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Transcriptome Analysis Unveils the Effects of Proline on Gene Expression in the Yeast Komagataella phaffii.

ABSTRACT: Komagataella phaffii yeast is one of the most important biocompounds producing microorganisms in modern biotechnology. Optimization of media recipes and cultivation strategies is key to successful synthesis of recombinant proteins. The complex effects of proline on gene expression in the yeast K. phaffii was analyzed on the transcriptome level in this work. Our analysis revealed drastic changes in gene expression when K. phaffii was grown in proline-containing media in comparison to ammonium sulphate-containing media. Around 18.9% of all protein-encoding genes were differentially expressed in the experimental conditions. Proline is catabolized by K. phaffii even in the presence of other nitrogen, carbon and energy sources. This results in the repression of genes involved in the utilization of other element sources, namely methanol. We also found that the repression of AOX1 gene promoter with proline can be partially reversed by the deletion of the KpPUT4.2 gene.

SUBMITTER: Rumyantsev A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8778476 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcriptome Analysis Unveils the Effects of Proline on Gene Expression in the Yeast Komagataella phaffii.

Rumyantsev Andrey A Sidorin Anton A Volkov Artemii A Al Shanaa Ousama O Sambuk Elena E Padkina Marina M

Microorganisms 20211229 1

Komagataella phaffii yeast is one of the most important biocompounds producing microorganisms in modern biotechnology. Optimization of media recipes and cultivation strategies is key to successful synthesis of recombinant proteins. The complex effects of proline on gene expression in the yeast K. phaffii was analyzed on the transcriptome level in this work. Our analysis revealed drastic changes in gene expression when K. phaffii was grown in proline-containing media in compa ...[more]

PMID: 35056516

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Project description:The yeast Komagataella phaffii has become a popular host strain among biotechnology start-up companies for producing recombinant proteins for food and adult nutrition applications. Komagataella phaffii is a host of choice due to its long history of safe use, open access to protocols and strains, a secretome free of host proteins and proteases, and contract manufacturing organizations with deep knowledge in bioprocess scale-up. However, a recent publication highlighted the abundance of an unknown polysaccharide that accumulates in the supernatant during fermentation. This poses a significant challenge in using K. phaffii as a production host. This polysaccharide leads to difficulties in achieving high purity products and requires specialized and costly downstream processing steps for removal. In this study, we describe the use of the common K. phaffii host strain YB-4290 for production of the bioactive milk protein lactoferrin. Upon purification of lactoferrin using membrane-based separation methods, significant amounts of carbohydrate were copurified with the protein. It was determined that the carbohydrate is mostly composed of mannose residues with minor amounts of glucose and glucosamine. The polysaccharide fraction has an average molecular weight of 50 kDa and consists mainly of mannan, galactomannan, and amylose. In addition, a large fraction of the carbohydrate has an unknown structure likely composed of oligosaccharides. Additional strains were tested in fermentation to further understand the source of the carbohydrates. The commonly used industrial hosts, BG10 and YB-4290, produce a basal level of exopolysaccharide; YB-4290 producing slightly more than BG10. Overexpression of recombinant protein stimulates exopolysaccharide production well above levels produced by the host strains alone. Overall, this study aims to provide a foundation for developing methods to improve the economics of recombinant protein production using K. phaffii as a production host.One-sentence summaryOverexpression of recombinant protein stimulates the hyperproduction of high-molecular-weight, mannose-based, exopolysaccharides by the industrial yeast Komagataella phaffii.

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Transcriptome Analysis Unveils the Effects of Proline on Gene Expression in the Yeast Komagataella phaffii.

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Transcriptome Analysis Unveils the Effects of Proline on Gene Expression in the Yeast <i>Komagataella phaffii</i>.

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