To deal with recent increasing mobile traffic, ultra-broadband communication with millimeter-wave (mmWave) has been regarded as a key technology for 5G cellular networks. In a previous study, a mmWave heterogeneous network was composed of several mmWave small cells overlaid on the coverage of a macro cell. However, as seen from the optical fiber penetration rate worldwide, it is difficult to say that backhaul with Gbps order is available everywhere.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of glutathione (GSH) in eukaryotic cells is well known. The biosynthesis of this γ-glutamine tripeptide is well studied. However, other γ-glutamyl peptides were found in various sources, and the pathways of their formation were not always clear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGamma-glutamylcysteine (γ-GC), the precursor of glutathione (GSH), may have significant health benefits as a dietary supplement, but there are few cost-effective methods available for its large-scale production. We developed an efficient method for producing γ-GC in a mutant yeast strain using a three-step breeding procedure and a unique cultivation process. In the first breeding step, we prepared a glutathione synthetase (GSH2)-deficient yeast mutant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlutathione overproducers were detected by examining the pigmentation intensity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae met30 yeast carrying wild-type alleles for ADE1 and ADE2. Highly pigmented colonies, phenocopies of the ade2 or ade1 mutants, were observed among yeast grown in minimal biotin-free medium with a high methionine content.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe identified Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants with 100% higher intracellular glutathione using 1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. This method employs visual selection of the most pigmented colonies among met30 strains carrying ade1 and ade2 mutations. Since the method does not involve genetic engineering, the mutants are suitable for use in the food industry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraditional screening using chemicals or flow cytometry (FCM) alone is not sufficient to isolate the high glutathione (GSH)-producing yeast strains used in food production. Therefore, to improve screening efficiency, we investigated a combination of both methods. A mutated Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain was labeled with 5-chloromethylfluorescein diacetate and sorted by FCM according to emitted fluorescence intensity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA strategy has been developed for creating Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with a high RNA content by following a three-step breeding procedure. In the first step, an S. cerevisiae disruptant of the RRN10 gene, one of the components of the UAF (upstream activation factor) complex of rRNA transcription, was constructed and showed severely slow growth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA method for repeated PCR-mediated promoter replacement in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is described. It was proposed to use the DNA fragment comprising the marker gene that enables both positive and negative selection (a selectable/counter-selectable marker) surrounded by direct repeats of the desired promoter as a promoter replacement cassette. This fragment is integrated upstream of the target gene because of PCR-added terminal sequences for homologous recombination with the target locus.
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