Project description:Evolutionary engineering strategy was used for selection of ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae clones under gradually increasing ethanol stress levels. Clones B2 and B8 were selected based on their higher ethanol-tolerance and higher ethanol production levels. Whole genome microarray analysis was used for identifying the gene expression levels of these two evolved clones compared to the reference strain.
Project description:Evolutionary engineering strategy was used for selection of ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae clones under gradually increasing ethanol stress levels. Clones B2 and B8 were selected based on their higher ethanol-tolerance and higher ethanol production levels. Whole genome microarray analysis was used for identifying the gene expression levels of these two evolved clones compared to the reference strain. Two evolved ethanol-tolerant strains B2 and B8, which were selected by evolutionary engineering under gradually increasing ethanol stress, were used for whole genome transcriptomic analysis in comparison with the reference strain. Cells were grown in yeast minimal media until they reach a final OD600 of 1. Following total RNA isolation, gene expression levels were analyzed using One-color microarray-based gene expression analysis (Agilent Technologies). Experiments were done in triplicates.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of ethanol tolerant strains Ets2 and Ets3 comparing control Saccharomyces cerevisiae L3262 with ethanol tolerant strains Ets2 and Ets3, through screening a mutant library of SPT15 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae L3262.
Project description:A propolis-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain was obtained using an evolutionary engineering strategy based on successive batch cultivation under gradually increasing propolis levels. The mutant strain FD 11 was selected at a propolis concentration that the reference strain could not grow at all. Whole-genome transcriptomic analysis of FD11 was performed with respect to its reference strain to determine differences in gene expression levels between the two strains. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Project description:A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant with extended chronological life span was obtained by using an evolutionary engineering strategy, based on successive batch cultivation under gradually enhanced caloric restriction. The mutant strain SRM11 was selected which had about 50% longer life span than the reference strain. Whole-genome transcriptomic analysis of SRM11 with respect to the reference strain was performed to identify differences in gene expression levels between the two strains.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of ethanol tolerant strains Ets2 and Ets3 comparing control Saccharomyces cerevisiae L3262 with ethanol tolerant strains Ets2 and Ets3, through screening a mutant library of SPT15 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae L3262. Four-condition experiment, L3262 vs. Ets2 or Ets3 strains. Biological replicates: 4 control, each 2 transfected(Ets2, Ets3), independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant with improved coniferyl aldehyde resistance was obtained by using an evolutionary engineering strategy, based on successive batch cultivation under gradually increased coniferyl aldehyde concentration. The mutant strain BH13 was selected which could grow at a coniferyl aldehyde concentration that the reference strain could not grow at all. Whole-genome transcriptomic analysis of BH13 with respect to the reference strain was performed to identify differences in gene expression levels between the two strains.
Project description:A caffeine-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain was obtained using an evolutionary engineering strategy based on successive batch cultivation at gradually increasing caffeine levels. The mutant strain Caf905-2 was selected at a caffeine concentration where its reference strain could not grow at all. Whole-genome transcriptomic analysis of Caf905-2 was performed with respect to its reference strain.
Project description:The engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for lactose utilization has been attempted with the intent of developing high productivity processes for alcoholic fermentation of cheese whey. A recombinant S. cerevisiae flocculent strain that efficiently ferments lactose to ethanol was previously obtained by evolutionary engineering of an original recombinant that displayed poor lactose fermentation performance. In this study, we compared the transcriptomes of the original and the evolved recombinant strains (T1 and T1-E, respectively) growing in lactose, using cDNA microarrays. Microarray data revealed 173 genes whose expression levels differed more than 1.5-fold. About half of these genes were related to RNA mediated transposition. We also found genes involved in DNA repair and recombination mechanisms, response to stress, chromatin remodelling, cell cycle control, mitosis regulation, glycolysis and alcoholic fermentation. These transcriptomic data are in agreement with some of the previously identified physiological and molecular differences between the recombinants, and point to further hypotheses to explain those differences.
