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Mutation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Protoplasts for Enhanced Production of GSH and Gene Expression of GSH Over-accumulating Mutants

SUN Jiang1,ZHU Yi-bo2,WANG Li-mei2,DENG Da-qing2,QI Bin2,*   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
    2. Soochow Key Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Research Centre of Fermentation Engineering Technology,
    Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
  • Online:2013-12-15 Published:2014-01-03
  • Contact: QI Bin

Abstract:

In this study, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y518 was improved for enhanced GSH production by protoplast
mutagenesis. The mortality of Saccharomyces cerevisiae protoplasts after being treated with 0.03 mol/L HNO2 for 3 min
was 85.96%. After 4 repeated treatments, a mutant was obtained which produced 14.85 mg of GSH per g dry weight, a 24%
increase over the original strain. The gene GSH1 encoding the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis route showed a 2.26-fold
increased expression, thus resulting in increased GSH production from the mutant strain.

Key words: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, protoplast mutagenesis, glutathione, gene GSH1

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