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Background: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is often used as a cell factory for the production of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) for diverse pharmaceutical applications. However, SAM production by S. cerevisiae is negatively influenced by glucose repression, which is regulated by a serine/threonine kinase SNF1 complex. Here, a strategy of alleviating glucose repression by deleting REG1 (encodes the regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 1) and overexpressing SNF1 (encodes the catalytic subunit of the SNF1 complex) was applied to improve SAM production in S. cerevisiae. SAM production, growth conditions, glucose consumption, ethanol accumulation, lifespan, glycolysis and amino acid metabolism were analyzed in the mutant strains.

Results: The results showed that the multiple effects of REG1 deletion and/or SNF1 overexpression exhibited a great potential for improving the SAM production in yeast. Enhanced the expression levels of genes involved in glucose transport and glycolysis, which improved the glucose utilization and then elevated the levels of glycolytic intermediates. The expression levels of ACS1 (encoding acetyl-CoA synthase I) and ALD6 (encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase), and the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH2) were enhanced especially in the presence of excessive glucose levels, which probably promoted the conversion of ethanol in fermentation broth into acetyl-CoA. The gene expressions involved in sulfur-containing amino acids were also enhanced for the precursor amino acid biosynthesis. In addition, the lifespan of yeast was extended by REG1 deletion and/or SNF1 overexpression. As expected, the final SAM yield of the mutant YREG1ΔPSNF1 reached 8.28 g/L in a 10-L fermenter, which was 51.6% higher than the yield of the parent strain S. cerevisiae CGMCC 2842.

Conclusion: This study showed that the multiple effects of REG1 deletion and SNF1 overexpression improved SAM production in S. cerevisiae, providing new insight into the application of the SNF1 complex to abolish glucose repression and redirect carbon flux to nonethanol products in S. cerevisiae.

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