Transcriptomic profiling of the yeast Komagataella phaffii in response to environmental alkalinization
Albacar, Marcel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Zekhnini, Abdelghani (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Pérez-Valle, Jorge (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular)
Martínez, José L. (Technical University of Denmark. Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine)
Casamayor Gracia, Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Ariño Carmona, Joaquín (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Adaptation to alkalinization of the medium in fungi involves an extensive remodeling of gene expression. Komagataella phaffii is an ascomycetous yeast that has become an organism widely used for heterologous protein expression. We explore here the transcriptional impact of moderate alkalinization in this yeast, in search of suitable novel promoters able to drive transcription in response to the pH signal. In spite of a minor effect on growth, shifting the cultures from pH 5. 5 to 8. 0 or 8. 2 provokes significant changes in the mRNA levels of over 700 genes. Functional categories such as arginine and methionine biosynthesis, non-reductive iron uptake and phosphate metabolism are enriched in induced genes, whereas many genes encoding iron-sulfur proteins or members of the respirasome were repressed. We also show that alkalinization is accompanied by oxidative stress and we propose this circumstance as a common trigger of a subset of the observed changes. PHO89, encoding a Na + /Pi cotransporter, appears among the most potently induced genes by high pH. We demonstrate that this response is mainly based on two calcineurin-dependent response elements located in its promoter, thus indicating that alkalinization triggers a calcium-mediated signal in K. phaffii. This work defines in K. phaffii a subset of genes and diverse cellular pathways that are altered in response to moderate alkalinization of the medium, thus setting the basis for developing novel pH-controlled systems for heterologous protein expression in this fungus. The online version contains supplementary material.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-113319RB-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Stress response ; Oxidative stress ; Promoter regulation ; Protein production
Published in:	Microbial cell factories, Vol. 22 (April 2023) , art. 63, ISSN 1475-2859

DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02074-6
PMID: 37013612

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