scholarly journals Effect of protease and phytase on the physiological state of alcoholic yeast in cultivation

Author(s):  
T. S. Kovaleva ◽  
G. V. Agafonov ◽  
A. N. Yakovlev ◽  
S. F. Yakovleva

Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast is used in the production of ethyl alcohol. The main requirements for yeast used in the production of ethyl alcohol from starch-containing raw materials: alcohol yeast used in the processing of starchy raw materials must have high fermentation activity; complete fermentability of sugars, resistance to metabolic products, resistance to the development of extraneous microflora. Proteolytic enzyme preparation Prolive BS Liquid was used as a source of protease. Kingphos enzyme preparation was used as a source of phytase. The effect of the enzyme preparations of the neutral protease Prolive BS Liquid and Phytase Kingphos on the fermentation activity of alcohol yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae race XII was studied. The maximum fermentation activity is possessed by yeast cultivated on the wort, obtained using protease and phytase. The duration of the exponential growth phase in the experiment is 14–16 hours, in the control -18–20 hours. The exponential phase is described by the Mono equation. Compared to the yeast in the control, the yeast in the experiment multiplies more intensively, and by 14–16 hours of growth, about 170 million yeast cells accumulate in the culture medium, and the yeast in the control-about 95 million yeast cells by 18–20 h of growth. The specific growth rate was maximum in the logarithmic phase and amounted to 0.35 million cells / cm3 • h in the experimental samples and 0.25 million cells / cm3 • h in the control. It was found that the maximum accumulation of yeast cells was observed when the neutral enzyme Prolive BS Liquid was added to the wort with a dosage of 0.2 units. PS/g of starch and enzyme preparation Phytase Kingfos with a dosage of 0.5 units. FS/g of starch, the yeast cell content in mature yeast reached 170 million cells / cm3 by 16-18 hours of cultivation, the yeast has a high fermentation activity.

2002 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Szkopinska ◽  
Ewa Swiezewska ◽  
Joanna Rytka

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain W303 synthesizes in the early logarithmic phase of growth dolichols of 14-18 isoprene residues. The analysis of the polyisoprenoids present in the stationary phase revealed an additional family which proved to be also dolichols but of 19-24 isoprene residues, constituting 39% of the total dolichols. The transfer of early logarithmic phase cells to a starvation medium lacking glucose or nitrogen resulted in the synthesis of the longer chain dolichols. The additional family of dolichols represented 13.8% and 10.3% of total dolichols in the glucose and nitrogen deficient media, respectively. The level of dolichols in yeast cells increased with the age of the cultures. Since both families of dolichols are present in stationary phase cells we postulate that the longer chain dolichols may be responsible for the physico-chemical changes in cellular membranes allowing yeast cells to adapt to nutrient deficient conditions to maintain long-term viability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Mudrak ◽  
A. Kuts ◽  
S. Kovalchuk ◽  
R. Kyrylenko ◽  
N. Bondar

In this paper, an optimal complex is selected of enzyme preparations for hydrolysis of the components of grain raw materials during fermentation of high concentration wort. When selecting enzyme systems, their effect on the technical and chemical parameters of the fermented wash during the fermentation of wort is investigated. For the research, maize grain with a starch content of 69.0 % was used. Fermentation was carried out with 18–30% of dry matters (DM) in the wort, using the osmophilic yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16.The recommended concentration of the enzyme preparation Amylex 4 T (the source of the α-amylase enzyme) – 0.4–0.6 units of α-amylase ability/g of starch – is optimal for the concentration 18–27% of DS in the wort. For 30 % of DS, it is practical to use 0.6 units of α-amylase ability/g of starch. With the use of the enzyme preparation Diazyme TGA (the source of the enzyme glucoamylase), the value is 7.5 units of glucoamylase ability/g of starch, alcohol accumulation in fermented washes was 10.51, 13.35, 15.78% vol., according to the wort concentrations 18, 27, 30 %, respectively. It has been established that with the application of the cytolytic enzyme Laminex 750, the concentrations of dissolved carbohydrates and non-dissolved starch have a tendency to decrease. In the samples where the proteolytic enzyme preparation Alphalase AFP was added at a concentration of 0.05 units of proteolytic ability/g of raw materials, there was an increase in the accumulation of yeast cells by 6.5% compared with the reference sample. The recommended concentration of Deltazyme VR XL (the source of β-glucanase and xylanase) is 0.05 units β-glucose/g of raw materials. The addition of a cytolytic and proteolytic enzyme preparation in combination with β-glucanase and xylanase contributed to an increase in the accumulation of ethanol in the washes by 1.7 % compared with the reference sample, and to an almost 33 % decrease in the concentration of dissolved carbohydrates and non-dissolved starch. On the basis of experimental studies, it has been found that using a complex of enzyme preparations – amylolytic (Amylex 4T), saccharifying (Diazyme TGA), proteolytic (Alphalase AFP), cytolytic (Laminex 750), and complex AF β-glucanase and xylanase (Deltazyme VR XL), in various combinations of their concentrations, – contributed to the intensification of the fermentation process of the wort and increased accumulation of the target product, ethanol, by 0.8–1.4 %, depending on the wort concentration. The highest amount of ethanol accumulated at the maximum dosage of additional enzyme preparations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kovalchuk ◽  
T. Mudrak

