Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and transformation capacity as well as construction method and application of saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain

By gene editing and overexpression of key enzymes and factors, the energy metabolism and antioxidant capacity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were enhanced, solving the problems of low efficiency and poor tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of isopentenol, and realizing the synthesis of highly efficient terpenoid compounds.

CN120796097AActive Publication Date: 2025-10-17SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH
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CN202511276908.X
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2025-09-09
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2025-10-17
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2045-09-09

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Technical Problem

Existing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains exhibit low efficiency and poor tolerance in the presence of isopentenol, resulting in poor synthesis of terpenoids. Furthermore, isopentenol damages cells, affecting growth and function.

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By gene editing and overexpression of genes such as acetyl-CoA synthetase, citrate synthase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and stress response transcription activator, the energy metabolism and antioxidant capacity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are enhanced, and an engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability is constructed.

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It improves the tolerance and conversion efficiency of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to isopentenol, enabling it to maintain high cell growth and accumulation of terpenoids, especially squalene synthesis, in a high-concentration isopentenol environment.

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Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of microbial metabolic engineering, and discloses a saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and transformation capacity as well as a construction method and application thereof. According to the invention, an isopentenol utilization pathway dependent type saccharomyces cerevisiae strain is modified, and energy metabolism of the isopentenol utilization pathway dependent type saccharomyces cerevisiae strain is enhanced, so that a large amount of ATP is synthesized for an isopentenol utilization pathway; the anti-oxidative stress capability is enhanced, so that oxidative damage caused by an isopentenol substrate is relieved. The saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering bacterium is a bacterial strain with the highest efficiency of converting the isopentenol into the terpenoids at present.
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[0001] The present application belongs to the field of microbial metabolic engineering, and particularly relates to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity, and a construction method and application thereof. BACKGROUND

[0002] Terpenoids (isoprenoids) are one of the most structurally diverse and widely distributed natural products in nature, containing more than 90,000 known molecules from monoterpene to polyterpene. This class of substances undertakes key physiological functions such as signal transduction, antioxidant defense and cell structure assembly in organisms. Terpenoid biosynthesis mainly relies on the classical pathways of mevalonate pathway (MVA) and methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP). However, the terpenoid synthesis system based on the natural pathway has some inherent defects, such as low carbon flow transmission efficiency, more than 20 steps of reactions are required to generate C5 precursors from glucose via the MVA pathway, and the long path leads to carbon flux loss; path regulation is difficult, the rate-limiting enzymes of the two pathways are inhibited by multiple intermediate products, and multiple cofactors are required.

[0003] Isoprenol utilization (IU) pathway is a newly emerging non-natural synthesis route, which can efficiently convert isoprenol or prenol into C5 precursors IPP and DMAPP through two-step ATP-dependent phosphorylation reaction. The pathway generates IP or DMAP through initial phosphorylation by phosphokinase, and further phosphorylation by isoprenyl phosphate kinase (IPK), which is simple, only depends on ATP, and is more efficient and convenient than the natural pathway. As an important platform for synthesizing terpenoids, Saccharomyces cerevisiae has advantages such as similar cell structure to plants, strong genetic stability, and perfect tool system, which is suitable for introduction and expression of IU pathway. Previous studies have shown that the construction of IU pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can realize the synthesis of various terpenoids, including monoterpene, sesquiterpene, diterpene, triterpene and tetraterpene, which shows good application prospect.

[0004] Isopentenol belongs to short-chain alcohol, which can inhibit the respiration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and cause the low efficiency of artificial pathway. In order to solve this problem, a strategy of constructing an artificial pathway-dependent (IUPD) strain is proposed, that is, using an artificial pathway to replace the natural pathway. This strategy couples the growth of the strain with the artificial pathway, and "forces" the cell to enhance the respiration to maintain growth and reproduction, while the efficiency of the artificial pathway is significantly improved. Because the MVA pathway is blocked, acetyl-CoA can no longer be used to synthesize terpenoids, and a large amount of redundant acetyl-CoA can be redirected to the TCA cycle to promote the synthesis of ATP by the cell, thereby providing cofactors for the IU pathway. In addition, isopentenol, as a short-chain alcohol, can damage the structure of the mitochondrial membrane, causing electron leakage and ROS generation. When the accumulation of ROS exceeds the clearance capacity of the endogenous antioxidant system, oxidative stress is triggered, leading to protein denaturation, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage, and further causing cell function decline and even cell death. Therefore, improving the ATP regeneration of the IUPD strain and enhancing the antioxidant stress of the strain to enhance the tolerance to isopentenol are crucial for the synthesis of terpenoids. SUMMARY

[0005] The primary purpose of the present application is to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies of the prior art, and to provide a Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion capacity.

