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- Title
PiggyBac-based screening identified BEM4 as a suppressor to rescue growth defects in och1-disrupted yeast cells.
- Authors
Mutumwinka, Diane; Zhao, Shen-Bao; Liu, Yi-Shi; Mensah, Emmanuel Osei; Gao, Xiao-Dong; Fujita, Morihisa
- Abstract
Glycoengineered yeast cells, which express human-compatible glycan structures, are particularly attractive host cells to produce therapeutic glycoproteins. Disruption of OCH1 gene, which encodes an α-1,6-mannosyltransferase required for mannan-type N-glycan formation, is essential for the elimination of yeast-specific N-glycan structures. However, the gene disruption causes cell wall defects leading to growth defects. Here, we tried to identify factors to rescue the growth defects of och1Δ cells by in vivo mutagenesis using piggyBac (PB)-based transposon. We isolated a mutant strain, named 121, which could grow faster than parental och1Δ cells. The PB element was introduced into the promoter region of BEM4 gene and upregulated the BEM4 expression. Overexpression of BEM4 suppressed growth defects in och1Δ cells. The slow grow phenotypes were partially rescued by expression of Rho1p, whose function is regulated by Bem4p. Our results indicate that BEM4 would be useful to produce therapeutic proteins in glycoengineered yeast without the growth defects.
- Subjects
YEAST; GLYCAN structure; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE
- Publication
Bioscience, Biotechnology & Biochemistry, 2018, Vol 82, Issue 9, p1497
- ISSN
0916-8451
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/09168451.2018.1482193