Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue 6, Pages 3042-3053Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-0744-2
Keywords
Yeast; Freeze tolerance; Trehalose; Amino acid; Glycerol; Frozen dough
Funding
- National Nature Science Fund of China [71173103/G0310]
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Freeze-tolerant baker's yeasts are required for the processing of frozen doughs. The present study was carried out to investigate the cell survival rate after frozen storage and the change of fermentability in dough due to frozen storage, and to discuss quantitatively the relationship of freeze tolerance with intracellular trehalose, amino acids, and glycerol, using six types of baker's yeasts as the test materials. The experimental results showed that the fermentability of yeast cells in frozen dough was strongly correlated with the cell survival rate. The baker's yeast with a higher level of cell survival rate had a larger increase in the total intracellular compound content after frozen storage, and the cell survival rate increased linearly with increasing total intracellular compound content in frozen yeast cells. Trehalose was a primary compound affecting freeze tolerance, followed by glutamic acid, arginine, proline, asparagic acid, and glycerol. The basic information provided by the present study is useful for exploring the freeze-tolerance mechanisms of baker's yeast cells, breeding better freeze-tolerant baker's yeast strains, and developing more effective cryoprotectants.
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