FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Using a vector pool containing variable-strength promoters to optimize protein production in Yarrowia lipolytica BT AF DULERMO, Remi BRUNEL, Francois DULERMO, Thierry LEDESMA-AMARO, Rodrigo VION, Jeremy TRASSAERT, Marion THOMAS, Stephane NICAUD, Jean-Marc LEPLAT, Christophe AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:1;8:1;9:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Univ Paris Saclay, BIMLip Integrat Metab Microbial Lipids, INRA AgroParisTech, Micalis Inst,UMR1319, Domaine Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy En Josas, France. C2 INRA, FRANCE IN DOAJ IF 3.831 TC 80 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55193.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55206.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55207.pptx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55208.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55209.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55210.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55211.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/54003/55212.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Yarrowia lipolytica;Protein production;RedStar2;Glucoamylase;Xylanase;Hybrid promoters AB Background The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica is an increasingly common biofactory. To enhance protein expression, several promoters have been developed, including the constitutive TEF promoter, the inducible POX2 promotor, and the hybrid hp4d promoter. Recently, new hp4d-inspired promoters have been created that couple various numbers of UAS1 tandem elements with the minimal LEU2 promoter or the TEF promoter. Three different protein-secretion signaling sequences can be used: preLip2, preXpr2, and preSuc2. Results To our knowledge, our study is the first to use a set of vectors with promoters of variable strength to produce proteins of industrial interest. We used the more conventional TEF and hp4d promoters along with five new hybrid promoters: 2UAS1-pTEF, 3UAS1-pTEF, 4UAS1-pTEF, 8UAS1-pTEF, and hp8d. We compared the production of RedStar2, glucoamylase, and xylanase C when strains were grown on three media. As expected, levels of RedStar2 and glucoamylase were greatest in the strain with the 8UAS1-pTEF promoter, which was stronger. However, surprisingly, the 2UAS1-pTEF promoter was associated with the greatest xylanase C production and activity. This finding underscored that stronger promoters are not always better when it comes to protein production. We therefore developed a method for easily identifying the best promoter for a given protein of interest. In this gateway method, genes for YFP and α-amylase were transferred into a pool of vectors containing different promoters and gene expression was then analyzed. We observed that, in most cases, protein production and activity were correlated with promoter strength, although this pattern was protein dependent. Conclusions Protein expression depends on more than just promoter strength. Indeed, promoter suitability appears to be protein dependent; in some cases, optimal expression and activity was obtained using a weaker promoter. We showed that using a vector pool containing promoters of variable strength can be a powerful tool for rapidly identifying the best producer for a given protein of interest. PY 2017 PD FEB SO Microbial Cell Factories SN 1475-2859 PU Biomed Central Ltd VL 16 IS 1 UT 000397730200001 DI 10.1186/s12934-017-0647-3 ID 54003 ER EF