High impact information on Zygosaccharomyces

• A hybrid protein consisting of the amino-terminal one-third of the R recombinase (from Zygosaccharomyces rouxii) and the carboxyl-terminal two-thirds of Flp recognizes the Flp target site [1].
• The GAPDH tree indicates that, in contrast to the presently accepted taxonomy of fungi, the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii evolved separately from the filamentous ascomycetes (such as Aspergillus nidulans) with which these yeasts are classified [2].
• Mutations of the invariant Int family tetrad residues, the RHR triad, and the active site tyrosine, within the Zygosaccharomyces rouxii site-specific recombinase R cause the same "step-arrest" phenotypes as they do in the Flp recombinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae [3].
• The ZbYME2 gene from the food spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii confers not only YME2 functions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but also the capacity for catabolism of sorbate and benzoate, two major weak organic acid preservatives [4].
• Yeasts do not possess an endogenous biochemical pathway for the synthesis of vitamin C. However, incubated with l-galactose, L-galactono-1,4-lactone, or L-gulono-1,4-lactone intermediates from the plant or animal pathway leading to l-ascorbic acid, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces bailii cells accumulate the vitamin intracellularly [5].

Biological context of Zygosaccharomyces

• The dihydroxyacetone pathway, an alternative pathway for the dissimilation of glycerol via reduction by glycerol dehydrogenase and subsequent phosphorylation by dihydroxyacetone (DHA) kinase, is activated in the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii during osmotic stress [6].
• Nucleotide sequence of alpha-galactosidase MEL gene from Zygosaccharomyces mrakii [7].
• Construction of a genomic library of the food spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii and isolation of the beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene (ZbLEU2) [8].
• Acetic acid induces a programmed cell death process in the food spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii [9].
• To produce Aspergillus oryzae alkaline protease (Alp) in an osmophilic yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, we constructed an expression plasmid consisting of the Z. rouxii glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) promoter, the prepro-Alp cDNA of A. oryzae, the whole sequence of Z. rouxii plasmid pSR1, and the G418 resistant gene [10].

Anatomical context of Zygosaccharomyces

• A plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase gene from the salt-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii was isolated by probing the genomic DNA library with a labeled DNA fragment derived from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae H(+)-ATPase gene (PMA1) and the nucleotide sequence of a cloned gene was determined [11].

Associations of Zygosaccharomyces with chemical compounds

• Candida obtusa and Zygosaccharomyces fermentati tolerated the maximal temperature for growth, possessed the highest cellobiase activity, and offered the possibility of genetic manipulation, although neither of them proved to be a good producer of ethanol [12].
• Transport of acetic acid in Zygosaccharomyces bailii: effects of ethanol and their implications on the resistance of the yeast to acidic environments [13].
• The formation of the important flavor compound 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3[2H]-furanone (HDMF; Furaneol) from D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate by the yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii was studied with regard to the identification of intermediates present in the culture medium [14].
• It was concluded that resistance of the spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii to sorbic acid was due to the presence of small numbers of phenotypically resistant cells in the population [15].
• The glucose-dependent transport of L-malate in Zygosaccharomyces bailii [16].

Gene context of Zygosaccharomyces

• The Zygosaccharomyces rouxii strain CBS732 contains only one copy of the HOG1 and the SOD2 genes [17].
• In this study, genes encoding TPS1 and TPS2 were isolated from Zygosaccharomyces rouxii (designated ZrTPS1 and ZrTPS2, respectively) [18].
• When the ORF of the Zygosaccharomyces rouxii glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (ZrGPD1) was expressed under the control of the GAL10 promoter, salt tolerance and glycerol production increased; when the ORF of the glycerol dehydrogenase gene (ZrGCY1) was expressed under the control of the GAL1 promoter, no such changes were observed [19].
• Sequence and organization analyses of a Zygosaccharomyces rouxii DNA fragment containing the HIS3 gene [20].
• Functional analysis of the Zygosaccharomyces rouxii Fps1p homologue [21].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Zygosaccharomyces

• Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the Zygosaccharomyces rouxiiLEU2 gene encoding a beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase [22].

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