[0006] Another purpose of the present application is to provide a method for constructing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion capacity.

[0007] Still another purpose of the present application is to provide an application of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion capacity.

[0008] The purposes of the present application are achieved by the following technical solutions: A Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion capacity has the following characteristics (1) or the following characteristics (1) and (2): (1) overexpressing at least one of acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1, citrate synthase CIT2, citrate synthase CIT3 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1; preferably overexpressing citrate synthase CIT2 and citrate synthase CIT3, or overexpressing acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1; (2) overexpressing at least one of superoxide dismutase SOD1, stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4; preferably overexpressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4, or overexpressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN4; The starting strain of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain dependent on an isoprenol utilization pathway, which has the following characteristics: the mevalonate pathway is blocked, the 156th amino acid in the PRM10 gene is mutated from leucine to glutamine; and IDI1, SmDAGK S47A, L124A and AtIPK S270P, A272R are expressed. The mevalonate pathway is blocked by deleting or generating a frameshift mutation in the ERG13 gene in the mevalonate pathway through gene editing technology.

[0009] The chassis cell of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain dependent on an isoprenol utilization pathway is preferably a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain of the CEN.PK series; more preferably Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C.

[0010] The amino acid sequence of IDI1 is shown in accession number Genbank NP_015208, and the total number of amino acids is 288.

[0011] The SmDAGK S47A, L124A refers to the mutation of the 47th amino acid from serine S to alanine A and the 124th amino acid from leucine L to alanine A.

[0012] The amino acid sequence of SmDAGK is shown in accession number Genbank AAA26867.1, and the total number of amino acids is 137.

[0013] The AtIPK S270P, A272R refers to the mutation of the 270th amino acid from serine S to proline P and the 272nd amino acid from alanine A to arginine R.

[0014] The amino acid sequence of AtIPK is shown in accession number Genbank NP_173986.2, and the total number of amino acids is 332.

[0015] The copy number of the coding gene of IDI1 is preferably 3.

[0016] The copy number of the coding gene of SmDAGK S47A, L124A is preferably 3.

[0017] The copy number of the coding gene of AtIPK S270P, A272R is preferably 3.

[0018] The starting strain of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity is preferably strain IUP7.

[0019] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0020] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0021] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0022] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0023] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0024] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0025] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0026] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0027] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0028] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0029] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0030] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0031] The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0032] The sequence of the coding nucleic acid of the stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 is shown as SEQ ID NO. 7.

[0033] The overexpression is to introduce the target gene into a host cell for expression.

[0034] The overexpression mode includes free expression and expression integrated in the genome.

[0035] The Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity preferably has the following characteristics: overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthase ACS1, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4; or overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthase ACS1, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1, overexpression of stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4.

[0036] The overexpression mode is expression integrated in the genome; preferably expression integrated in the genome DPP1 site and XI-3 site, wherein acetyl-CoA synthase ACS1 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 are integrated in the genome DPP1 site, stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 is integrated in the genome XI-3 site, or stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 are integrated in the genome XI-3 site.

[0037] The method for constructing the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity comprises the following steps: 1) Constructing a fragment capable of expressing acetyl-CoA synthase ACS1 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1, and introducing the fragment into an isoprenol utilization pathway-dependent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, and integrating the fragment capable of expressing acetyl-CoA synthase ACS1 and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 into the genome DPP1 site by homologous recombination or gene editing technology to obtain strain A; 2) Constructing a fragment capable of expressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN4, and introducing the fragment into strain A, and integrating the fragment capable of expressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 into the genome XI-3 site by homologous recombination or gene editing technology to obtain strain IUP16; 3) Constructing a fragment capable of expressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4, and introducing the fragment into strain A, and integrating the fragment capable of expressing stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 into the genome XI-3 site by homologous recombination or gene editing technology to obtain strain IUP17.

