HSP12 is essential for biofilm formation by a Sardinian wine strain of S. cerevisiae.

TitleHSP12 is essential for biofilm formation by a Sardinian wine strain of S. cerevisiae.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsZara, S, G Farris, A, Budroni, M, Bakalinsky, AT
JournalYeast
Volume19
Issue3
Pagination269-76
Date Published2002 Feb
ISSN0749-503X
KeywordsAlleles, Base Sequence, Biofilms, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA, Fungal, Heat-Shock Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Wine
Abstract

Sardinian sherry strains of S. cerevisiae form a biofilm on the surface of wine at the end of the ethanolic fermentation, when grape sugar is depleted and when further growth becomes dependent on access to oxygen. A point mutation in HSP12 or deletion of the entire gene results in inability to form this film. HSP12 encodes a heat-shock protein previously foundby others to be active during stationary phase, in cells depleted for glucose, and in cells metabolizing ethanol and fatty acids, all conditions associated with sherry biofilms.

DOI10.1002/yea.831
Alternate JournalYeast
PubMed ID11816034