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Table 2 Reported target genes in improving S. cerevisiae resistance to stress factors

From: Response mechanisms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the stress factors present in lignocellulose hydrolysate and strategies for constructing robust strains

Target gene

Function

Location

Regulation

Stress factor

Refs.

CCW12

Cell wall mannoprotein

CWB

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[36]

FPS1

Aquaglyceroporin

CMB

Dephosphorylation

Acetic acid

[110]

HOG1

Mitogen-activated protein kinase

CMB

Activation/overexpression

Acetic acid and osmostress

[110, 111]

ADY2

Acetate transporter

CMB

Deletion

Acetic acid and ROS

[105]

ATR1

Multidrug efflux pump of the major facilitator superfamily

CMB

Overexpression

Coniferyl aldehyde, ferulic acid, and isoeugenol

[112]

AZR1

Plasma membrane transporter

CMB

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[113]

FLR1

Plasma membrane transporter of the major facilitator superfamily

CMB

Overexpression

Coniferyl aldehyde, ferulic acid, and isoeugenol

[112]

PDR5

Plasma membrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter

CMB

Overexpression

Vanillin

[40]

YOR1

Plasma membrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter

CMB

Overexpression

Vanillin

[40]

SNQ2

Plasma membrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter

CMB

Overexpression

Vanillin

[40]

PMA1

Plasma membrane P2-type H+-ATPase

CMB

Overexpression

Organic acids and ROS

[114]

KAR2

Endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP

CMB

Overexpression

Vanillin

[115]

ACS2

Acetyl-coA synthetase

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[116]

ADE1/13/17

ADEnine

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[100]

BDH2

Putative medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenase/reductases

BMM

Overexpression

Vanillin

[101]

ADH1/6/7

Alcohol dehydrogenase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural, HMF, and vanillin

[117,118,119]

ALD6/7

Aldehyde dehydrogenase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural and HMF

[120,121,122]

GLR1

Glutathione oxidoreductase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural

[123]

PAD1

Phenylacrylic acid decarboxylase

BMM

Overexpression

Phenylacrylic acids

[124]

PRS3

Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[11, 39]

PHO13

p-Nitrophenylphosphatase

BMM

Deletion

Formic, acetic, levulinic acids, and furfural

[125, 126]

RCK1

Protein kinase

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid and oxidative stress

[38]

SFA1

Bifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase and formaldehyde dehydrogenase

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[35]

WHI2

Cytoplasmic globular scaffold protein

BMM

Overexpression

Acetic acid

[127]

DBP2

ATP-dependent RNA helicase of the DEAD-box protein family

BMM

Overexpression

Vanillin

[40]

RPE1

Ribulose 5-phosphate epimerase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural

[128]

TAL1

Transaldolase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural

[117, 125]

TKL1

Transketolase

BMM

Overexpression

Furfural

[128]

GND1

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

BMM/IRH

Overexpression

Furfural

[128]

GSH1/2

Gamma glutamylcysteine synthetase

BMM/IRH

Overexpression

Oxidative stress, furfural, and HMF

[129]

IDP1

Isocitrate dehydrogenase

BMM/IRH

Overexpression

Furfural

[123]

ZWF1

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

BMM/IRH

Overexpression

Furfural

[123, 128]

SET5

Methyltransferase

IRH

Overexpression

Acetic acid and ROS

[106]

JJJ1

Co-chaperone that stimulates the ATPase activity of Ssa1p

IRH

Deletion

Acetic acid and ROS

[107]

LacA

Laccase

-

Heterologous expression

Vanillin

[115]

  1. These genes are mainly involved in cell wall barrier (CWB), cell membrane barrier (CMB), basic metabolism maintenance (BMM), and intracellular redox homeostasis (IRH)