Background:Therecombinantyeaststrainsdisplayingtheheterologouscellulolyticenzymesonthecellsurfaceusingtheglycosylphosphatidylinositol(GPI)anchoringsystemareconsideredpromisingbiocatalystsfordirectconversionoflignocellulosicmaterialstoethanol.However,thecellulolyticactivitiesoftheconventionalcellulase-displayingyeaststrainsareinsufficientforthehydrolysisofcellulose.Inthisstudy,weconstructednovelgenecassettesfortheefficientcelluloseutilizationbycellulase-displayingyeaststrains.
Results:Thenovelgenecassettesforthecell-surfacedisplayof
Aspergillusaculeatusβ-glucosidase(BGL1)and
TrichodermareeseiiendoglucanaseII(EGII)wereconstructedusingthepromoterandtheGPIanchoringregionderivedfrom
SaccharomycescerevisiaeSED1.Thegenecassetteswereintegratedintothe
S.cerevisiaegenome,thentheβ-glucosidaseactivityoftheserecombinantstrainswasevaluated.Werevealedthatsimultaneousutilizationofthe
SED1promoterandSed1anchoringdomaininagenecassetteenabledhighly-efficientenzymeintegrationintothecellwall.Theβ-glucosidaseactivityofrecombinantyeastcellstransducedwiththenovelgenecassettewas8.4-foldhigherthanthatofaconventionalstrain.ThenovelEGII-displayingstrainalsoachieved106-foldhigherhydrolysisactivityagainstthewater-insolublecellulosethanaconventionalstrain.Fur
Thermore,directethanolproductionfromhydrothermallyprocessedricestrawwasimprovedbythedisplayof
T.reeseiiEGIIusingthenovelgenecassette.
Conclusions:Wehavedevelopednovelgenecassettesfortheefficientcell-surfacedisplayofexo-andendo-typecellulolyticenzymes.Theresultssuggestthatthisgenecassettehasthewideapplicabilityforcell-surfacedisplayandthatcellulase-displayingyeastshavesignificantpotentialforcost-effectivebioethanolproductionfromlignocellulosicbiomass.