Journal
FEMS YEAST RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 833-844Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12172
Keywords
ARO80; VOC; volatile flavour compounds; biodiversity
Funding
- European Union Marie Curie Initial Training Network Cornucopia
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Aroma alcohols of fermented food and beverages are derived from fungal amino acids catabolism via the Ehrlich pathway. This linear pathway consists of three enzymatic reactions to form fusel alcohols. Regulation of some of the enzymes occurs on the transcriptional level via Aro80. The riboflavin overproducer Ashbya gossypii produces strong fruity flavours in contrast to its much less aromatic relative Eremothecium cymbalariae. Genome comparisons indicated that A.gossypii harbors genes for aromatic amino acid catabolism (ARO8a, ARO8b, ARO10, and ARO80) while E.cymbalariae only encodes ARO8a and thus lacks major components of aromatic amino acid catabolism. Volatile compound (VOC) analysis showed that both Eremothecium species produce large amounts of isoamyl alcohol while A.gossypii also produces high levels of 2-phenylethanol. Deletion of the A.gossypii ARO-genes did not confer any growth deficiencies. However, A.gossypii ARO-mutants (except Agaro8a) were strongly impaired in aroma production, particularly in the production of the rose flavour 2-phenylethanol. Conversely, overexpression of ARO80 via the AgTEF1 promoter resulted in 50% increase in VOC production. Together these data indicate that A.gossypii is a very potent flavour producer and that amongst the non-Saccharomyces biodiversity strains can be identified that could provide positive sensory properties to fermented beverages.
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