Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2001, p. 2083-2087, Vol. 67, No. 5
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2083-2087.2001
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Laboratory of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Received 6 November 2000/Accepted 2 March 2001
We constructed an arming (cell-surface-engineered) yeast displaying
two types of agglutinin (modified a-agglutinin and
-agglutinin) on
the cell surface, with agglutination being independent of both mating
type and pheromones. The modified a-agglutinin was artificially prepared by the fusion of the genes encoding Aga1p and Aga2p. The
modified a-agglutinin could induce agglutination of cells displaying
Ag
1p (
-agglutinin). The upstream region of the isocitrate lyase
gene of Candida tropicalis (UPR-ICL), active at
a low glucose concentration, was used as the promoter to express the
modified a-agglutinin- and
-agglutinin-encoding genes. The arming
yeast displaying both agglutinins agglutinated and sedimented in
response to decreased glucose concentration. When the glucose
concentration was high, the arming yeast grew normally. In the late log
phase, when the glucose concentration became very low, agglutination occurred suddenly and drastically and yeast cells sedimented
completely. Sedimentation was confirmed by weighing the aggregated
cells after filtration of the broth. Strains in which aggregation can
be genetically controlled can be used in industrial processes in which
the separation of yeast cells from the supernatant is necessary.
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