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Global metabolic engineering of glycolytic pathway via multi-copy integration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ryosuke Yamada, Kazuki Wakita, and Hiroyasu Ogino ACS Synth. Biol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00281 • Publication Date (Web): 12 Jan 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 13, 2017

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Global metabolic engineering of glycolytic pathway via multi-copy integration in

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Ryosuke Yamada†, Kazuki Wakita†, Hiroyasu Ogino*

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku,

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Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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* Corresponding author: Hiroyasu Ogino

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TEL/FAX: +81-72-254-9296

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E-mail address: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT The use of renewable feedstocks for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by

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engineering metabolic pathways of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has recently become an

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attractive option. Many researchers attempted to increase glucose consumption rate by

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overexpressing some glycolytic enzymes because most target bio-based chemicals are derived

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through glycolysis. However these attempts have met with little success. In this study, to

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create a S. cerevisiae strain with high glucose consumption rate, we used multi-copy

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integration to develop a global metabolic engineering strategy. Among approximately 350

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metabolically engineered strains, YPH499/dPdA3-34 exhibited the highest glucose

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consumption rate. This strain showed 1.3-fold higher cell growth rate and glucose

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consumption rate than the control strain. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that transcription

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levels of glycolysis-related genes such as HXK2, PFK1, PFK2, PYK2, PGI1, and PGK1 in

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YPH499/dPdA3-34 were increased. Our strategy is thus a promising approach to optimize

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global metabolic pathways in S. cerevisiae.

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Keywords

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae, glycolysis, metabolic engineering, multi-copy integration

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INTRODUCTION Utilization of renewable feedstocks for the production of biofuels and bio-based

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chemicals by engineering metabolic pathways of various kinds of microorganisms has

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recently become an attractive option because of the environmental problems associated with

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the combustion of fossil fuels.1 Among host microorganisms used for metabolic engineering,

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yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is particularly attractive for safety and convenience. S.

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cerevisiae is nonpathogenic, classified as “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS), and has long

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been used to produce consumables like ethanol.2 Thus, the fermentation and processing

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technology for large-scale production is well established in S. cerevisiae.

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Two renewable feedstocks are promising for use with yeast: cellulose and

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hemicellulose, as well as their constituent sugars glucose and xylose.3 Yeast convert most of

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the glucose they uptake into pyruvate thorough the glycolytic pathway, which is then further

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metabolized to other compounds (Fig. 1). Thus, target bio-based chemicals obtained through

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the metabolic engineering of S. cerevisiae are primarily derived from pyruvate.1 In the target

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bio-based chemicals production, it generates a considerable amount of by-products that limits

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the efficiency and yield of bio-based chemicals production. Thus, it is necessary to improve

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the glucose consumption rate and reduce the amount of by-products.

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Many researchers have attempted to increase glucose consumption rate by

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overexpressing glycolytic enzymes in organisms such as S. cerevisiae,4,5 Escherichia coli,6 3 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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Lactococcus lactis,7,8 and Zymomonas mobilis,9 but these attempts have met with little success.

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In most cases, although increases to glycolytic enzyme activity were observed, glucose

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consumption rate remained unaffected. For example, phosphofructokinase and pyruvate

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kinase are two enzymes implicated in the rate-limiting steps of yeast glycolysis, respectively

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converting fructose-6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate into

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pyruvate.10 However, co-overexpression of these two enzymes failed to increase glucose

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consumption rate in S. cerevisiae, suggesting that the insertion and overexpression of more

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genes coding for glycolytic enzymes are necessary before an effect can be observed.4,5 The most commonly used tool to overexpress foreign genes in S. cerevisiae has been

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the yeast episomal plasmid (YEp).11 However, YEp vectors are mitotically unstable under

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non-selective conditions, such as long-term industrial operations in poorly defined media.12,13

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As an alternative, the yeast integrative plasmids (YIp) allow stable foreign gene expression,

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but it remains unsuitable as an overexpression vector because only a few gene copies can be

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integrated into the genome.13 Therefore, multi-copy integration methods such as δ-integration

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and rDNA-integration have been developed that allow stable overexpression of foreign genes.