[0038] The acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 in the fragment described in step 1 ) are expressed independently, and their structure is preferably as follows: T CYC1 - ACS1 - P GAL1 - P GAL10 - KGD1 - T ADH1 .

[0039] The isopentenol utilization pathway-dependent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain described in step 1 ) is preferably the strain IUP7.

[0040] The structure of the fragment described in step 2) is as follows: P GAL1 - MSN4 - T ADH1 .

[0041] The stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 and the stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 in the fragment described in step 3) are expressed independently, and their structure is preferably as follows: T ADH1 - MSN4 - P GAL1 - P GAL10 - MSN2 - T CYC1 .

[0042] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1.

[0043] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the citrate synthase CIT2 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 2.

[0044] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the citrate synthase CIT3 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 3.

[0045] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 4.

[0046] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the superoxide dismutase SOD1 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 5.

[0047] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the stress response transcriptional activator MSN2 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 6.

[0048] The sequence of the nucleic acid encoding the stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 is shown in SEQ ID NO. 7.

[0049] The Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity can tolerate an environment with a 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol (isoprenol) concentration of 4 g / L or higher; preferably an environment with a 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol (isoprenol) concentration of 6-12 g / L or higher; more preferably an environment with a 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol (isoprenol) concentration of 8-12 g / L or higher.

[0050] The Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering strain with enhanced isoprenol tolerance and conversion capacity is applied in the preparation of flavonoids and terpenoids; preferably applied in the preparation of flavonoids and terpenoids with 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol (isoprenol) as a substrate.

[0051] The 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol has a concentration of 4-12 g / L; preferably 6-12 g / L; more preferably 8-12 g / L.

[0052] The terpenoid is preferably squalene.

[0053] The present application has the following advantages and effects relative to the prior art: (1) The engineering strain provided by the present application has strong energy metabolism activity, can synthesize a large amount of ATP for the IU pathway to provide energy, and is the engineering strain with the highest efficiency in converting isoprenol into terpenoids at present.

[0054] (2) The engineering strain provided by the present application has high isoprenol tolerance, and can maintain high cell growth and squalene accumulation under a high concentration of isoprenol. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0055] Figure 1 is a result graph of the influence of overexpression of key genes of central carbon metabolism of different strains on squalene accumulation; wherein a is a determination result of squalene accumulation of a recombinant strain obtained by taking IUP5 as a starting strain, and b is a determination result of squalene accumulation of a recombinant strain obtained by taking IUP7 as a starting strain.

[0056] Figure 2 is a result graph of the influence of combined expression of key genes of central carbon metabolism in the chromosome on squalene accumulation.

[0057] Figure 3 is a result graph of the influence of strengthening ATP synthesis by central carbon metabolism to enhance isoprenol tolerance; wherein a is a determination result of squalene accumulation, and b is a determination result of growth.

[0058] Figure 4 is a result graph of the influence of overexpression of antioxidant stress factors on squalene accumulation.

[0059] Figure 5 Figure 2 is a chart showing the effects of combined expression of antioxidant stress factors in the chromosome on the accumulation of squalene and the growth of the strain; wherein a is the determination result of the accumulation of squalene, and b is the determination result of the growth amount. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0060] The application will be described in further detail below with reference to the embodiments and drawings, but the embodiments of the application are not limited thereto.

[0061] In the following embodiments, if no specific test conditions are specified, the test conditions are generally in accordance with the conventional test conditions or in accordance with the test conditions recommended by the reagent company. If no specific description is given, the materials, reagents, etc. used are reagents and materials obtained from commercial channels.

[0062] Routine PCR amplification: high-fidelity PrimeSTAR® Max DNA polymerase (Takara, Japan) was used.

[0063] PCR product recovery: after product recovery using SanPrep column PCR product purification kit (Shanghai Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd.), the DNA concentration was determined using a ultramicro spectrophotometer (K5600C, Beijing Kai Ao Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.).

[0064] Fusion PCR: 10 ng of each fragment to be fused was taken, and the upstream primer of the first segment and the downstream primer of the end were added, and the amplification system and PCR conditions were consistent with those of the routine PCR amplification.

[0065] Gibson assembly: the specific operation was performed according to the 2X MultiF Seamless Assembly Mix instruction manual of Abudantam Biotech Co., Ltd.

