TY - JOUR
T1 - Construction of uracil and tryptophan auxotrophic mutants from sake yeasts by disruption of URA3 and TRP1 genes
AU - Kitamoto, Katsuhiko
AU - Oda, Kaoko
AU - Gomi, Katsuya
AU - Takahashi, Kojiro
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PY - 1990/11
Y1 - 1990/11
N2 - Uracil auxotrophic mutants were constructed from the sake yeasts K-701 and K-901 by successive URA3 gene disruption. First, as sake yeast is diploid, one URA3 gene was disrupted with pURA38 (A URA3 SMR1) and the heterozygous disruptant was isolated on an SM (sulfometuron methyl) plate. The other URA3 gene was disrupted with pURA36 (AURA3) and homozygous URA3 disruptants were isolated on FOA (5-fluoro-orotic acid) plate on which only ura3 mutants can grow. Direct URA3 gene disruption with pURA36 (ΔURA3) was also done and the uracil auxotrophic mutant was isolated. Four types of URA3 disruptants were isolated, two of which had no bacterial DNA. A tryptophan auxotrophic mutant was constructed from one of the URA3 disruptant using pTRP14 (ΔTRP1 URA3) by gene disruption. This TRP1 disruptant was also lacking bacterial DNA. Laboratory scale sake brewing using the auxotrophic mutants showed that these strains are very useful as recipient strains for molecular breeding of sake yeasts.
AB - Uracil auxotrophic mutants were constructed from the sake yeasts K-701 and K-901 by successive URA3 gene disruption. First, as sake yeast is diploid, one URA3 gene was disrupted with pURA38 (A URA3 SMR1) and the heterozygous disruptant was isolated on an SM (sulfometuron methyl) plate. The other URA3 gene was disrupted with pURA36 (AURA3) and homozygous URA3 disruptants were isolated on FOA (5-fluoro-orotic acid) plate on which only ura3 mutants can grow. Direct URA3 gene disruption with pURA36 (ΔURA3) was also done and the uracil auxotrophic mutant was isolated. Four types of URA3 disruptants were isolated, two of which had no bacterial DNA. A tryptophan auxotrophic mutant was constructed from one of the URA3 disruptant using pTRP14 (ΔTRP1 URA3) by gene disruption. This TRP1 disruptant was also lacking bacterial DNA. Laboratory scale sake brewing using the auxotrophic mutants showed that these strains are very useful as recipient strains for molecular breeding of sake yeasts.
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U2 - 10.1080/00021369.1990.10870447
DO - 10.1080/00021369.1990.10870447
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000490292
SN - 0916-8451
VL - 54
SP - 2979
EP - 2987
JO - Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
JF - Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
IS - 11
ER -