Some spoilage yeasts are able to develop resistance to commonly used weak-acid preservatives. We studied the trehalose metabolism and its regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to propionic acid stress. We show interruption of trehalose synthetic pathway caused the mutant hypersensitive to the acid stress, while its overexpression conferred acid-tolerance to yeast. Interestingly, this acid-tolerance phenotype was largely independent of trehalose but relied on the trehalose synthetic pathway. We demonstrate trehalose metabolism played a vital role in regulation of glycolysis flux and Pi/ATP homeostasis in yeast during acid-adaptation, and the PKA and TOR signaling pathways were involved in regulating trehalose synthesis at transcriptional level. This work confirmed the regulatory function of trehalose metabolism and improved our understanding of molecular mechanism of acid-adaptation of yeast. By exemplifying trehalose metabolism interruption limited the growth of S. cerevisiae exposed to weak acids, and trehalose pathway overexpression conferring acid-resistance to Yarrowia lipolytica enhanced citric acid production, this work provides new insights into the development of efficient preservation strategies and robust organic acid producers.

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Guo Z, Li M, Guo Z, Zhu R, Xin Y, Gu Z, Zhang L

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