[0066] DH5α competent cells: purchased from Shanghai Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., and the transformation method was described in the product instruction manual.

[0067] Fermentation of engineering strain: a single colony was selected and inoculated in a 12 mL culture tube containing 2 mL YPD (containing 2 g / L isoprenol) medium, and incubated overnight at 30°C and 220 rpm to obtain a seed liquid. An appropriate amount of seed liquid was inoculated in a 48-well plate containing 1 mL YPD (containing different concentrations of isoprenol) medium in each well, and fermented for 4 days.

[0068] Squalene determination: Take 0.2 mL of fermentation broth, add 0.7 g of 0.5 mm glass beads and 1 mL of ethyl acetate into a 2 mL homogenizer, break the cells by a biological sample homogenizer (Bioprep-24R, Hangzhou Aosheng Instrument Co., Ltd.), and centrifuge at 10000 g for 1 min. Take the upper ethyl acetate phase, filter through a 0.22 μm nylon organic filter membrane, and perform HPLC analysis. The instrument uses Shimadzu LC-16 (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan), equipped with an SPD-16 detector; the chromatographic column is Agilent Poroshell 120EC-C18 (2.1 × 100 mm); the mobile phase is pure acetonitrile for isocratic elution, the flow rate is 0.5 mL / min, the injection volume is 2 μL, and the elution time is 7.5 min.

[0069] The primers used in the present application are shown in Tables 1 and 2: Table 1 Primers

[0070] Table 2 Primers

[0071] Example 1: Free overexpression of central carbon metabolism key genes After the MVA pathway of the IUPD strain is blocked, AcCoA is no longer used for terpenoid synthesis, and there is abundant carbon resource available for utilization in central carbon metabolism. According to the metabolic pathway, the genes GUT1, GUT2 involved in glycerol conversion and ADH2, ALD4, ALD6, ACS1, ACS2 involved in ethanol conversion are overexpressed, which can improve the utilization of fermentation products by Saccharomyces cerevisiae; the redundant AcCoA can flow to the TCA cycle through the proteins encoded by CIT1, CIT2 and CIT3; the overexpression of IDP2 and KGD1 can promote the TCA cycle to produce more reducing power for energy metabolism; the overexpression of NADH dehydrogenase NDE1 and NDE2 on the inner mitochondrial membrane is commonly used to strengthen the electron transport chain to promote ATP synthesis. The endogenous gene sequences of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be downloaded from the yeast genome database (https: / / www.yeastgenome.org).

[0072] Take the construction of ACS1 overexpression plasmid vector as an example, use p426-T CYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -T ADH1The plasmid (disclosed in supplementary file 5 in the literature “Li GJ, et al. Yeast metabolism adaptation for efficient terpenoids synthesis via isopentenol utilization. Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1”) was used as a template to amplify the plasmid backbone using the primer pair p426-F / p426-R. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C genome was used as a template to amplify the ACS1 gene using the primer pair ACS1-F / ACS1-R. The nucleotide sequence of the amplified product is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. After the products were recovered, the Gibson assembly method was used to obtain p426-ACS1-T TEF1 -ACS1-T ADH1 plasmid. The overexpression plasmid vectors of GUT1, GUT2, ADH2, ALD4, ALD6, ACS2, CIT1, CIT2, CIT3, IDP2, KGD1, NDE1 and NDE2 genes were obtained in the same way, which were p426-P TEF1 -GUT1-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -GUT2-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -ADH2-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -ALD4-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 - ALD6-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -ACS2-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -CIT1-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -CIT2-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -CIT3-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -IDP2-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -KGD1-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -NDE1-T ADH1 , p426-P TEF1 -NDE2-T ADH1 , wherein the primers used are shown in Table 1, and the template is the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C genome. The constructed plasmids and p426-TCYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -T ADH1 The control plasmids were transformed into IUP5 strains (which have been disclosed in the literature "Li GJ, et al. Yeast metabolism adaptation for efficient terpenoids synthesis via isopentenol utilization. Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1") respectively, fermented using YPD medium containing 2 g / L isoprenol, and the squalene content was determined. The results are shown in Figure Figure 1 As shown in a of Figure 1, strengthening cell energy metabolism cannot promote the conversion of isoprenol, and also causes metabolic disorders to affect the growth of cells, ultimately reducing the flux of the IU pathway. It shows that the ATP supply of IUP5 strain is sufficient to maintain the flux of IU pathway, at this time, energy metabolism is not the rate-limiting factor, and the problem of low IU pathway flux needs to be solved first.

