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Ehrmann, Anja K. (author), Wronska, A.K. (author), Perli, T. (author), de Hulster, A.F. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Carqueija Cardoso, D.C. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Chemically defined media for cultivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains are commonly supplemented with a mixture of multiple Class-B vitamins, whose omission leads to strongly reduced growth rates. Fast growth without vitamin supplementation is interesting for industrial applications, as it reduces costs and complexity of medium...journal article 2024
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van den Broek, M.A. (author), Ortiz Merino, R.A. (author), Bennis, N.X. (author), Wronska, A.K. (author), Else-Hassing, J. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)The biobased-economy aims to create a circular biotechnology ecosystem to transition from a fossil fuel-based to a sustainable industry based on biomass. For this, new microbial cell-factories are essential. We present the draft genome of the CEN.PK-derived Saccharomyces cerevisiae SpyCas9 expressing strain (IMX2600), that serve as chassis of...journal article 2024
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Cachera, Paul (author), Olsson, Helén (author), Coumou, Hilde (author), Jensen, Mads L. (author), Sánchez, Benjamín J. (author), Strucko, Tomas (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Jensen, Michael K. (author), Sonnenschein, Nikolaus (author), Lisby, Michael (author), Mortensen, Uffe H. (author)Biological functions are orchestrated by intricate networks of interacting genetic elements. Predicting the interaction landscape remains a challenge for systems biology and new research tools allowing simple and rapid mapping of sequence to function are desirable. Here, we describe CRI-SPA, a method allowing the transfer of chromosomal...journal article 2023
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Bennis, N.X. (author), Anderson, Jonah P. (author), Kok, Siebe M.C. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)ErCas12a is a class 2 type V CRISPR-Cas nuclease isolated from Eubacterium rectale with attractive fundamental characteristics, such as RNA self-processing capability, and lacks reach-through royalties typical for Cas nucleases. This study aims to develop a ErCas12a-mediated genome editing tool applicable in the model yeast Saccharomyces...journal article 2023
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Bennis, N.X. (author), Kostanjsek, M. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Saccharomyces pastorianus is not a classical taxon, it is an interspecific hybrid resulting from the cross of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus. Exhibiting heterosis for phenotypic traits such as wort α-oligosaccharide consumption and fermentation at low temperature, it has been domesticated to become the main workhorse of...journal article 2023
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Koster, C.C. (author), Kleefeldt, Askar A. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)Mitochondria fulfil many essential roles and have their own genome, which is expressed as polycistronic transcripts that undergo co- or posttranscriptional processing and splicing. Due to the inherent complexity and limited technical accessibility of the mitochondrial transcriptome, fundamental questions regarding mitochondrial gene...journal article 2023
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Boonekamp, F.J. (author), Knibbe, E. (author), Vieira Lara, M.A. (author), Wijsman, M. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), van Eunen, Karen (author), den Ridder, M.J. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)Although transplantation of single genes in yeast plays a key role in elucidating gene functionality in metazoans, technical challenges hamper humanization of full pathways and processes. Empowered by advances in synthetic biology, this study demonstrates the feasibility and implementation of full humanization of glycolysis in yeast. Single...journal article 2022
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Postma, E.D. (author), Else-Hassing, J. (author), Mangkusaputra, Venda (author), Geelhoed, J. (author), de la Torre, P. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Mooiman, C. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)The construction of powerful cell factories requires intensive genetic engineering for the addition of new functionalities and the remodeling of native pathways and processes. The present study demonstrates the feasibility of extensive genome reprogramming using modular, specialized de novo-assembled neochromosomes in yeast. The in vivo...journal article 2022
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Genetic bases for the metabolism of the DMS precursor S-methylmethionine by Saccharomyces cerevisiaeEder, Matthias (author), Sanchez, Isabelle (author), Camarasa, Carole (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Legras, Jean Luc (author), Dequin, Sylvie (author)Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is a sulfur containing volatile that enhances general fruity aroma and imparts aromatic notes in wine. The most important precursor of DMS is S-methylmethionine (SMM), which is synthesized by grapes and can be metabolized by the yeast S. cerevisiae during wine fermentation. Precursor molecules left after fermentation...journal article 2022
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Perli, T. (author), Borodina, Irina (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Engineering a new metabolic function in a microbial host can be limited by the availability of the relevant cofactor. For instance, in Yarrowia lipolytica, the expression of a functional nitrate reductase is precluded by the absence of molybdenum cofactor (Moco) biosynthesis. In this study, we demonstrated that the Ogataea parapolymorpha Moco...journal article 2021
