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Ethyl-acetate is important for the flavor and aroma of the alcoholic beverages, therefore, there have been extensive efforts toward increasing its production by engineering yeast strains. In this study, we reported a new approach to breed non-genetic modified producing yeast strain with higher ethyl-acetate production for beer brewing. First, we demonstrated the positive effect of higher acetic acid concentration on inducing the expression of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS). Then, we applied adaptive laboratory evolution method to evolve strain with higher expression level of ACS. As a result, we obtained several evolved strains with increased ACS expression level as well as ethyl-acetate production. In 3 L scale fermentation, the optimal strain EA60 synthesized more ethyl-acetate than M14 at the same time point. At the end of fermentation, the ethyl-acetate production in EA60 was 21.4% higher than M14, while the other flavor components except for acetic acid were changed in a moderate degree, indicating this strain had a bright prospect in industrial application. Moreover, this study also indicated that ACS1 played a more important role in increasing the acetic acid tolerance of yeast, while ACS2 contributed to the synthesis of cytosol acetyl-CoA, thereby facilitating the production of ethyl-acetate during fermentation.
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This work was financially supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No. 111-2-06), the National High Technology Research and Development program 863 (No. 2018YFD0400403) and the National Science Foundation (Nos. 31771963 and 31901626).
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Xu, X., Niu, C., Liu, C. et al. Screening lager yeast with higher ethyl-acetate production by adaptive laboratory evolution in high concentration of acetic acid. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 37, 125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03082-7
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