[0073] In order to improve the flux of IU pathway, the strategy of increasing the gene copy number of isoprenol utilization pathway was adopted. IUP7 strain was used as host, which (has been disclosed in the literature "Li GJ, et al. Yeast metabolism adaptation for efficient terpenoids synthesis via isopentenol utilization. Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1") takes IUP5 as the starting strain, and the copy number of SmDAGK S47A, L124A , AtIPK S270P, A272R and IDI1 genes on the chromosome is increased to three, with higher isoprenol conversion efficiency. The above plasmids and p426-T CYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -T ADH1 The control plasmids were transformed into IUP7 respectively, fermented using YPD medium containing 2 g / L isoprenol, and the squalene content was determined. The results are shown in b of Figure Figure 1 Compared with the control group, overexpression of ACS1, CIT2, CIT3, and KGD1 genes can increase the squalene accumulation of the strain by 17.3%, 26.7%, 34.6%, and 35.2%, respectively.

[0074] Example 2: Chromosomal integration overexpression of central carbon metabolism key genes In order to obtain the best combination of expression of key genes in central carbon metabolism, different combinations of genes were integrated into the chromosome of IUP7 strain, including CIT2+CIT3, KGD1+ACS1, CIT2+CIT3+ACS1, and CIT2+CIT3+ACS1+KGD1.

[0075] The pRS415 (obtained from the addgene global plasmid sharing platform) was used as a template, and the primer pairs pRS415-F / pRS415-R and Leu2-F / Leu2-R were used to amplify the pRS415 backbone and the Leu2 tag, respectively; the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C was used as a template, and the primer pairs LPP1up-F / LPP1up-R, LPP1down-F / LPP1down-R, CIT2-F / CIT2-R, and P GAL1, 10 -F / P GAL1, 10 -R were used to amplify the upstream and downstream homologous arms LPP1up and LPP1down for LPP1 site integration, the CIT2 gene, and the P GAL1, 10 bidirectional promoter, respectively. CYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -T ADH1 The p426-T CYC1 -F / T CYC1 -R were used to amplify the T CYC1 terminator; the p426-P TEF1 -CIT3-T ADH1 was used as a template, and the primer pairs CIT3-T ADH1 -F / CIT3-T ADH1 -R were used to amplify the CIT3-T ADH1 . Using fusion PCR, the T CYC1 terminator, the Leu2 tag, and the homologous arm LPP1down were fused to obtain the T CYC1 -Leu2-LPP1down fragment, and the CIT3-T ADH1 was fused with the homologous arm LPP1up to obtain the CIT3-T ADH1 -LPP1up fragment. Using the Gibson assembly method, the T CYC1 -Leu2-LPP1down fragment, the CIT3-T ADH1 -LPP1up fragment, the pRS415 backbone, the P GAL1, 10 bidirectional promoter, and the CIT2 gene were assembled into the pRS415-T CYC1 -CIT2-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -CIT3-T ADH1Plasmid for chromosomal homologous recombination of CIT2 and CIT3 genes.

[0076] pRS414 backbone and TRP1 tag were amplified from pRS414 (obtained from addgene global plasmid sharing platform) using primer pairs pRS414-F / pRS414-R and TRP1-F / TRP1-R, respectively; DPP1 up, DPP1 down and ACS1 genes for DPP1 site integration were amplified from S. cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C genome using primer pairs DPP1up-F / DPP1up-R, DPP1down-F / DPP1down-R and ACS1a-F / ACS1a-R, respectively; p426-P TEF1 -KGD1-T ADH1 As template, KGD1-T ADH1 -F / KGD1-T ADH1 -R were used to amplify KGD1-T ADH1 fragment. Using fusion PCR method, T CYC1 terminator, TRP1 tag and homology arm DPP1up were fused to obtain T CYC1 -TRP1-DPP1up fragment; KGD1-T ADH1 fragment and homology arm DPP1up were fused to obtain KGD1-T ADH1 -DPP1up fragment. Using Gibson assembly method, T CYC1 -TRP1-DPP1up fragment, KGD1-T ADH1 -DPP1up fragment, pRS414 backbone, P GAL1, 10 bidirectional promoter and ACS1 were assembled into pRS414-T CYC1 -ACS1-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -KGD1-T ADH1 Plasmid for chromosomal homologous recombination of ACS1 and KGD1 genes. pRS414-T CYC1 -ACS1-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -KGD1-T ADH1 Plasmid as template, P GAL1, 10 -F / T ADH1 (2)-R were used to amplify, and the PCR product was recovered to obtain pRS414-P GAL1 -ACS1-T CYC1 Plasmid.

