Expression of the Escherichia coli pntA and pntB genes, encoding nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its effect on product formation during anaerobic glucose fermentation
- Carlsberg Lab., Copenhagen Valby (Denmark). Dept. of Yeast Genetics
- Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Dept. of Biotechnology
- Goeteborg Univ. and Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goeteborg (Sweden)
- Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Applied Microbiology
The authors studied the physiological effect of the interconversion between the NAD(H) and NADP(H) coenzyme systems in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the membrane-bound transhydrogenase from Escherichia coli. Their objective was to determine if the membrane-bound transhydrogenase could work in reoxidation of NADH to NAD{sup +} in S. cerevisiae and thereby reduce glycerol formation during anaerobic fermentation. Membranes isolated from the recombinant strains exhibited reduction of 3-acetylpyridine-NAD{sup +} by NADPH and by NADH in the presence of NADP{sup +}, which demonstrated that an active enzyme was present. Unlike the situation in E. coli, however, most of the transhydrogenase activity was not present in the yeast plasma membrane; rather, the enzyme appeared to remain localized in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. During anaerobic glucose fermentation the authors observed an increase in the formation of 2-oxoglutarate, glycerol, and acetic acid in a strain expressing a high level of transhydrogenase, which indicated that increased NADPH consumption and NADH production occurred. The intracellular concentrations of NADH, NAD{sup +}, NADPH, and NADP{sup +} were measured in cells expressing transhydrogenase. The reduction of the NADPH pool indicated that the transhydrogenase transferred reducing equivalents from NADPH to NAD{sup +}.
- OSTI ID:
- 354323
- Journal Information:
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 65, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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