Identification of the genes affecting the regulation of riboflavin synthesis in the flavinogenic yeast Pichia guilliermondii using insertion mutagenesis.
Pichia guilliermondii is a representative of a group of so-called flavinogenic yeast species that overproduce riboflavin (vitamin B(2)) in response to iron limitation. Using insertion mutagenesis, we isolated P. guilliermondii mutants overproducing riboflavin. Analysis of nucleotide sequence of recombination sites revealed that insertion cassettes integrated into the genome disrupting P. guilliermondii genes similar to the VMA1 gene of Ashbya gossypii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and FES1 and FRA1 genes of S. cerevisiae. The constructed P. guilliermondiiΔvma1-17 mutant possessed five- to sevenfold elevated riboflavin production and twofold decreased iron cell content as compared with the parental strain. Pichia guilliermondiiΔfra1-45 mutant accumulated 1.8-2.2-fold more iron in the cells and produced five- to sevenfold more riboflavin as compared with the parental strain. Both Δvma1-17 and Δfes1-77 knockout strains could not grow at 37 °C in contrast to the wild-type strain and the Δfra1-45 mutant. Increased riboflavin production by the wild-type strain was observed at 37 °C. Although the Δfes1-77 mutant did not overproduce riboflavin, it showed partial complementation when crossed with previously isolated P. guilliermondii riboflavin-overproducing mutant rib80-22. Complementation analysis revealed that Δvma1-17 and Δfra1-45 mutants are distinct from previously reported riboflavin-producing mutants hit1-1, rib80-22 and rib81-31 of this yeast.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine.
Yuriy R
YR
Boretsky
Yuriy V
YV
Pynyaha
Volodymyr Y
VY
Boretsky
Dariya V
DV
Fedorovych
Lyubov R
LR
Fayura
Olha
O
Protchenko
Caroline C
CC
Philpott
Andriy A
AA
Sibirny
D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000379:methods; D010641:Phenotype; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013696:Temperature
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase; D012256:Riboflavin
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