A possible role of histidine in a nickel resistant mechanism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

When a nickel resistant strain N08 of S. cerevisiae was grown in a Ni-supplemented medium, approximately 70% of the nickel is distributed in the soluble fraction. The soluble fraction was chromatographed on Sephadex G-10 and the fraction contained both nickel and large amounts of histidine. When cells were grown in medium containing various combinations of nickel and magnesium and which exhibited approximately 50% growth inhibition, a molar ratio of intracellular histidine and nickel contents remained constant at 1.2-1.4, indicating that the increase in histidine content is correlated with nickel accumulation. The wild type strain 0605-S6, however, exhibits no increase in histidine content when grown in a Ni-supplemented medium, and, therefore, a nickel-resistant mechanism of yeast appears to be the formation of histidine-nickel complexes.     

酵母细胞自溶动力学研究

对啤酒酵母细胞自溶的动力学进行了研究,结果表明,在55℃、pH5.5条件下,酵母自溶诱导期约为1.85小时,细胞内贮糖原降解最快,t_(0.5)值仅为1.48小时,蛋白质次之,核酸降解速率最慢,t_(0.5)值为12.38小时.酵母细胞生物大分子的降解动力学存在显著的正协同效应.对不同生理状态酵母自溶液的氨基酸分析表明,生理状态对自溶液的氨基酸组份影响极显著(P<0.01).随着培养时间的延长,相应自溶液中的必需氨基酸、鲜味及苦味氨基酸的比例均显著增加,因而自溶液的鲜味增浓,营养效价提高,但苦味也上升.     

A histidine binding protein ofEscherichia coli: a component of cystine binding protein ofEscherichia coli

Summary Commercially obtained cystine binding protein (CBP), an osmotic shock protein ofEscherichia coli, was studied in an effort to determine its binding characteristics. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS/PAGE) analysis of commercially obtained CBP showed three protein bands. N-terminal amino acid microsequencing and subsequent computer search revealed that the sequence of one of these proteins (25-kDa) was nearly identical to histidine binding protein (HisJ) ofSalmonella typhimurium. Purification of CBP by HPLC yielded four protein peaks, of which one bound histidine exclusively. Binding was maximal at pH 5.0 to 6.0, at 4°C, did not require calcium or magnesium ions and was not inhibited by reduction of CBP disulfide bonds. Amino acids other than histidine or cystine did not bind to CBP. These data show that commercially available CBP is not a homogenous protein; it contains a histidine as well as a cystine binding component.     

Characterization of gamma-glutamylamidase-glutaminase activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In a foregoing paper we have shown the presence in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae of an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of L-gamma-glutamyl-p-nitroanilide, but apparently distinct from gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. The cellular level of this enzyme was not regulated by the nature of the nitrogen source supplied to the yeast cell. Purification was attempted, using ion exchange chromatography on DEAE Sephadex A 50, salt precipitations and successive chromatographies on DEAE Sephadex 6B and Sephadex G 100. The apparent molecular weight of the purified enzyme was 14,800 as determined by gel filtration. As shown by kinetic studies and thin layer chromatography, the enzyme preparation exhibited only hydrolytic activity against gamma-glutamylarylamide and L-glutamine with an optimal pH of about seven. Various gamma-glutamylaminoacids, amides, dipeptides and glutathione were inactive as substrates and no transferase activity was detected. The yeast gamma-glutamylarylamidase was activated by SH protective agents, dithiothreitol and reduced glutathione. Oxidized glutathione, ophtalmic acid and various gamma-glutamylaminoacids inhibited competitively the enzyme. The activity was also inhibited by L-gamma-glutamyl-o-(carboxy)phenylhydrazide and the couple serine-borate, both transition-state analogs of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. Diazooxonorleucine, reactive analog of glutamine, inactivated the enzyme. The physiological role of yeast gamma-glutamylarylamidase-glutaminase is still undefined but is most probably unrelated to the bulk assimilation of glutamine by yeast cells.     

Amino acid uptake by Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane vesicles

A procedure is described which allows for the efficient separation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membranes from other cellular membranes by discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation. After vesiculization in an osmotic stabilization buffer the plasma membrane vesicles retain the ability to transport amino acids. Amino acid uptake was affected by the proton gradient dissipator $\text{m-}\text{chlorocarbonylcyanide}$ phenylhydrazone and was dependent, in some cases, on the presence of sodium ion.     

Utilization of amino acids to enhance glutathione production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The effects of amino acids on glutathione (GSH) production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae T65 were investigated in this paper. Cysteine was the most important amino acids, which increased intracellular GSH content greatly but inhibited cell growth at the same time. The suitable amino acids addition strategy was two-step addition: in the first step, cysteine was added after two hours culture to 2 mM and then, the three amino acids (glutamic acid, glycine, and serine) were added after seven hours culture. The optimum concentration of those three key amino acids (10 mM glutamic acid, 10 mM glycine, and 10 mM serine) was obtained by orthogonal matrix method. With the optimum amino acids addition strategy a 1.63% intracellular GSH content was obtained in shake flask culture. Intracellular GSH content was 55.2% higher than the experiments without three amino acids addition. The cell biomass and GSH yield were 9.4 g/L and 153.2 mg/L, respectively. Using this amino acids addition strategy in the fed-batch culture of S. cerevisiae T65, GSH content, the biomass, and GSH yield reached 1.41%, 133 g/L, and 1875 mg/L, respectively, after 44 hours fermentation. GSH yield was about 2.67 times as that of amino acids free.     

Maximizing production of glutathione by amino acid modulation and high-cell-density fed-batch culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In this paper the high-cell-density fed-batch culture and optimal amino acid modulation were combined together to enhance glutathione production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae T65. Ethanol concentration in the broth was an important parameter for feedback control in fed-batch culture. Low ethanol concentration was propitious to both the cell growth and glutathione synthesis. The feedback control of a low ethanol concentration was an efficient way to realize high-cell-density culture and the biomass reached 140 g/L after 57 h fermentation. With optimal amino acid addition to elevate the glutathione content continually, the maximum glutathione yield achieved 2190 mg/L.     

Detection of inactive precursors of beta-glucanases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Accumulation and secretion of beta-glucanases have been studied in vivo by using a thermosensitive secretory mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae blocked at the endoplasmic reticulum level (sec 18-1). When incubated at the restrictive temperature no accumulation of active glucanases was observed. Following a shift to permissive conditions in the presence of cycloheximide a rise in the internal activity took place. The increase in total glucanase activity was partially due to the activation of an exo-glucanase that hydrolyzes PNPG. It is concluded that glucanases are synthesized in inactive precursor forms and are converted to the active forms in their secretory pathway.     

Isolation from Cigar Tobacco Leaves of Tetrahydroactinidiolide

Basic amino acids (lysine, histidine and arginine) accumulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae vacuoles should be mobilized to cytosolic nitrogen metabolism under starvation. We found that the decrease of vacuolar basic amino acids in response to nitrogen starvation was impaired by the deletion of AVT4 gene encoding a vacuolar transporter. In addition, overexpression of AVT4 reduced the accumulation of basic amino acids in vacuoles under nutrient-rich condition. In contrast to AVT4, the deletion and overexpression of AVT3, which encodes the closest homologue of Avt4p, did not affect the contents of vacuolar basic amino acids. Consistent with these, arginine uptake into vacuolar membrane vesicles was decreased by Avt4p-, but not by Avt3p-overproduction, whereas various neutral amino acids were excreted from vacuolar membrane vesicles in a manner dependent on either Avt4p or Avt3p. These results suggest that Avt4p is a vacuolar amino acid exporter involving in the recycling of basic amino acids.     

Regulation of amino acid transport in growing cells of Streptomyces hydrogenans

(1) The active uptake of different amino acids by growing cells of Streptomyces hydrogenans was shown to be correlated with the physiological age of the cells. During the lag phase of growth the transport capacity increased and attained its highest level when the growth rate was maximum. During further growth the transport capacity declined progressively. The lowest transport activity was observed when the culture shifted into the stationary growth phase. (2) Such modulation of transport capacity was independent on the presence or absence of amino acids in the growth medium of the cells. (3) The size and the composition of the pool of free intracellular amino acids was also undergoing substantial variations during the growth cycle of the culture. In the lag phase, the levels of all amino acids decreased markedly and attained their lowest values at the end of this phase. During further growth the pool size was slowly replenished. (4) Removal of the pool resulted in a considerable gain of transport capacity. Therefore, it was concluded that active amino acid transport in growing Streptomyces hydrogenans is under feedback control by intracellular amino acids. (5) Quantitatively, the modulation of the pool size could not fully account for the variation of the transport capacity. Since a pool-independent stimulation of transport was found to be correlated with the increase of the growth rate of the cells, the possibility is discussed that the stimulation of transport is either due to increased levels of distinct RNA species, which might provide positive feedback signals for transport, or by increased rates of de novo synthesis of transport limiting proteins.List of Abbreviations AIB 2-aminoisobutyric acid - CM complete medium - MM mineral medium     

