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Significant positive correlations between wort fermentability and the assimilation of Lys and His under normal-gravity and high-gravity conditions indicated that Lys and His were the key amino acids for lager yeast during beer brewing. In order to obtain insight into the roles of Lys and His in nitrogen regulation, the influences of Lys, His and their mixture supplementations on the fermentation performance and nitrogen metabolism in lager yeast during high-gravity fermentation were further investigated in the present study. Results showed that Lys and His supplementations improved yeast growth, wort fermentability, ethanol yield and the formation of flavor volatiles. Lys supplementation up-regulated Ssy1p–Ptr3p–Ssy5p (SPS)-regulated genes (LYP1, HIP1, BAP2 and AGP1) dramatically compared to nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR)-sensitive genes (GAP1 and MEP2), whereas His supplementation activated SPS-regulated genes slightly in exponential phase, and repressed NCR-sensitive genes significantly throughout the fermentation. Lys and His supplementations increased the consumption of Glu and Phe, and decreased the consumption of Ser, Trp and Arg. Moreover, Lys and His supplementations exhibited similar effects on the fermentation performance, and were more effective than their mixture supplementation when the same dose was kept. These results demonstrate that both Lys and His are important amino acids for yeast nitrogen metabolism and fermentation performance.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the National Science–Technology Supporting Project for 12th Five-Year Plan (No. 2013AA102108-6), the Key Technology R&D Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2012A080107005) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2012ZM0069) for their financial support.
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Lei, H., Li, H., Mo, F. et al. Effects of Lys and His supplementations on the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in lager yeast. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97, 8913–8921 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5137-x
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