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PHO3

Introduction

The expression of PHO3 gene in S. cerevisiae can hydrolyze thiamine phosphate in the pericytoplasmic space and increase thiamine uptake by cells.

Experiment

In our experiments, we found that overexpression of this gene could promote the tolerance of S. cerevisiae to high temperature. However, if the samples we tested were hot soup or other food, s. cerevisiae used for testing might lose activity. If the samples were tested after cooling, it would not only take too long, but also might change the flavor of the samples. Therefore, we intend to overexpress PHO3 gene in our strain to improve its heat resistance and enable it to detect a wider range of samples. In the following sections, we will explain how the PHO3 overexpression can improve the heat resistance of S. cerevisiae.

Comparison of yeast growth status

Our experiment was divided into two groups, one group was PHO3 overexpressed strain (experimental group), the other group was normal strain (control group), using the same conditions at 37. C, culture in 20g/L glucose solution for 36h. The measured data are drawn as the following figure. It was not difficult to see that the growth status of PHO3 overexpressed strain was obviously better than that of the normal strain, which indicated that the overexpression of PHO3 gene had a high-temperature resistance effect on S. cerevisiae. This gene will subsequently be overexpressed in our saccharomyces cerevisiae strains to make them resistant to high temperatures.

Figure1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae growth curve

Reference

[1]1To-E A, et al. (1973) Isolation and characterization of acid phosphatase mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 113(2):727-38

[2] Doi S, et al. (1989) Induction of repressible acid phosphatase by unsaturated fatty acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Sci 94 ( Pt 3):511-6

[3] Praetorius-Ibba M, et al. (1997) Homologous recombination partly restores the secretion defect of underglycosylated acid phosphatase in yeast. Curr Genet 32(3):190-6

[4] Kalebina TS, et al. (2008) The role of high-molecular-weight polyphosphates in activation of glucan transferase Bgl2p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall. Dokl Biochem Biophys 420:142-5

Sequence and Features

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