title: Display of phytase on the cell surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to degrade phytate phosphorus and improve bioethanol production.
abstract: Currently, development of biofuels as an alternative fuel has gained much attention due to resource and environmental challenges. Bioethanol is one of most important and dominant biofuels, and production using corn or cassava as raw materials has become a prominent technology. However, phytate contained in the raw material not only decreases the efficiency of ethanol production, but also leads to an increase in the discharge of phosphorus, thus impacting on the environment. In this study, to decrease phytate and its phosphorus content in an ethanol fermentation process, Saccharomyces cerevisiae was engineered through a surface-displaying system utilizing the C-terminal half of the yeast α-agglutinin protein. The recombinant yeast strain, PHY, was constructed by successfully displaying phytase on the surface of cells, and enzyme activity reached 6.4 U/g wet biomass weight. Ethanol productions using various strains were compared, and the results demonstrated that the specific growth rate and average fermentation rate of the PHY strain were higher 20 and 18 %, respectively, compared to the control strain S. cerevisiae CICIMY0086, in a 5-L bioreactor process by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. More importantly, the phytate phosphorus concentration decreased by 89.8 % and free phosphorus concentration increased by 142.9 % in dry vinasse compared to the control in a 5-L bioreactor. In summary, we constructed a recombinant S. cerevisiae strain displaying phytase on the cell surface, which could improve ethanol production performance and effectively reduce the discharge of phosphorus. The strain reported here represents a useful novel engineering platform for developing an environment-friendly system for bioethanol production from a corn substrate.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue,, Wuxi, 214122, China. xzchen@jiangnan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xianzhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue,, Wuxi, 214122, China. xiaoyan2011@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue,, Wuxi, 214122, China. shenwei_micro@163.com.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology & Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban, 4001, South Africa. algasang@dut.ac.za.
authors.forename: Algasan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govender
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue,, Wuxi, 214122, China. zhangl@jiangnan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue,, Wuxi, 214122, China. fanyou@jiangnan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China. zx.wang@tust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhengxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D010832:6-Phytase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019149:Bioreactors; D061505:Cell Surface Display Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D002365:Manihot / Q000378:metabolism; D060847:Metabolic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010758:Phosphorus; D000431:Ethanol; D010833:Phytic Acid; D010832:6-Phytase
keywords: Bioethanol; Phytase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Surface-displaying expression