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cellulolytic enzymes for effective cellulose degradation in yeast.16,17

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Of these methods, δ-integration has been applied successfully to optimize expression of 3

In addition to suitable methods for gene overexpression, the selection of appropriate promoters is also critical. Da Silva et al. (2012) reported that the strength of promoters 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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drastically affected target protein expression in S. cerevisiae.18 Moreover, in a study of 26

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promoter sequences combined with 3 target proteins in the yeast Pichia pastoris, Stadlmayr et

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al. (2010) reported that promoter strength was largely dependent on the compatibility between

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promoter and target protein genes.19 Based on this understanding, we have recently developed

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a strategy to select appropriate promoters from a combinatorial expression cassette library for

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gene overexpression in P. pastoris.20 This strategy should also prove useful in S. cerevisiae.

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Although S. cerevisiae is a promising host strain for bio-based chemicals production,

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the synthesis of ethanol as a by-product is a major drawback. Even under fully aerobic

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conditions, S. cerevisiae undergoes the Crabtree effect, producing ethanol when excess sugars

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are present.21 As a result, many researchers have attempted to reduce ethanol production

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deleting related genes such as ADH1 (alcohol dehydrogenase) and PDC1 (pyruvate

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decarboxylase).22-24

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In this study, we aimed to develop a host S. cerevisiae strain with low ethanol

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production and high sugar consumption for the production of bio-based chemicals. To that

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end, we designed and employed a global metabolic engineering strategy via multi-copy

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integration. First, PDC1 and ADH1 were deleted to reduce ethanol production. Then, glucose

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consumption of the PDC1/ADH1-deleted strain was increased via global metabolic

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engineering. Finally, we investigated the mechanism behind the increased glucose

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Cell growth and metabolites of the PDC1/ADH1-deleted strain YPH499/dPdAW

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The synthesis of ethanol as a by-product in S. cerevisiae is a major drawback. Thus

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ethanol production related genes ADH1 and PDC1 (Fig. 1) deleted strain YPH499/dPdAW

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was constructed. Then cell growth and metabolites of the YPH499/dPdAW and the control

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strain YPH499/W were compared.

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As shown in Figs. 2 A and B, cell growth and glucose consumption of

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YPH499/dPdAW were lower than the control strain YPH499/W. After a 74-h cultivation, both

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OD600 and glucose consumption were lowered by 1.3-fold in YPH499/dPdAW versus

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YPH499/W. Additionally, YPH499/dPdAW exhibited a 1.9-fold decrease in ethanol

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production compared with YPH499/W (Fig. 2 C), whereas glycerol production did not differ

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between the two strains (Fig. 2 D). Exact values for cell growth, glucose consumption rate,

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ethanol yield, and glycerol yield are presented in Table 1.

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In accordance with previous research,22 we chose to reduce ethanol production

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through a double deletion of PCD1/ADH1. Both enzymes encoded by these genes are critical

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in ethanol production, with pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzing the first step in

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pyruvate-to-ethanol conversion and alcohol dehydrogenase catalyzing

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eliminating pyruvate decarboxylase activity will sufficient in reducing ethanol productivity.

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However, this strategy was not successful in S. cerevisiae, as single-gene deletions of

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pyruvate decarboxylase isozymes PDC1, PDC5, or PDC6 failed to sufficiently reduce ethanol

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productivity.25 Additionally, double-gene deletion of PDC1 and PDC526,27 or triple-gene

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deletion of PDC1, PDC5, and PDC628,29 strongly impaired cell growth from glucose, in part

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due to the low production of cytosolic acetyl-CoA from acetaldehyde in these strains.29

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Eliminating alcohol dehydrogenase activity to reduce ethanol productivity also caused

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problems. Specifically, deleting ADH1, the primary enzyme responsible for

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acetaldehyde-to-ethanol conversion in S. cerevisiae,30 resulted in poor cell growth due to the

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toxic accumulation of acetaldehyde.31 Thus, a double deletion of PDC1/ADH1 might be the

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only method that could reduce ethanol production without seriously hampering cell growth

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and glucose consumption rates. We believe that future studies can further reduce ethanol

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by-product in bio-based chemicals production by optimizing the combinations of deleted

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pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes.

