A genetic approach of wine yeast fermentation capacity in nitrogen-starvation reveals the key role of nitrogen signaling

BMC Genomics

Bruno Blondin¹  Jean-Luc Legras¹  Frédéric Bigey¹  Isabelle Sanchez¹  Claire Brice¹ 

[1] Université Montpellier 1, UMR1083 Science pour l’Œnologie, 2 Place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier, France

关键词: BIO3;    ARG81;    GCN1;    MDS3;    TOR pathway;    Saccharomyces cerevisiae;    QTL mapping;    Nitrogen;    Fermentation;   

Others  :  857093
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2164-15-495

 received in 2014-01-31, accepted in 2014-06-10,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

In conditions of nitrogen limitation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains differ in their fermentation capacities, due to differences in their nitrogen requirements. The mechanisms ensuring the maintenance of glycolytic flux in these conditions are unknown. We investigated the genetic basis of these differences, by studying quantitative trait loci (QTL) in a population of 133 individuals from the F2 segregant population generated from a cross between two strains with different nitrogen requirements for efficient fermentation.

Results

By comparing two bulks of segregants with low and high nitrogen requirements, we detected four regions making a quantitative contribution to these traits. We identified four polymorphic genes, in three of these four regions, for which involvement in the phenotype was validated by hemizygote comparison. The functions of the four validated genes, GCN1, MDS3, ARG81 and BIO3, relate to key roles in nitrogen metabolism and signaling, helping to maintain fermentation performance.

Conclusions

This study reveals that differences in nitrogen requirement between yeast strains results from a complex allelic combination. The identification of three genes involved in sensing and signaling nitrogen and specially one from the TOR pathway as affecting nitrogen requirements suggests a role for this pathway in regulating the fermentation rate in starvation through unknown mechanisms linking nitrogen signaling to glycolytic flux.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Brice et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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