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- Title
Increasing the level of 4-vinylguaiacol in top-fermented wheat beer by secretory expression of ferulic acid decarboxylase from Bacillus pumilus in brewer's yeast.
- Authors
Xu, Lili; Zhang, Haimeng; Cui, Yunqian; Zeng, Duwen; Bao, Xiaoming
- Abstract
Objective: The objective is to explore the effects of enhancing the activity of yeast ferulic acid decarboxylase (FDC1) on the level of 4-vinylguaiacol (4-VG) and the consumption of its precursor ferulic acid (FA) in top-fermented wheat beer. Results: Expression of Bacillus pumilus FDC1 in brewer's yeast showed a better effect on the FDC1 activity than overexpression of the endogenous enzyme. The 4-VG content was increased by 34%, and the consumption time of FA was shortened from 48 to 12 h. Since the intracellular accumulation of the FDC1 substrate did not increase over time, to reduce the FA transport burden on cells and shorten the decarboxylation time, B. pumilus FDC1 was further secreted extracellularly. The resulted strain showed a 65% increase in 4-VG content in the FA-containing medium, and produced about 3 mg L−1 4-VG in the top-fermented wheat beer, increasing by 61% than control. However, further increasing the secretory expression level of FDC1 only accelerated FA consumption. Conclusions: These results suggested that appropriate secretion of bacterial FDC1 into wort could be used as a potential alternative strategy to increase the level of 4-VG in top-fermented wheat beer.
- Subjects
FERULIC acid; BACILLUS pumilus; WHEAT; YEAST; BEER
- Publication
Biotechnology Letters, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 12, p2711
- ISSN
0141-5492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10529-020-02980-4