Taxonomic group: fungi / Ascomycota
(Phylum: Ascomycota)
Organ / tissue: cell wall
NCBI PubMed ID: 30128783Publication DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2508-6Journal NLM ID: 9012472Correspondence: Li MQ <liqi
jiangnan.edu.cn>; Sun JY <sunjinyuan
btbu.edu.cn>
Institutions: The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, Lab of Brewing Science and Engineering of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor Chemistry, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing, China
Brewer's yeast is used in production of beer since millennia, and it is receiving increased attention because of its distinct fermentation ability and other biological properties. During fermentation, autolysis occurs naturally at the end of growth cycle of yeast. Yeast cell wall provides yeast with osmotic integrity and holds the cell shape upon the cell wall stresses. The cell wall of yeast consists of β-glucans, chitin, mannoproteins, and proteins that cross linked with glycans and a glycolipid anchor. The variation in composition and amount of cell wall polysaccharides during autolysis in response to cell wall stress, laying significant impacts on the autolysis ability of yeast, either benefiting or destroying the flavor of final products. On the other hand, polysaccharides from yeast cell wall show outstanding health effects and are recommended to be used in functional foods. This article reviews the influence of cell wall polysaccharides on yeast autolysis, covering cell wall structure changings during autolysis, and functions and possible applications of cell wall components derived from yeast autolysis.
cell wall polysaccharides, β-Glucans, autolysis, brewer’s yeast
Structure type: structural motif or average structure
Location inside paper: p. 4, column 2, paragraph 2
Trivial name: chitin
Compound class: cell wall polysaccharide, glucan
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_135813,IEDB_137340,IEDB_141807,IEDB_151531,IEDB_153212,IEDB_241099,IEDB_423114,IEDB_423150,SB_74,SB_85
Methods: TEM
Comments, role: review; maintains thickness and rigidity of yeast cell wall; usually is found at the budding scars of cell wall, 2% of chitin is found in the lateral walls of cell; attached to β-1,3-glucan and β-1,6-glucan; chitin structure is not described in article
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 4932Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G97099AY
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(previously named: Mycoderma cerevisiae)