Comparative lipidomic analysis of S. cerevisiae cells during industrial bioethanol fermentation

• Published in: Frontiers of chemical science and engineering Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 461 - 469
• Main Authors: Qiao, Bin, Tian, Hong-Chi, Yuan, Ying-Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg SP Higher Education Press 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Nanotechnology; Research Article; systems biology; biorefinery engineering; phospholipids; lipidomics; stirred-tank
• ISSN: 2095-0179; 2095-0187
• DOI: 10.1007/s11705-012-1223-3

Variations in the composition and level of phospholipids (PLs) in yeast cells during industrial ethanol fermentation processes were analyzed. A comparative lipidomic method was used to investigate the changes in total cellular PLs during continuous and fed-batch/batch processes. The phospholipid metabolism in yeast changed during both processes, mainly due to the presence of longchain poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that contained phosphatidyglycerol (PG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylserine (PS). The complexity of the media affected the growth of the yeast and the membrane composition. Yeast incorporated lots of exogenous saturated and PUFAs from the feedstock during the fermentations. During the continuous fermentation, there was an increase in PLs with shorter chains as the fermentation progressed and early in process there were more longchains. During the fed-batch/batch process, the PG species increased as the fermentation progressed. This is probably due to an inositol deficiency in the earlier part of the fermentation.