Bioethanol production is a key issue that helps meet the growing demand for energy resources and ensure a sustainable economy. A promising direction is producing bioethanol by using the technology of fermentation of high-concentration wort obtained from the dry matter of grain raw materials. The purpose of this work is researching osmophilic races of distiller’s yeast under the conditions of fermentation of high-concentration wort at increased acidity. Selective breeding of a new strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16 has allowed obtaining ethanol producers able to ferment grain wort with the dry matter concentration 24–34% at pH 6.0–3.0, with alcohol accumulation in the fermented wash up to 17% vol.  It has been studied how the pH of wort affects the dynamics of yeast cell synthesis by the distiller’s yeast races Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-11 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16. It has been established that at the pH values 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0, the concentration of yeast cells in the race Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16 was higher by 2.6, 1.7, 1.5, and 1.4 times respectively, as compared with Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-11. It has been found that culturing industrial yeast of these races at low pH values ​​will provide not only the required sterility of the substrate, but also a high content of yeast cells, which is 250–320 million/cm³. The chemical and technological parameters of the fermented wash obtained by using the yeast races Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-11 and DO-16 at the wort concentration 20–34% DM have been studied. It has been found that under all research conditions, the yeast of the race Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16 synthesised more ethanol than the strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-11 did. The use of a new high-productive strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DO-16 will allow fermenting wort with a high ethanol concentration in the wash. It will also reduce the consumption of heat expended on isolating alcohol from the wash and of water expended on cooling, and lessen the amount of post-alcohol stillage.


Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 850
Author(s):  
Karolina Nowosad ◽  
Monika Sujka ◽  
Urszula Pankiewicz ◽  
Damijan Miklavčič ◽  
Marta Arczewska

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of a pulsed electric field (PEF) on the level of iron ion accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells and to select PEF conditions optimal for the highest uptake of this element. Iron ions were accumulated most efficiently when their source was iron (III) nitrate. When the following conditions of PEF treatment were used: voltage 1500 V, pulse width 10 μs, treatment time 20 min, and a number of pulses 1200, accumulation of iron ions in the cells from a 20 h-culture reached a maximum value of 48.01 mg/g dry mass. Application of the optimal PEF conditions thus increased iron accumulation in cells by 157% as compared to the sample enriched with iron without PEF. The second derivative of the FTIR spectra of iron-loaded and -unloaded yeast cells allowed us to determine the functional groups which may be involved in metal ion binding. The exposure of cells to PEF treatment only slightly influenced the biomass and cell viability. However, iron-enriched yeast (both with or without PEF) showed lower fermentative activity than a control sample. Thus obtained yeast biomass containing a high amount of incorporated iron may serve as an alternative to pharmacological supplementation in the state of iron deficiency.


Genetics ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-540
Author(s):  
Aileen K W Taguchi ◽  
Elton T Young

ABSTRACT The alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH2) gene of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is not transcribed during growth on fermentable carbon sources such as glucose. Growth of yeast cells in a medium containing only nonfermentable carbon sources leads to a marked increase or derepression of ADH2 expression. The recessive mutation, adr6-1, leads to an inability to fully derepress ADH2 expression and to an inability to sporulate. The ADR6 gene product appears to act directly or indirectly on ADH2 sequences 3' to or including the presumptive TATAA box. The upstream activating sequence (UAS) located 5' to the TATAA box is not required for the Adr6- phenotype. Here, we describe the isolation of a recombinant plasmid containing the wild-type ADR6 gene. ADR6 codes for a 4.4-kb RNA which is present during growth both on glucose and on nonfermentable carbon sources. Disruption of the ADR6 transcription unit led to viable cells with decreased ADHII activity and an inability to sporulate. This indicates that both phenotypes result from mutations within a single gene and that the adr6-1 allele was representative of mutations at this locus. The ADR6 gene mapped to the left arm of chromosome XVI at a site 18 centimorgans from the centromere.


1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 442-451
Author(s):  
M Nishizawa ◽  
R Araki ◽  
Y Teranishi

To clarify carbon source-dependent control of the glycolytic pathway in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we have initiated a study of transcriptional regulation of the pyruvate kinase gene (PYK). By deletion analysis of the 5'-noncoding region of the PYK gene, we have identified an upstream activating sequence (UASPYK1) located between 634 and 653 nucleotides upstream of the initiating ATG codon. The promoter activity of the PYK 5'-noncoding region was abolished when the sequence containing the UASPYK1 was deleted from the region. Synthetic UASPYK1 (26mer), in either orientation, was able to restore the transcriptional activity of UAS-depleted mutants when placed upstream of the TATA sequence located at -199 (ATG as +1). While the UASPYK1 was required for basal to intermediate levels of transcriptional activation, a sequence between -714 and -811 was found to be necessary for full activation. On the other hand, a sequence between -344 and -468 was found to be responsible for transcriptional repression of the PYK gene when yeast cells were grown on nonfermentable carbon sources. This upstream repressible sequence also repressed transcription, although to a lesser extent, when glucose was present in the medium. The possible mechanism for carbon source-dependent regulation of PYK expression through these cis-acting regulatory elements is discussed.