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A supernumerary designer chromosome for modular in vivo pathway assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiaePostma, E.D. (author), Dashko, S. (author), van Breemen, Lars (author), Taylor Parkins, S.K. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)The construction of microbial cell factories for sustainable production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals requires extensive genome engineering. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae, this study proposes synthetic neochromosomes as orthogonal expression platforms for rewiring native cellular processes and implementing new functionalities....journal article 2021
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Perli, T. (author), Vos, A.M. (author), Bouwknegt, J. (author), Dekker, W.J.C. (author), Wiersma, S.J. (author), Mooiman, C. (author), Ortiz Merino, R.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Neocallimastigomycetes are unique examples of strictly anaerobic eukaryotes. This study investigates how these anaerobic fungi bypass reactions involved in synthesis of pyridine nucleotide cofactors and coenzyme A that, in canonical fungal pathways, require molecular oxygen. Analysis of Neocallimastigomycetes proteomes identified a candidate...journal article 2021
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Else-Hassing, J. (author), Buijs, Joran (author), Blankerts, Nikki (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), de Hulster, A.F. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Engineered strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are intensively studied as production platforms for aromatic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, stilbenoids and flavonoids. Heterologous pathways for production of these compounds use L-phenylalanine and/or L-tyrosine, generated by the yeast shikimate pathway, as aromatic...journal article 2021
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Randazzo, P. (author), Bennis, N.X. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)Even for the genetically accessible yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the CRISPR-Cas DNA editing technology has strongly accelerated and facilitated strain construction. Several methods have been validated for fast and highly efficient single editing events, and diverse approaches for multiplex genome editing have been described in the...journal article 2021
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Wronska, A.K. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Perli, T. (author), de Hulster, A.F. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)An oxygen requirement for de novo biotin synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae precludes the application of biotin-prototrophic strains in anoxic processes that use biotin-free media. To overcome this issue, this study explores introduction of the oxygen-independent Escherichia coli biotin-biosynthesis pathway in S. cerevisiae. Implementation...journal article 2021
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Perli, T. (author), van der Vorm, Daan N.A. (author), Wassink, Mats (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Metabolic capabilities of cells are not only defined by their repertoire of enzymes and metabolites, but also by availability of enzyme cofactors. The molybdenum cofactor (Moco) is widespread among eukaryotes but absent from the industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. No less than 50 Moco-dependent enzymes covering over 30 catalytic...journal article 2021
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Perli, T. (author), Wronska, A.K. (author), Ortiz Merino, R.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Chemically defined media for yeast cultivation (CDMY) were developed to support fast growth, experimental reproducibility, and quantitative analysis of growth rates and biomass yields. In addition to mineral salts and a carbon substrate, popular CDMYs contain seven to nine B-group vitamins, which are either enzyme cofactors or precursors for...journal article 2020
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Boonekamp, F.J. (author), Dashko, S. (author), Duiker, Donna (author), Gehrmann, T. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), den Ridder, M.J. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), Robert, Vincent (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author), Postma, E.D. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Daran-Lapujade, P.A.S. (author)The construction of powerful cell factories requires intensive and extensive remodelling of microbial genomes. Considering the rapidly increasing number of these synthetic biology endeavors, there is an increasing need for DNA watermarking strategies that enable the discrimination between synthetic and native gene copies. While it is well...journal article 2020
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Gorter de Vries, A.R. (author), Knibbe, E. (author), van Roosmalen, Roderick (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), de la Torre, P. (author), O’Herne, Stephanie F. (author), Vijverberg, Pascal A. (author), el Masoudi, Anissa (author), Brouwers, N. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)The lager-brewing yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus is a hybrid between S. cerevisiae and S. eubayanus with an exceptional degree of aneuploidy. While chromosome copy number variation (CCNV) is present in many industrial Saccharomyces strains and has been linked to various industrially-relevant traits, its impact on the brewing performance of S...journal article 2020