title: Construction of recombinant industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with bglS gene insertion into PEP4 locus by homologous recombination.
abstract: The bglS gene encoding endo-l,3-1,4-beta-glucanase from Bacillus subtilis was cloned and sequenced in this study. The bglS expression cassette, including PGK1 promoter, bglS gene fused to the signal sequence of the yeast mating pheromone alpha-factor (MFalpha1(S)), and ADH1 terminator with G418-resistance as the selected marker, was constructed. Then one of the PEP4 allele of Saccharomyces cerevisiae WZ65 strain was replaced by bglS expression cassette using chromosomal integration of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-mediated homologous recombination, and the bglS gene was expressed simultaneously. The recombinant strain S. cerevisiae (SC-betaG) was preliminarily screened by the clearing hydrolysis zone formed after the barley beta-glucan was hydrolyzed in the plate and no proteinase A (PrA) activity was measured in fermenting liquor. The results of PCR analysis of genome DNA showed that one of the PEP4 allele had been replaced and bglS gene had been inserted into the locus of PEP4 gene in recombinant strains. Different endo-l,3-1,4-beta-glucanase assay methods showed that the recombinant strain SC-betaG had high endo-l,3-1,4-beta-glucanase expression level with the maximum of 69.3 U/(h.ml) after 60 h of incubation. Meanwhile, the Congo Red method was suitable for the determination of endo-l,3-1,4-beta-glucanase activity during the actual brewing process. The current research implies that the constructed yeast strain could be utilized to improve the industrial brewing property of beer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qi-He
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ming-Liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jin-Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guo-Qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C028020:licheninase; C499267:PEP4 protein, S cerevisiae; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases