Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao
September 2024
Gadusol, an efficient natural ultraviolet (UV) absorbing substance with antioxidant capacity, is ubiquitous in aquatic organisms such as microorganisms, algae, and fish eggs. In order to address issues such as its low natural extraction yield and environmental unfriendliness, we introduced the gadusol synthesis pathway from zebrafish into and successfully constructed the recombinant strain capable of synthesizing gadusol. The xylose assimilation genes derived from were further introduced into the recombinant strain to increase the content of the key substrate sedoheptulose 7-phosphate (S7P).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Agric Food Chem
August 2024
Developing microorganisms with a high ribonucleic acid (RNA) content is crucial for the RNA industry. Numerous studies have been conducted to enhance RNA production in yeast cells through genetic engineering, yet precise mechanisms remain elusive. Previously, upregulation of or and deleting or individually could increase the RNA content in .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to elaborate the effect of temperature on doubanjiang fermentation. Two batches of constant-temperature groups were prepared and their physicochemical parameters, color formation, metabolites and microbial community dynamics during fermentation were determined and compared with those of natural temperature fermentation group. The results showed that fermentation at 40 °C could accelerate the accumulation of amino nitrogen, reducing sugar, amino acids, organic acids and various volatile metabolites while it was able to inhibit the growth of conditionally pathogenic bacteria, such as Klebsiella and Salmonella.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to enhance the expression level of a novel trypsin gene from Streptomyces fradiae ATCC14544 in Komagataella phaffii GS115 through the combinational use of propeptide engineering and self-degradation residues modification strategies. An artificial propeptide consisted of thioredoxin TrxA, the bovine propeptide DDDDK and the hydrophobic peptide FVEF was introduced to replace the original propeptide while the self-degradation residue sites were predicted and analyzed through alanine screening. The results showed that the quantity and enzymatic activity of asft with engineered propeptide reached 47.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao
August 2023
Mitophagy is a process whereby cells selectively remove mitochondria through the mechanism of autophagy, which plays an important role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. In order to explore the effect of mitophagy genes on the antioxidant activities of , mutants with deletion or overexpression of mitophagy genes , and were constructed respectively. The results indicated that overexpression of and genes significantly reduced the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) content upon HO stress for 6 h, which were 61.
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August 2023
Yeast autolysis affects the flavor and quality of beer. The regulation of yeast autolysis is a need for industrial beer production. Previous studies on brewer's yeast autolysis showed that the citric acid cycle-related genes had a great influence on yeast autolysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRibonucleic acid (RNA) and its degradation products are important biomolecules widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries for their flavoring and nutritional functions. In this study, we used a genome-scale metabolic network model (GSMM) to explore genetic targets for nucleic acid synthesis in a Saccharomyces pastorianus strain (G03). Yeast 8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Adenomyosis is a common chronic gynecological disorder, and its treatment is an unmet need. New therapies need to be developed. Mifepristone is being tested for adenomyosis treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to elaborate the assembly processes and metabolic regulation of the microbial community under the conditions of environmental factors and artificial intervention using broad bean paste (BBP) fermentation as a tractable research object. Spatial heterogenicity of amino acid nitrogen, titratable acidity, and volatile metabolites were observed between upper and lower layers after fermentation for 2 weeks. Amino nitrogen contents in the upper fermented mash reached 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFlocculation of brewer's yeast is an environment-friendly and cost-effective way to separate yeast cells from fermentation broth for subsequent production. Diverse genetic background and complex fermentation environment cause difficulty to explore flocculation mechanism and regulate yeast flocculation. In this study, comparative transcriptome analysis was carried out between an industrial brewing yeast and its flocculation-enhanced mutant strain, unveiling the differentially-expressed genes were enriched in response to stresses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcetaldehyde is regarded as an important flavor compound in alcoholic beverages. With the advantages of rapidity, low cost and high sensitivity, fluorescent probe could be used as a new tool for the detection of acetaldehyde. Here, an effective fluorescence sensing method based on fluorescent probe N1 (FPN1) was established in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(1) Background: The degradation products of ribonucleic acid (RNA)are widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industry for their flavoring and nutritional enhancement functions. Yeast is the main source for commercial RNA production, and an efficient strain is the key to reducing production costs; (2) Methods: A mutant G03H8 with a high RNA yield was developed via ARTP mutagenesis and fed-batch fermentation was applied to optimize production capacity. Genome sequencing analysis was used to reveal the underlying mechanism of higher RNA production genetic differences in the preferred mutant; (3) Results: Compared with the highest RNA content of the mutant strain, G03H8 increased by 40% compared with the parental strain G03 after response surface model optimization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of 8-oxoG and 8-oxodG in urine of patients with cervical carcinoma and healthy women to evaluate their influences on cervical carcinoma.
