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Evidence for loss and reacquisition of alcoholic fermentation in a fructophilic yeast lineage

Journal Article · · eLife
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.33034· OSTI ID:1628879
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  1. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica (Portugal). UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; DOE/OSTI
  2. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry, Purdue Center for Plant Biology
  3. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Laboratory of Genetics; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Wisconsin Energy Institute
  4. UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Caparica, Portugal
  5. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras (Portuga). Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; LNEG – Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Unidade de Bioenergia (UB), Lisboa ( Portugal)
  6. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
  7. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Laboratory of Genetics; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Wisconsin Energy Institute
  8. South China Agricultural Univ., Guangzhou (China). Integrative Microbiology Research Centre; South China Agricultural Univ., Guangzhou (China). Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control
  9. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Laboratory of Genetics; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution; Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Wisconsin Energy Institute; Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), CSIC, Valencia (Spain). Dept. of Food Biotechnology
  10. National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria (United States). Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit
  11. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
  12. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica (Portugal). UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Fructophily is a rare trait that consists of the preference for fructose over other carbon sources. Here, we show that in a yeast lineage (the Wickerhamiella/Starmerella, W/S clade) comprised of fructophilic species thriving in the high-sugar floral niche, the acquisition of fructophily is concurrent with a wider remodeling of central carbon metabolism. Coupling comparative genomics with biochemical and genetic approaches, we gathered ample evidence for the loss of alcoholic fermentation in an ancestor of the W/S clade and subsequent reinstatement through either horizontal acquisition of homologous bacterial genes or modification of a pre-existing yeast gene. An enzyme required for sucrose assimilation was also acquired from bacteria, suggesting that the genetic novelties identified in the W/S clade may be related to adaptation to the high-sugar environment. This work shows how even central carbon metabolism can be remodeled by a surge of HGT events.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
FC02-07ER64494
OSTI ID:
1628879
Journal Information:
eLife, Journal Name: eLife Vol. 7; ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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