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Enhanced Leavening Properties of Baker's Yeast by Reducing Sucrase Activity in Sweet Dough

Enhanced Leavening Properties of Baker's Yeast by Reducing Sucrase Activity in Sweet Dough

Cui-Ying Zhang, Xue Lin, Bing Feng, Xiao-Er Liu, Xiao-Wen Bai, Jia Xu, Li Pi, Dong-Guang Xiao

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Jul;100(14):6375-6383.

PMID: 27041690

Abstract:

Leavening ability in sweet dough is required for the commercial applications of baker's yeast. This property depends on many factors, such as glycolytic activity, sucrase activity, and osmotolerance. This study explored the importance of sucrase level on the leavening ability of baker's yeast in sweet dough. Furthermore, the baker's yeast strains with varying sucrase activities were constructed by deleting SUC2, which encodes sucrase or replacing the SUC2 promoter with the VPS8/TEF1 promoter. The results verify that the sucrase activity negatively affects the leavening ability of baker's yeast strains under high-sucrose conditions. Based on a certain level of osmotolerance, sucrase level plays a significant role in the fermentation performance of baker's yeast, and appropriate sucrase activity is an important determinant for the leavening property of baker's yeast in sweet dough. Therefore, modification on sucrase activity is an effective method for improving the leavening properties of baker's yeast in sweet dough. This finding provides guidance for the breeding of industrial baker's yeast strains for sweet dough leavening. The transformants BS1 with deleted SUC2 genetic background provided decreased sucrase activity (a decrease of 39.3 %) and exhibited enhanced leavening property (an increase of 12.4 %). Such a strain could be useful for industrial applications.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP9001574	Invertase from baker's yeast (S. cerevisiae)		9001-57-4	Price

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