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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 13, Pages 6085-6094Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5691-x
Keywords
Heat stress; Acetic acid stress; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Carbon metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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- Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [2009-0081512]
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Cellular responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to high temperatures of up to 42 A degrees C during ethanol fermentation at a high glucose concentration (i.e., 100 g/L) were investigated. Increased temperature correlated with stimulated glucose uptake to produce not only the thermal protectant glycerol but also ethanol and acetic acid. Carbon flux into the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle correlated positively with cultivation temperature. These results indicate that the increased demand for energy (in the form of ATP), most likely caused by multiple stressors, including heat, acetic acid, and ethanol, was matched by both the fermentation and respiration pathways. Notably, acetic acid production was substantially stimulated compared to that of other metabolites during growth at increased temperature. The acetic acid produced in addition to ethanol seemed to subsequently result in adverse effects, leading to increased production of reactive oxygen species. This, in turn, appeared to cause the specific growth rate, and glucose uptake rate reduced leading to a decrease of the specific ethanol production rate far before glucose depletion. These results suggest that adverse effects from heat, acetic acid, ethanol, and oxidative stressors are synergistic, resulting in a decrease of the specific growth rate and ethanol production rate and, hence, are major determinants of cell stability and ethanol fermentation performance of S. cerevisiae at high temperatures. The results are discussed in the context of possible applications.
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