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Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum
Saccharomyces uvarum is one of the few fermentative species that can be used in winemaking, but its weak sulfite tolerance is the main reason for its further use. Previous studies have shown that the expression of the methionine synthase gene (MET4) is upregulated in FZF1 (a gene encoding a putative...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8869826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11040636 |
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author | Wei, Zhuo Zhang, Zhiming Zhao, Wenjuan Yin, Tuo Liu, Xiaozhen Zhang, Hanyao |
author_facet | Wei, Zhuo Zhang, Zhiming Zhao, Wenjuan Yin, Tuo Liu, Xiaozhen Zhang, Hanyao |
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description | Saccharomyces uvarum is one of the few fermentative species that can be used in winemaking, but its weak sulfite tolerance is the main reason for its further use. Previous studies have shown that the expression of the methionine synthase gene (MET4) is upregulated in FZF1 (a gene encoding a putative zinc finger protein, which is a positive regulator of the transcription of the cytosolic sulfotransferase gene SSU1) overexpression transformant strains, but its exact function is unknown. To gain insight into the function of the MET4 gene, in this study, a MET4 overexpression vector was constructed and transformed into S. uvarum strain A9. The MET4 transformants showed a 20 mM increase in sulfite tolerance compared to the starting strain. Ninety-two differential genes were found in the transcriptome of A9-MET4 compared to the A9 strain, of which 90 were upregulated, and two were downregulated. The results of RT-qPCR analyses confirmed that the expression of the HOMoserine requiring gene (HOM3) in the sulfate assimilation pathway and some fermentation-stress-related genes were upregulated in the transformants. The overexpression of the MET4 gene resulted in a significant increase in sulfite tolerance, the upregulation of fermentation-stress-related gene expression, and significant changes in the transcriptome profile of the S. uvarum strain. |
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spelling | pubmed-88698262022-02-25 Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum Wei, Zhuo Zhang, Zhiming Zhao, Wenjuan Yin, Tuo Liu, Xiaozhen Zhang, Hanyao Cells Article Saccharomyces uvarum is one of the few fermentative species that can be used in winemaking, but its weak sulfite tolerance is the main reason for its further use. Previous studies have shown that the expression of the methionine synthase gene (MET4) is upregulated in FZF1 (a gene encoding a putative zinc finger protein, which is a positive regulator of the transcription of the cytosolic sulfotransferase gene SSU1) overexpression transformant strains, but its exact function is unknown. To gain insight into the function of the MET4 gene, in this study, a MET4 overexpression vector was constructed and transformed into S. uvarum strain A9. The MET4 transformants showed a 20 mM increase in sulfite tolerance compared to the starting strain. Ninety-two differential genes were found in the transcriptome of A9-MET4 compared to the A9 strain, of which 90 were upregulated, and two were downregulated. The results of RT-qPCR analyses confirmed that the expression of the HOMoserine requiring gene (HOM3) in the sulfate assimilation pathway and some fermentation-stress-related genes were upregulated in the transformants. The overexpression of the MET4 gene resulted in a significant increase in sulfite tolerance, the upregulation of fermentation-stress-related gene expression, and significant changes in the transcriptome profile of the S. uvarum strain. MDPI 2022-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8869826/ /pubmed/35203287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11040636 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wei, Zhuo Zhang, Zhiming Zhao, Wenjuan Yin, Tuo Liu, Xiaozhen Zhang, Hanyao Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title | Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title_full | Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title_fullStr | Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title_full_unstemmed | Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title_short | Overexpression of MET4 Leads to the Upregulation of Stress-Related Genes and Enhanced Sulfite Tolerance in Saccharomyces uvarum |
title_sort | overexpression of met4 leads to the upregulation of stress-related genes and enhanced sulfite tolerance in saccharomyces uvarum |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8869826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11040636 |
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