Genetics ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 373A-393
Author(s):  
James B Hicks ◽  
Ira Herskowitz

ABSTRACT The two mating types of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be interconverted in both homothallic and heterothallic strains. Previous work indicates that all yeast cells contain the information to be both a and α and that the HO gene (in homothallic strains) promotes a change in mating type by causing a change at the mating type locus itself. In both heterothallic and homothallic strains, a defective α mating type locus can be converted to a functional a locus and subsequently to a functional α locus. In contrast, action of the HO gene does not restore mating ability to a strain defective in another gene for mating which is not at the mating type locus. These observations indicate that a yeast cell contains an additional copy (or copies) of α information, and lead to the "cassette" model for mating type interconversion. In this model, HM  a and hmα loci are blocs of unexpressed α regulatory information, and HMα and hm  a loci are blocs of unexpressed a regulatory information. These blocs are silent because they lack an essential site for expression, and become active upon insertion of this information (or a copy of the information) into the mating type locus by action of the HO gene.


1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 5010-5019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Heitman ◽  
A Koller ◽  
J Kunz ◽  
R Henriquez ◽  
A Schmidt ◽  
...  

The immunosuppressants cyclosporin A, FK506, and rapamycin inhibit growth of unicellular eukaryotic microorganisms and also block activation of T lymphocytes from multicellular eukaryotes. In vitro, these compounds bind and inhibit two different types of peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases. Cyclosporin A binds cyclophilins, whereas FK506 and rapamycin bind FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs). Cyclophilins and FKBPs are ubiquitous, abundant, and targeted to multiple cellular compartments, and they may fold proteins in vivo. Previously, a 12-kDa cytoplasmic FKBP was shown to be only one of at least two FK506-sensitive targets in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We find that a second FK506-sensitive target is required for amino acid import. Amino acid-auxotrophic yeast strains (trp1 his4 leu2) are FK506 sensitive, whereas prototrophic strains (TRP1 his4 leu2, trp1 HIS4 leu2, and trp1 his4 LEU2) are FK506 resistant. Amino acids added exogenously to the growth medium mitigate FK506 toxicity. FK506 induces GCN4 expression, which is normally induced by amino acid starvation. FK506 inhibits transport of tryptophan, histidine, and leucine into yeast cells. Lastly, several genes encoding proteins involved in amino acid import or biosynthesis confer FK506 resistance. These findings demonstrate that FK506 inhibits amino acid import in yeast cells, most likely by inhibiting amino acid transporters. Amino acid transporters are integral membrane proteins which import extracellular amino acids and constitute a protein family sharing 30 to 35% identity, including eight invariant prolines. Thus, the second FK506-sensitive target in yeast cells may be a proline isomerase that plays a role in folding amino acid transporters during transit through the secretory pathway.


1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 5101-5112
Author(s):  
J S Flick ◽  
M Johnston

Growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on glucose leads to repression of transcription of many genes required for alternative carbohydrate metabolism. The GRR1 gene appears to be of central importance to the glucose repression mechanism, because mutations in GRR1 result in a pleiotropic loss of glucose repression (R. Bailey and A. Woodword, Mol. Gen. Genet. 193:507-512, 1984). We have isolated the GRR1 gene and determined that null mutants are viable and display a number of growth defects in addition to the loss of glucose repression. Surprisingly, grr1 mutations convert SUC2, normally a glucose-repressed gene, into a glucose-induced gene. GRR1 encodes a protein of 1,151 amino acids that is expressed constitutively at low levels in yeast cells. GRR1 protein contains 12 tandem repeats of a sequence similar to leucine-rich motifs found in other proteins that may mediate protein-protein interactions. Indeed, cell fractionation studies are consistent with this view, suggesting that GRR1 protein is tightly associated with a particulate protein fraction in yeast extracts. The combined genetic and molecular data are consistent with the idea that GRR1 protein is a primary response element in the glucose repression pathway and is required for the generation or interpretation of the signal that induces glucose repression.


1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 637-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Thomas ◽  
Mary Spencer

Effects of the carbon source and oxygen on ethylene production by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been studied. The amounts of ethylene evolved by the yeast culture were less than those detected in the blank (an equal volume of uninoculated medium), suggesting a net absorption of ethylene by the yeast cells. Addition of glucose to the lactate-grown yeast culture induced ethylene production. This glucose-induced stimulation of ethylene production was inhibited to a great extent by cycloheximide. Results suggested that the yeast cells in the presence of glucose synthesized an ethylene precursor and passed it into the medium. The conversion of this precursor to ethylene might be stimulated by oxygen. The fact that ethylene was produced by the yeast growing anaerobically and also by respiration-deficient mutants isolated from the wild-type yeast suggested that mitochondrial ATP synthesis was not an absolute requirement for ethylene biogenesis.


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