Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the micro-organism of choice for the conversion of fermentable sugars released by the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material into bioethanol. Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material releases acetic acid and previous work identified a...

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Main Authors: Vinod Kumar, Andrew J Hart, Ethiraju R Keerthiraju, Paul R Waldron, Gregory A Tucker, Darren Greetham
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139129&type=printable
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Andrew J Hart
Ethiraju R Keerthiraju
Paul R Waldron
Gregory A Tucker
Darren Greetham
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description <h4>Introduction</h4>Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the micro-organism of choice for the conversion of fermentable sugars released by the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material into bioethanol. Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material releases acetic acid and previous work identified a cytochrome oxidase chaperone gene (COX20) which was significantly up-regulated in yeast cells in the presence of acetic acid.<h4>Results</h4>A Δcox20 strain was sensitive to the presence of acetic acid compared with the background strain. Overexpressing COX20 using a tetracycline-regulatable expression vector system in a Δcox20 strain, resulted in tolerance to the presence of acetic acid and tolerance could be ablated with addition of tetracycline. Assays also revealed that overexpression improved tolerance to the presence of hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This is a study which has utilised tetracycline-regulated protein expression in a fermentation system, which was characterised by improved (or enhanced) tolerance to acetic acid and oxidative stress.
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spelling doaj-art-b372ead5363b4672a10746ced7c5fe742025-08-20T03:10:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011010e013912910.1371/journal.pone.0139129Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.Vinod KumarAndrew J HartEthiraju R KeerthirajuPaul R WaldronGregory A TuckerDarren Greetham<h4>Introduction</h4>Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the micro-organism of choice for the conversion of fermentable sugars released by the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material into bioethanol. Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material releases acetic acid and previous work identified a cytochrome oxidase chaperone gene (COX20) which was significantly up-regulated in yeast cells in the presence of acetic acid.<h4>Results</h4>A Δcox20 strain was sensitive to the presence of acetic acid compared with the background strain. Overexpressing COX20 using a tetracycline-regulatable expression vector system in a Δcox20 strain, resulted in tolerance to the presence of acetic acid and tolerance could be ablated with addition of tetracycline. Assays also revealed that overexpression improved tolerance to the presence of hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This is a study which has utilised tetracycline-regulated protein expression in a fermentation system, which was characterised by improved (or enhanced) tolerance to acetic acid and oxidative stress.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139129&type=printable
spellingShingle Vinod Kumar
Andrew J Hart
Ethiraju R Keerthiraju
Paul R Waldron
Gregory A Tucker
Darren Greetham
Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
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title Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
title_full Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
title_fullStr Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
title_full_unstemmed Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
title_short Expression of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Chaperone Gene (COX20) Improves Tolerance to Weak Acid and Oxidative Stress during Yeast Fermentation.
title_sort expression of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase chaperone gene cox20 improves tolerance to weak acid and oxidative stress during yeast fermentation
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