Lactic acid production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</Emphasis> expressing a <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizopus oryzae</Emphasis> lactate dehydrogenase gene

This work demonstrates the first example of a fungal lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) expressed in yeast. A L(+)-LDH gene, ldhA, from the filamentous fungus Rhizopus oryzae was modified to be expressed under control of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae adh1 promoter and terminator and then placed in a 2μ-containing yeast-replicating plasmid. The resulting construct, pLdhA68X, was transformed and tested by fermentation analyses in haploid and diploid yeast containing similar genetic backgrounds. Both recombinant strains utilized 92 g glucose/l in approximately 30 h. The diploid isolate accumulated approximately 40% more lactic acid with a final concentration of 38 g lactic acid/l and a yield of 0.44 g lactic acid/g glucose. The optimal pH for lactic acid production by the diploid strain was pH 5. LDH activity in this strain remained relatively constant at 1.5 units/mg protein throughout the fermentation. The majority of carbon was still diverted to the ethanol fermentation pathway, as indicated by ethanol yields between 0.25–0.33 g/g glucose. S. cerevisiae mutants impaired in ethanol production were transformed with pLdhA68X in an attempt to increase the lactic acid yield by minimizing the conversion of pyruvate to ethanol. Mutants with diminished pyruvate decarboxylase activity and mutants with disrupted alcohol dehydrogenase activity did result in transformants with diminished ethanol production. However, the efficiency of lactic acid production also decreased. Electronic Publication     

Characterization of Avt1p as a vacuolar proton/amino acid antiporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Several genes for vacuolar amino acid transport were reported in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but have not well been investigated. We characterized AVT1, a member of the AVT vacuolar transporter family, which is reported to be involved in lifespan of yeast. ATP-dependent uptake of isoleucine and histidine by the vacuolar vesicles of an AVT exporter mutant was lost by introducing avt1? mutation. Uptake activity was inhibited by the V-ATPase inhibitor: concanamycin A and a protonophore. Isoleucine uptake was inhibited by various neutral amino acids and histidine, but not by γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamate, and aspartate. V-ATPase-dependent acidification of the vesicles was declined by the addition of isoleucine or histidine, depending upon Avt1p. Taken together with the data of the amino acid contents of vacuolar fractions in cells, the results suggested that Avt1p is a proton/amino acid antiporter important for vacuolar compartmentalization of various amino acids.     

酵母产γ-氨基丁酸发酵条件的研究

目的：研究酵母产γ-氨基丁酸的发酵条件,提高其产γ-氨基丁酸的能力。方法：以高产γ-氨基丁酸的酵母突变株为材料,通过单因素实验研究培养温度、摇床转速、接种量、种龄和培养时间等条件对菌株发酵生产γ-氨基丁酸的影响。结果：最适发酵条件为：培养温度30℃,摇床转速220 rpm,接种量4%,种龄为2d的种子菌,培养时间4d。在此发酵条件下,变异菌发酵液中γ-氨基丁酸含量高达2.588 g.L-1,较优化前提高了53%。结论：发酵条件的优化,提高了菌株产γ-氨基丁酸的能力。     

酵母产γ- 氨基丁酸发酵条件的研究

目的:研究酵母产γ-氨基丁酸的发酵条件,提高其产γ-氨基丁酸的能力。方法:以高产γ-氨基丁酸的酵母突变株为材料,通过单因素实验研究培养温度、摇床转速、接种量、种龄和培养时间等条件对菌株发酵生产γ-氨基丁酸的影响。结果:最适发酵条件为:培养温度30℃,摇床转速220 rpm,接种量4%,种龄为2d的种子菌,培养时间4d。在此发酵条件下,变异菌发酵液中γ-氨基丁酸含量高达2.588 g.L-1,较优化前提高了53%。结论:发酵条件的优化,提高了菌株产γ-氨基丁酸的能力。