[0077] pRS415-TCYC1 -CIT2-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -CIT3-T ADH1 The plasmid was used as a template and primer pair LPP1up-F / LPP1down-R was used to amplify the homologous recombination fragments of CIT2 and CIT3 integrated into the LPP1 site of the engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain; GAL1 -ACS1-T CYC1 The plasmid was used as a template and the primer pair DPP1down-F / DPP1up-R was used to amplify the homologous recombination fragment of ACS1 integrated into the DPP1 site of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineered strain; CYC1 -ACS1-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -KGD1-T ADH1 The plasmid was used as a template and the primer pair DPP1down-F / DPP1up-R was used for amplification to obtain homologous recombination fragments of ACS1 and KGD1 integrated into the DPP1 site of the engineered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The above fragments were transformed into the IUP7 strain using the Frozen-EZ Yeast TransformationII™ kit. The transformation agar plates used for the integration of the LPP1 and DPP1 sites were leucine-deficient and tryptophan-deficient YNB agar plates (added with 2 g / L isoprenol), respectively. The engineered strains that integrated the CIT2+CIT3, KGD1+ACS1, CIT2+CIT3+ACS1, and CIT2+CIT3+ACS1+KGD1 genes were named IUP12, IUP13, IUP14, and IUP15 strains, respectively. YPD medium containing 4 g / L isoprenol was added for fermentation, and the results were as follows. Figure 2 As shown in Figure 2, the squalene accumulation of strains IUP12 and IUP13 was 13.8% and 15.1% higher than that of the original strain IUP7, reaching 576.9 mg / L and 583.3 mg / L, respectively. The squalene accumulation of strains IUP14 and IUP15 was comparable to that of IUP7, or even slightly lower. When 6 g / L of Lisoprenol was added to the fermentation, the results were as follows: Figure 3 As shown in a, the squalene accumulation of strain IUP7 decreased significantly, while that of strains IUP12, IUP13, IUP14, and IUP15 did not change much, indicating that strains IUP12, IUP13, IUP14, and IUP15 not only had higher squalene accumulation but also had higher substrate tolerance ( Figure 3 (as shown in b in the figure).

[0078] Example 3: Chromosomal integration and overexpression of anti-oxidative stress related genes Mitochondrial electron transport chain is one of the important sources of endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS). When energy metabolism is highly active, over-activity of the electron transport chain will cause electron leakage. At the same time, prenol as an alcohol compound is easy to destroy the structure of mitochondrial membrane, further aggravate electron leakage, leading to excessive generation of ROS. When the generation rate of ROS exceeds the clearance capacity of the endogenous antioxidant system, oxidative stress will be induced, causing protein denaturation, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage, etc., prompting the gradual decline of cell function and inducing cell death. Cells have endogenous antioxidant defense mechanisms, including antioxidant enzyme systems (such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase) and non-enzymatic antioxidants (such as glutathione). These components can effectively scavenge excess ROS, avoid damage to cells caused by oxidative stress, and thus maintain the normal physiological function of cells. In order to reduce the adverse effects caused by the accumulation of excessive ROS due to the addition of prenol and active energy metabolism, eight genes CCP1, HSP104, SOD1, SOD2, GSH1, YAP1, MSN2, and MSN4 were selected for overexpression, aiming to improve the redox environment in cells. The relevant information of these genes is shown in Table 3.