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Global metabolic engineered yeast strain with high glucose consumption rate

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To develop a S. cerevisiae strain with low ethanol production and high sugar

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consumption, we designed and applied a global metabolic engineering strategy via multi-copy

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integration for PDC1/ADH1-deleted strain YPH499/dPdAW. In the strategy, the DNA 7 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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fragments encoding 13 glycolysis-related enzymes with various promoters were randomly

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integrated into the yeast genome, and the transformant with the highest glucose consumption

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rate was selected.

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As shown in Fig. 3, approximately 63% of S. cerevisiae transformants showed higher

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glucose consumption rates than the control strain YPH499/dPdAW. The transformant with the

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highest glucose consumption rate was named YPH499/dPdA3-34.

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Cell growth, metabolites, and copy numbers and transcription levels of

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glycolysis-related genes of the engineered yeast strain

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To further investigate the cultural characteristics of yeast strain YPH499/dPdA3-34,

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engineered and control strain were cultivated and cell growth, metabolites, and copy numbers

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and transcription levels of glycolysis-related genes were evaluated.

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As shown in Figs. 4 A and B, YPH499/dPdA3-34 exhibited increased cell growth and

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glucose consumption compared with the control strain YPH499/dPdAW. After a 74-h

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cultivation, OD600 and glucose consumption increased by 1.3-fold in YPH499/dPdA3-34

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versus YPH499/dPdAW. Moreover, the ethanol production of YPH499/dPdA3-34 exhibited a

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1.3-fold decrease in ethanol production compared with control (Fig. 4C), and a 2.9-fold

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increase in glycerol production compared with control (Fig. 4D). Again, exact values for cell

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As shown in Table 2, 2 copies of PGI1 and 1 copy of PFK1, PFK2, and PGK1 were

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integrated into the genome of YPH499/dPdA3-34. As shown in Fig. 5, genes encoding

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glycolytic enzymes (e.g., HXK2, PFK1, PFK2, and PYK2) exhibited higher transcription

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levels in YPH499/dPdA3-34 than in YPH499/dPdAW. The up-regulation occurred for genes

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encoding both enzymes that catalysed irreversible reaction steps (e.g., HXK2, PFK1, PFK2,

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and PYK2) and reversible ones (e.g., PGI1 and PGK1). In contrast, the transcription levels of

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other genes (e.g., HXT7, FBA1, TPI1, TDH3, GPM1, ENO2, and PYC2) did not differ

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between YPH499/dPdA3-34 and YPH499/dPdAW.

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Our global metabolic engineering strategy increased glucose consumption rate (Fig.

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4; Table 1). Specifically, we were able to overexpress genes encoding 6 major enzymes that

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catalyze both irreversible and reversible reaction steps in glycolysis, in contrast to previous

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studies that only overexpressed two.4,5 The method we have developed provides a significant

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advantage over previous attempts to up-regulate specific glycolytic enzymes, because it has

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the potential to optimize the global metabolic pathway in yeast without exact knowledge of

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rate-limiting steps. Attempting to select appropriate genes for overexpression based on

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rate-limiting steps has proven to be difficult, with uncertain or conflicting results. For

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example, glucose phosphate isomerase PGI1 catalyzes the conversion of glucose-6-phosphate

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to fructose-6-phosphate, a process that competes with the conversion of glucose-6-phosphate

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glucose-6-phosphate to trehalose-6-phosphate. As the latter inhibits glycolytic enzyme HXK2,

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PGI1 overexpression should then indirectly improve HXK2 activity and therefore, glucose

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consumption rate.32 Yamamoto et al. (2012) also reported that glucose consumption rate was a

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little improved by over expression of glucose phosphate isomerase gene in gram-positive

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bacteria Corynebacterium glutamicum.33 Our method also addresses the issue of

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overexpression effects being dependent on S. cerevisiae strain, culture condition, and target

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products, as reported in a study on HXT1 or HXT7 (hexose transporter) overexpression

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improving glucose consumption rate.34 The metabolic pathway optimization described in the

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present study can be carried out in any S. cerevisiae strain and under any culture condition,

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without altering the outcome.