Methods: In this study, urine samples were collected from 70 patients with cervical carcinoma, 24 patients with one-year follow-up, and 100 healthy women. The contents of 8-oxodG and 8-oxoG in urine were assayed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS).
World J Microbiol Biotechnol
February 2022
The fermentation performance of yeast is the key of beer production. High gravity brewing is a commonly used technique in industrial lager beer production and it is environmentally friendly. Therefore, there has been extensive effort toward improving high gravity brewing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to elaborate the role of sunlight on chemosensory characteristics of broad bean paste (BBP). Two groups of BBP fermentation with sunlight treated (ST) or darkness treated (DT) were prepared and the volatile compounds were revealed and compared via GC-MS and GC-IMS and multivariate statistical analysis. A total of 125 compounds were identified and 24 markers with potential contribution to the BBP flavor characteristics were screened.
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December 2021
Lager yeast is the most popular yeast strain used for beer production in China. The flocculation of yeast plays an important role in cell separation at the end of fermentation. Therefore, appropriately enhancing the flocculation capability of the lager yeast without affecting its fermentation performance would be desirable for beer industry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFlavor stability is important for beer quality and extensive efforts have been undertaken to improve this. In our previous work, we proved a concept whereby metabolic engineering lager yeast with increased cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydride (NADH) availability could enhance the flavor stability of beer. However, the method for breeding non-genetically modified strains with higher NADH levels remains unsolved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian cancer (OC) is the most frequent cause of death among patients with gynecologic malignancies. In recent years, the development of cisplatin (DDP) resistance has become an important reason for the poor prognosis of OC patients. Therefore, it is vital to explore the mechanism of DDP resistance in OC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh stability at acidic environment is required for 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase to function in biofuel, brewing and animal feed industries. In this study, a mesophilic β-glucanase from Bacillus terquilensis CGX 5-1 was rationally engineered through sequence alignment and surface charge engineering to improve its acidic resistance ability. Nineteen singly-site variants were constructed and Q1E, I133L and V134A variants showed better acidic stability without the compromise of catalytic property and thermostability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the microbial diversity and structure in bean-based fermented foods have been widely studied, systematic studies on functional microbiota and mechanism of community forms in multi-microbial fermentation systems were still lacking. In this work, the metabolic pathway and functional potential of microbial community in broad bean paste (BBP) were investigated by metagenomics approach, and Staphylococcus, Bacillus, Weissella, Aspergillus and Zygosaccharomyces were found to be the potential predominant populations responsible for substrate alteration and flavor biosynthesis. Among them, Staphylococcus was the most abundant and widespread functional microbe, and closely related Staphylococcus species were diverse and ubiquitously distributed, with the opportunistic pathogen S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiogenic amines (BAs) are a threat to the safety of broad bean paste, and biosynthetic mechanism of BA and its regulation are unknown. This study aimed to assess microbial BA synthesis in Chinese traditional broad bean paste and determine favorable fermentation conditions for BA regulation. The BAs content in 27 pastes was within the safe range.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthyl-acetate is important for the flavor and aroma of the alcoholic beverages, therefore, there have been extensive efforts toward increasing its production by engineering yeast strains. In this study, we reported a new approach to breed non-genetic modified producing yeast strain with higher ethyl-acetate production for beer brewing. First, we demonstrated the positive effect of higher acetic acid concentration on inducing the expression of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFYeast flocculation plays an essential role in industrial application. Appropriate flocculation of yeast cells at the end of fermentation benefits the cell separation in production, which is an important characteristic of lager yeast for beer production. Due to the complex fermentation environment and diverse genetic background of yeast strains, it is difficult to explain the flocculation mechanism and find key genes that affect yeast flocculation during beer brewing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBean-based fermentation foods are usually ripened in open environment, which would lead to inconsistencies in flavor and quality between batches. The physicochemical metabolism and microbial community of seasonal broad bean paste (BBP) were compared to distinguish discriminant metabolites and unique taxa, as well as their specific reasons for different flavor and quality in this study. Here, we found that environmental variables led to the seasonal distribution of microbiota, and differential microorganisms further contributed to the inconsistency of flavor quality, in which Lactobacillales was responsible for the higher titratable acid and amino acid nitrogen concentration in winter pei, while Saccharomycetales benefited the formation of volatile flavor substances in autumn pei.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to elaborate the roles of salt concentration on doubanjiang (broad bean paste) fermentation. Three sets of doubanjiang samples which had lower salt concentration than commercial doubanjiang were prepared and the physicochemical parameters, biogenic amines, flavor, microbial dynamics were analyzed during fermentation. The salt reduction showed significant effect on the dynamics of bacteria and fungi, thus leading to doubanjiang samples with different properties.
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