be downregulated, and genes related to stress responses and energy metabolism to be upregulated. Unexpectedly, xylose seems to pose more stress on 8b, recruiting more genes for xylose utilization, than does acetate. Several gene candidates based on transcriptome results were selected for genetic manipulation, and a TonB-dependent receptor knockout mutant was confirmed to have a slight advantage regarding acetate tolerance. Conclusions Our results indicate Z. mobilis utilized a different mechanism for xylose utilization, with an even more severe impact on Z. mobilis than that caused by acetate treatment. Our study also suggests redox imbalance caused by stressful conditions may trigger a metabolic reaction leading to the accumulation of toxic intermediates such as xylitol, but Z. mobilis manages its carbon and energy metabolism through the control of individual reactions to mitigate the stressful conditions. We have thus provided extensive transcriptomic datasets and gained insights into the molecular responses of Z. mobilis to the inhibitor acetate when grown in different sugar sources, which will facilitate future metabolic modeling studies and strain improvement efforts for better xylose utilization and acetate tolerance.

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Bulk Segregant Analysis Reveals a Novel Xylose Utilization Gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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