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Integrated gene copy number of glycolysis-related genes had a well correlation with

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transcription level (Fig. 5; Table 2). Although gene integration of HXK2 and PYK2, whose

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transcription levels were up-regulated, were not observed, those transcription levels would be

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up-regulated by indirect effect of metabolic change via other genes integration and

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concomitant altering glucose consumption rate. Indeed, most of glycolysis-related gene

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transcription levels were affected by surrounding glucose concentration.35

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in glucose consumption rate of YPH499/dPdA3-34 (Fig. 4). This pattern is due to yeast cells

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However, YPH499/dPdAW was also a PDC1/ADH1-deleted strain, and yet produced less

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glycerol compared with YPH499/dPdA3-34. These results suggest that attempts to improve

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glucose consumption may have unexpected effects on glycerol production. This uncertain

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influence is potentially concerning because intracellular co-factor imbalance is a major issue

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in S. cerevisiae metabolic engineering, and the production/consumption of glycerol is often

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used for balancing NADH and NAD+.36 However, we consider that intracellular co-factor

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imbalance is unlikely to be a concern in cases where the target compound does not disrupt

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co-factor balance, such as lactic acid production from glucose. Furthermore, applying our

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global metabolic engineering strategy to pathways that can alter co-factor balance should

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greatly enhance its usefulness and practicality.

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Additionally, two PDC1/ADH1-deleted strains YPH499/dPdAW and

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YPH499/dPdA3-34 could not consume glucose completely within 120 h fermentation

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duration (Fig. 4). Although, PDC1/ADH1 deletion did not cause seriously hampering cell

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growth, this incomplete glucose consumption should be resolved for practical application

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because incomplete glucose consumption will lead to lower yield of target compounds. The

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incomplete glucose consumption did not due to the low culture pH derived from acidic

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metabolites such as acetic acid, because little difference existed between time course of

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culture pH of complete glucose consuming strain YPH499/W and that of incomplete glucose

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the incomplete glucose consumption could be solved by using richer selective or

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non-selective medium (data not shown). The medium composition for cultivation of global

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metabolic engineered strain is not restricted, because our global metabolic engineering

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strategy is based on δ-integration which realize stable expression even in non-selective

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medium.37 Thus, for efficient target compounds production by global metabolic engineered

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strain, selection of medium should be important.

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CONCLUSIONS

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In this study, ethanol productivity was successfully reduced by PDC1/ADH1 deletion.

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Furthermore, glucose consumption rate was successfully increased through a global metabolic

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engineering strategy, involving multi-copy gene integration of 13 glycolysis-related genes and

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the selection of strains with high glucose consumption rates. Although a previous study had

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optimized the expression of 3 cellulolytic enzymes in yeast using δ-integration,16 ours is the

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first study to simultaneously optimize the expression of more than 10 metabolic enzymes. The

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method detailed here could be a promising approach to optimize S. cerevisiae metabolic

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pathways, thereby improving bio-based chemicals production using this organism.

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Table 3 summarizes the relevant features of E. coli and S. cerevisiae strains used in

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this study. The E. coli strain HST08 (TaKaRa Bio, Otsu, Japan) was used as a host for

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recombinant DNA manipulations. Recombinant E. coli cells were cultivated on Luria–Bertani

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(LB) medium (10 g/L tryptone [Nacalai Tesque, Kyoto, Japan], 5 g/L yeast extract [Nacalai

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Tesque], and 5 g/L NaCl), supplemented with 100 µg/mL ampicillin sodium salt.

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The yeast strain S. cerevisiae YPH499 (NBRC 10505) was used as a host for

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metabolic engineering. Recombinant S. cerevisiae cells were cultivated using synthetic

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dextrose (SD) medium (6.7 g/L yeast nitrogen base without amino acids [Formedium, Norfolk,

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UK] and 20 g/L glucose [Nacalai Tesque]), supplemented with appropriate amino acids and

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nucleic acids. Flask cultivation was performed in 150 mL of medium using a 500-mL flask

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with baffles and a rotary shaker set to 30°C and 150 rpm. Microplate cultivation was

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performed in 0.9 mL of medium using a 2-mL, 96-well deep well plate, equipped with a gas

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permeable seal, as well as a rotary plate shaker set to 30°C and 2000 rpm.

