Automated Yeast Transformation Protocol to Engineer Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains for Cellulosic Ethanol Production with Open Reading Frames That Express Proteins Binding to Xylose Isomerase Identified Using a Robotic Two-Hybrid Screen

Stephen R. Hughes, Joseph O. Rich, Kenneth M. Bischoff, Ronald E. Hector, Nasib Qureshi, Badal C. Saha, Bruce S. Dien, Siqing Liu, John S. Jackson, David E. Sterner, Tauseef R. Butt, Joshua Labaer, Michael A. Cotta

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Abstract

Commercialization of fuel ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass has focused on engineering the glucose-fermenting industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to use pentose sugars. Because S. cerevisiae naturally metabolizes xylulose, one approach involves introducing xylose isomerase (XI), which catalyzes conversion of xylose to xylulose. In this study, an automated two-hybrid interaction protocol was used to find yeast genes encoding proteins that bind XI to identify potential targets for improving xylose utilization by S. cerevisiae. A pDEST32 vector re-engineered for TRP selection and containing the Gal4 binding domain fused with the Piromyces sp. E2 XI open reading frame (ORF) was used as bait with a library of LEU-selectable pOAD vectors containing the Gal4 activation domain in fusion with members of the S. cerevisiae genome ORF collection. Binding of a yeast ORF protein to XI activates two chromosomally located reporter genes in a PJ69–4 yeast strain to give selective growth. Five genes, including ADHI, were identified in the two-hybrid screen, suggesting the proteins encoded by these genes bind to XI. The effect of ADHI overexpression was examined using the pSUMOduoHisADHI vector in an automated protocol to transform eight previously identified yeast strains that showed anaerobic growth on xylose. One transformant consumed all available glucose, xylose, and arabinose during growth on wheat straw hydrolysate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)200-212
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Laboratory Automation
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome ORFs
  • automated yeast transformation protocol
  • cellulosic fuel ethanol
  • proteins binding xylose isomerase
  • work cell-based yeast two-hybrid high-throughput screen

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Medical Laboratory Technology

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