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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2009, p. 4573-4579, Vol. 75, No. 13
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00351-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Recombination between Homoeologous Chromosomes of Lager Yeasts Leads to Loss of Function of the Hybrid GPH1 Gene{triangledown} ,{dagger}

Jane Usher and Ursula Bond*

School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

Received 12 February 2009/ Accepted 5 May 2009

Yeasts used in the production of lagers contain complex allopolyploid genomes, resulting from the fusion of two different yeast species closely related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces bayanus. Recombination between the homoeologous chromosomes has generated a number of hybrid chromosomes. These recombination events provide potential for adaptive evolution through the loss or gain of gene function. We have examined the genotypic and phenotypic effects of one of the conserved recombination events that occurred on chromosome XVI in the region of YPR159W and YPR160W. Our analysis shows that the recombination event occurred within the YPR160W gene, which encodes the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase and generates a hybrid gene that does not produce mature mRNA and is nonfunctional due to frameshifts in the coding region. The loss of function of the hybrid gene leads to glycogen levels similar to those found in haploid yeast strains. The implications for the control of glycogen levels in fermentative yeasts are discussed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. Phone: 353-1-896-2578. Fax: 353-1-679-9294. E-mail: ubond{at}tcd.ie

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 May 2009.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2009, p. 4573-4579, Vol. 75, No. 13
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00351-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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