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Gene deletion in yeast Following previously described methods,38 PDC1 and ADH1 of YPH499 were

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deleted. All primers used in this study are summarized in supplementary Table 1. First, we

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amplified the DNA fragment containing a URA3 marker gene for PDC1 deletion, using

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PDC1_URA3R. A second PCR was performed using the DNA fragment from the first PCR as

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the template and primers PDC1d_URA3F2 and PDC1_URA3R to extend the homology

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region for gene recombination. Next, the product of the second PCR was transformed into

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YPH499, and PDC1 was deleted by replacing URA3. Finally, marker recycling was

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performed using the toxic uracil analog 5-fluoroorotic acid (Tokyo Chemical Industry, Tokyo,

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Japan), and the resultant PDC1-deleted strain was named YPH499/dP. We used the same

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procedure for deleting ADH1 from YPH499/dP, and the final PDC1/ADH1-deleted strain was

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named YPH499/dPdA. Gene deletion was confirmed via yeast colony-directed PCR,39 using

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the primers PDC1d_CheckF and PDC1d_CheckR for PDC1 deletion, as well as

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ADH1d_CheckF and ADH1d_CheckR for ADH1 deletion.

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Plasmid construction and yeast transformation We constructed 13 δ-integrative plasmid libraries for expressing glycolysis-related

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enzymes with various promoters (Fig. 6), as follows. The DNA fragments, encoding 15

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promoters from S. cerevisiae, P. pastoris, and H. polymorpha, were PCR-amplified using the

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plasmid library pPPE_LibBTLAnc20 as the template, as well as ProF and ProR for the primers.

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Next, the DNA fragments, encoding 13 glycolysis-related enzymes (HXT7, HXK2, PGI1,

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PFK1 PFK2, FBA1, TPI1, TDH3, PGK1, GPM1, ENO2, PYK2, and PYC2) and their

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the template and the corresponding primers (supplementary Table 1). The PCR products,

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encoding 15 promoters and HXT7, were inserted into the NotI site of the δ-integrative vacant

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plasmid pδW40 using an In-Fusion HD Cloning Kit (TaKaRa Bio). The final δ-integrative

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plasmid library was named pδW_LibHXT7. Other δ-integrative plasmid libraries were

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similarly generated and named: pδW_LibHXK2, pδW_LibPGI1, pδW_LibPFK1,

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pδW_LibPFK2, pδW_LibFBA1, pδW_LibTPI1, pδW_LibTDH3, pδW_LibPGK1,

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pδW_LibGPM1, pδW_LibENO2, pδW_LibPYK2, and pδW_LibPYC2.

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The δ-integrative vacant plasmid pδW was linearized with AscI and transformed into

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S. cerevisiae YPH499 and YPH499/dPdA, following the previously described lithium acetate

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method.41 The resultant strains were named YPH499/W and YPH499/dPdAW, respectively.

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Construction of yeast strains with high glucose consumption rate using global metabolic

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engineering

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The global metabolic engineering scheme to construct yeast strains with high glucose

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consumption rate is shown in Fig. 7. After the linearized plasmid libraries were transformed

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into the YPH499/dPdA strains, approximately 350 transformants were subjected to

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high-throughput screening for those with high glucose consumption rate. Transformants were

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first cultivated in 0.9 mL of SD media for 48 h at 30°C, with rotary shaking at 2000 rpm. Next,

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30°C, again with rotary shaking at 2000 rpm. Finally, cells were removed via centrifugation

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(3000 × g for 5 min at 4°C), and glucose concentrations of the supernatants were measured

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using the Glucose CII Test kit (Wako Pure Chemical, Osaka, Japan) and the Multiskan GO

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microplate reader (Thermo Scientific, Rochester, NY, USA). The transformant with the

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highest glucose consumption rate was YPH499/dPdA3-34.

