2025/01/30 by Chenghan Yang, Yilin Ren, Li Zhang +7 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Fermentation and Sensory Analysis #Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/bit.28936
openalex publication_date 2025/01/30 · openalex created_date 2025/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The aromatic compound β-phenylethanol (2-PE) is inherently toxic and can inhibit cell activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, making it highly challenging to enhance strain tolerance through rational design due to the lack of reliable connections between tolerance phenotype and genetic loci. This study employed adaptive laboratory evolution strategy to investigate the tolerance characteristics of S. cerevisiae S288C under inhibitory concentrations of 2-PE. The tolerant mutant SEC4.0 was characterized through comprehensive analysis of whole genome sequence, transcriptome, and phosphoproteome. The findings revealed that the high resistance of SEC4.0 was not primarily due to large-scale transcriptional upregulation of stress response genes, but rather through alterations in the phosphorylation levels of lipid-related pathways. PKC1 mutations that affect stress signal transduction and SPT3 mutations that affect arginine biosynthesis have been shown to significantly enhance 2-PE resistance. This study also investigated the effects of exogenous amino acid addition and synergistic effects with two key mutanted genes on 2-PE resistance. This study provides a foundation for enhancing yeast tolerance to this aromatic compound through rational design strategies.