[0079] Table 3 Genes related to oxidative stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

[0080] The overexpression plasmid vectors of CCP1, HSP104, SOD1, SOD2, GSH1, YAP1, MSN2, and MSN4 genes were constructed according to the method of Example 1, and the plasmids p426-PT-CCP1, p426-PT-HSP104, p426-PT-SOD1, p426-PT-SOD2, p426-PT-GSH1, p426-PT-YAP1, p426-PT-MSN2, and p426-PT-MSN4 were obtained. TEF1 -CCP1-T ADH1 , p426-PT-HSP104-T TEF1 , p426-PT-SOD1-T ADH1 , p426-PT-SOD2-T TEF1 , p426-PT-GSH1-T ADH1 , p426-PT-YAP1-T TEF1 , p426-PT-MSN2-T ADH1 , p426-PT-MSN4-T TEF1 , p426-PT-GSH1-T ADH1 , p426-PT-YAP1-T TEF1 , p426-PT-MSN2-T ADH1 , p426-PT-MSN4-T TEF1 , p426-PT-GSH1-T ADH1 , p426-PT-YAP1-T TEF1 , p426-PT-MSN2-T ADH1 , p426-PT-MSN4-T CYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -TADH1 As control plasmids, they were transformed into IUP12 strain respectively, fermented in YPD medium containing 8 g / L isoprenol, and the squalene content was determined, and the results are shown in Table 1. Figure 4 Compared with the control group IUP12 strain, overexpression of SOD1, MSN2 and MSN4 genes respectively can increase the squalene accumulation of the strain by 9.7%, 30.2% and 20.3% respectively.

[0081] Example 4: Chromosomal integration overexpression of antioxidant stress related genes p426-T CYC1 -P GPD -P TEF1 -T ADH1 MSN4(2)-F / MSN4(2)-R, MSN2(2)-F / MSN2(2)-R respectively to obtain MSN4 gene and MSN2 gene. Using the method of Gibson assembly, the p426 skeleton, MSN4 gene, MSN2 gene and P CYC1 -F / T ADH1 -R amplified to obtain p426 skeleton; using the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C as a template, using primer pairs MSN4(2)-F / MSN4(2)-R, MSN2(2)-F / MSN2(2)-R respectively to obtain MSN4 gene and MSN2 gene. Using the method of Gibson assembly, the p426 skeleton, MSN4 gene, MSN2 gene and P GAL1, 10 bidirectional promoter into p426-T ADH1 -MSN4-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -MSN2-T CYC1 plasmid. Using p426-T ADH1 -MSN4-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -MSN2-T CYC1 plasmid as a template, using primer pairs T CYC1 -F / P GAL1, 10 (2)-R amplified, and the PCR product was recovered to obtain p426-P GAL1 -MSN4-T ADH1 plasmid.

[0082] The gene marker was labeled using CRISPR-Cas9 tool, pYZ463 (obtained from addgene global plasmid sharing platform, Plasmid # 187971, TEF1p-Cas9-CYC1t and SNR52p-Not1-SUP4t) was used as a template, primer pair XI-3sgRNA-F / XI-3sgRNA-R was used for amplification, E. coli DH5a was transformed, plasmid was extracted and sequencing was verified, finally, the Crispr-Cas9 plasmid with 5'-GTAGAAATCAGACGCACGCT-3' as sgRNA was obtained, which was pYZ463-XI-3, which targeted the XI-3 site of S. cerevisiae. p426-P GAL1 -MSN4-T ADH1 plasmid and p426-T ADH1 -MSN4-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -MSN2-T CYC1 plasmid as a template, DonorXI3-F / DonorXI3-R primers were used for amplification to obtain Donor DNA for integrating MSN4 gene and integrating MSN2 and MSN4 genes. The above-mentioned fragments were transformed into IUP13 strain using Frozen-EZ Yeast Transformation II™ kit, and the plates used for transformation were uracil-deficient YNB agar plates (adding 2 g / L isoprenol), and IUP16 and IUP17 strains were obtained after colony PCR.

[0083] Fermentation was carried out using YPD medium containing 12 g / L isoprenol, and the results are shown in Figure 5 . The starting strain IUP13 could not grow under the addition of high-concentration isoprenol; the IUP16 strain obtained by overexpressing MSN4 in IUP13 had increased isoprenol tolerance and a small amount of squalene accumulation; the IUP17 strain obtained by simultaneously overexpressing MSN4 and MSN2 in IUP13 had further increased isoprenol tolerance, and the strain growth and squalene accumulation were greatly enhanced.