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Analysis of growth and metabolites We cultivated YPH499/W, YPH499/dPdAW, and YPH499/dPdA3-34 in 150 mL of

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SD medium at 30°C, with rotary shaking at 150 rpm. The OD600 of each culture broth was

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measured using the UVmini-1240 spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan). To determine

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glucose, ethanol, and glycerol concentrations, culture broths were also centrifuged at 14 000 ×

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The ethanol and glycerol yields were calculated using equations (1) and (2),

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Real-time PCR analysis Template total DNA was isolated from yeast cells cultivated in SD medium for 50 h

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SD medium for 50 h at 30°C, using the RiboPure Yeast Kit (Ambion, TX, USA) Next, cDNA

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was synthesized from extracted total RNA using the ReverTra Ace qPCR RT Kit (Toyobo,

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quantified with real-time PCR using total DNA as the template and with reverse-transcription

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(RT) real-time PCR using cDNA as the template, respectively. The primers used in real-time

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PCR analysis were shown in supplementary Table 1. We performed the PCR using a

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Rotor-Gene 6000 Real-Time QPCR System (Corbett Research, Cambridge, UK) with a

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Thunderbird SYBR qPCR Mix (Toyobo). The gene copy number and transcription level were

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calculated using the 2−∆∆CT method,43 and normalized to those of PDA1 (pyruvate

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported in part by the New Chemical Technology Research

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Encouragement Award from the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation, and the

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Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (No. 26870504 to R.Y.) from Japan Society for the

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Promotion of Science.

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Fig. 1 Glycolysis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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triose-phosphate isomerase; TDH3, triose-phosphate dehydrogenase; PGK1,

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3-phosphoglycerate kinase; GPM1, glycerate phosphomutase; ENO2, enolase; PYK2,

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Fig. 3 Glucose consumption rate of transformants with engineered glycolytic pathways

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Table 1. Properties of the YPH499/W, YPH499/dPdAW, and YPH499/dPdA3-34 strains

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Strain

OD600 at 74 h [-]

YPH499/Wa

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YPH499/dPdAWb

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Ethanol yield at 74 h [-]

Glycerol yield at 74 h [-]

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0.310 ± 0.010

0.058 ± 0.011

2.39 ± 0.007

0.155 ± 0.005

0.208 ± 0.009

0.080 ± 0.003

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0.204 ± 0.004

0.210 ± 0.002

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Expected gene copy number [-]

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HXK2

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PGI1

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PFK1

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PFK2

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FBA1

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TPI1

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TDH3

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PGK1

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GPM1

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PYK2

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PYC2

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Table 3. Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used in this study Strains and plasmids

Relevant features

Escherichia coli strain Escherichia coli HST08

F–, endA1, supE44, thi-1, recA1, relA1, gyrA96, phoA,Φ80dlacZ∆M15, ∆(lacZYA-argF)U169, ∆(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC), ∆mcrA, λ–

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain YPH499

MATa ura3-52 lys2-801_amber ade2-101_ochre trp1-∆63 his3-∆200 leu2-∆1

YPH499/W

YPH499 transformed with pδW

YPH499/dP

YPH499 ∆PDC1

YPH499/dPdA

YPH499 ∆PDC1/∆ADH1

YPH499/dPdAW

YPH499 ∆PDC1/∆ADH1 transformed with pδW

YPH499/dPdA3-34

YPH499 ∆PDC1/∆ADH1 global metabolic engineered yeast strain with high glucose consumption rate

Plasmid and plasmid library pδW

δ-Integrative vacant plasmid with TRP1 as selection marker a

Plasmid library for expression of HXT7

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Plasmid library for expression of HXK2

pδW_LibHXT7

pδW_LibHXK2 a

pδW_LibPGI1

Plasmid library for expression of PGI1

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Plasmid library for expression of PFK2

a

Plasmid library for expression of FBA1

pδW_LibFBA1 a

pδW_LibTPI1

Plasmid library for expression of TPI1 a

Plasmid library for expression of TDH3

pδW_LibPGK1a

Plasmid library for expression of PGK1

a

pδW_LibGPM1

Plasmid library for expression of GPM1

a

Plasmid library for expression of ENO2

a

pδW_LibPYK2

Plasmid library for expression of PYK2

pδW_LibPYC2a

Plasmid library for expression of PYC2

pδW_LibTDH3

pδW_LibENO2

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