Effects of Four Critical Gene Deletions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Fusel Alcohols during Red Wine Fermentation

Excessive fusel alcohols in red wine will bring an uncomfortable bitterness and generate an intoxicating effect, which affects the quality and attractivity of the red wine. In order to achieve better regulation of fusel alcohols in red wine, strains with LEU1 and PDC5 deletions were constructed, and...

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Published inFermentation (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 379
Main Authors Yan, Tongshuai, Wang, Zexiang, Zhou, Haoyang, He, Jiaojiao, Zhou, Shishui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2023
Subjects
Alcohol
Amino acids
Bitterness
Design
Fermentation
fusel alcohols
gene deletion
Genes
Isopentyl alcohol
Nitrogen
Plasmids
Propanol
red wine
S. cerevisiae
Wine
Wines
Yeast
China
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Summary:Excessive fusel alcohols in red wine will bring an uncomfortable bitterness and generate an intoxicating effect, which affects the quality and attractivity of the red wine. In order to achieve better regulation of fusel alcohols in red wine, strains with LEU1 and PDC5 deletions were constructed, and seven engineered yeast strains based on THI3 and BAT2 deletions were applied to red wine fermentation to dissect the effects of four critical genes on fusel alcohols during wine fermentation. The fermentation results of these recombinant strains showed that the deletion of THI3 increased the contents of n-propanol, isobutanol, and isoamyl alcohol by 48.46%, 42.01%, and 7.84%, respectively; the deletion of BAT2 decreased isoamyl alcohol and isobutanol by 32.81% and 44.91%; the deletion of PDC5 and LEU1 decreased isoamyl alcohol by 40.21% and 68.28%, while increased isobutanol by 24.31% and 142%, respectively; the deletion of THI3 exerted a negative influence on the reduction of isoamyl alcohol caused by BAT2 or PDC5 deletion; the deletion of THI3 and PDC5 had a synergistic effect on the increase of isobutanol, while BAT2 and PDC5 deletion presented no additive property to the decrease of isoamyl alcohol. Hence, it is concluded that either BAT2, PDC5, or LEU1 deletion can effectively decrease fusel alcohols, especially isoamyl alcohol, which provides an important reference for the control of fusel alcohols in red wine.
ISSN:2311-5637
2311-5637
DOI:10.3390/fermentation9040379