[0084] The above embodiments are the preferred embodiments of the present application, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the above embodiments, and any changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, simplifications made without departing from the spirit and principles of the present application shall be equivalent replacement methods, and all shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An engineered yeast strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability, characterized in that Having the following characteristics (1) or having the following characteristics (1) and (2): (1) Overexpression of at least one of acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1, citrate synthase CIT2, citrate synthase CIT3, and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1; (2) Overexpression of at least one of superoxide dismutase SOD1, stress response transcription activator MSN2, and stress response transcription activator MSN4; The starting strain of the engineered yeast with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability is an isopentenol utilization pathway-dependent yeast strain, which has the following characteristics: the mevalonate pathway is blocked, the 156th amino acid in the PRM10 gene is mutated from leucine to glutamine; and IDI1, SmDAGK are expressed. S47A, L124A and AtIPK S270P, A272R .

2. The engineered yeast of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 1, characterized in that Having the following characteristics (1) or having the following characteristics (1) and (2): (1) Overexpression of citrate synthase CIT2 and citrate synthase CIT3, or overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1; (2) Overexpression of stress response transcription activator MSN2 and stress response transcription activator MSN4, or overexpression of stress response transcription activator MSN4.

3. The engineered yeast of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 2, characterized in that It has the following characteristics: overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 and stress response transcription activator MSN4; or overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1, overexpression of stress response transcription activator MSN2 and stress response transcription activator MSN4.

4. The engineered yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 3, characterized in that: The acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 are integrated into the genomic DPP1 site; The stress response transcription activator MSN2 is integrated into the genome XI-3 site, or the stress response transcription activator MSN2 and the stress response transcription activator MSN4 are integrated into the genome XI-3 site.

5. The engineered yeast of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The starting strain of the engineered yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability is strain IUP7; The amino acid sequence of the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_009347.1; The amino acid sequence of the citrate synthase CIT2 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_009931.1; The amino acid sequence of the citrate synthase CIT3 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_015325.1; The amino acid sequence of the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_012141.1; The amino acid sequence of the superoxide dismutase SOD1 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_012638; The amino acid sequence of the stress response transcription activator MSN2 is shown in Genbank accession number NP_013751.1; The amino acid sequence of the stress response transcription activator MSN4 is shown in the accession number of Genbank NP_012861.

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6. The method for constructing an engineered yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 4, characterized in that The steps include: 1) Construct a fragment expressing acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1, and transfer it into a prenol utilization-dependent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. Then, through homologous recombination or gene editing, integrate the fragment expressing acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 into the DPP1 locus of the genome to obtain strain A. 2) Constructing a fragment expressing the stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 and transferring it into strain A. Using homologous recombination or gene editing, the fragment expressing the stress response transcriptional activator MSN4 was integrated into the XI-3 locus of the genome to obtain strain IUP16. 3) Construct a fragment capable of expressing the stress response transcription activator MSN2 and the stress response transcription activator MSN4, and transfer it into strain A. Then, through homologous recombination or gene editing technology, integrate the fragment capable of expressing the stress response transcription activator MSN2 and the stress response transcription activator MSN4 into the XI-3 site of the genome to obtain strain IUP17.

7. The method for constructing an engineered yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 6, characterized in that: In the fragment described in step 1), acetyl-CoA synthetase ACS1 and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase KGD1 are expressed independently; The isopentenol utilization pathway-dependent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain described in step 1) is strain IUP7; In the fragment described in step 3), the stress response transcription activator MSN2 and the stress response transcription activator MSN4 are independently expressed.

8. The method for constructing an engineered yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 7, characterized in that: The structure of the fragment described in step 1) is as follows: CYC1 -ACS1-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -KGD1-T ADH1 ; The structure of the fragment described in step 2) is as follows: GAL1 -MSN4-T ADH1 ; The structure of the fragment described in step 3) is as follows: ADH1 -MSN4-P GAL1 -P GAL10 -MSN2-T CYC1 .

9. Use of the engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with enhanced isopentenol tolerance and conversion ability according to claim 3 or 4 in the preparation of flavonoids and terpenoids.

10. The use according to claim 9, characterized in that: The application is in the preparation of flavonoids and terpenoids using 3-methyl-3-butene-1-ol as a substrate; The concentration of the 3-methyl-3-butene-1-ol is 4 to 12 g / L.

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