TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts
AU - Riley, Robert
AU - Haridas, Sajeet
AU - Wolfe, Kenneth H
AU - Lopes, Mariana R
AU - Hittinger, Chris Todd
AU - Göker, Markus
AU - Salamov, Asaf A
AU - Wisecaver, Jennifer H
AU - Long, Tanya M
AU - Calvey, Christopher H
AU - Aerts, Andrea L
AU - Barry, Kerrie W
AU - Choi, Cindy
AU - Clum, Alicia
AU - Coughlan, Aisling Y
AU - Deshpande, Shweta
AU - Douglass, Alexander P
AU - Hanson, Sara J
AU - Klenk, Hans-Peter
AU - LaButti, Kurt M
AU - Lapidus, Alla
AU - Lindquist, Erika A
AU - Lipzen, Anna M
AU - Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P
AU - Ohm, Robin A
AU - Otillar, Robert P
AU - Pangilinan, Jasmyn L
AU - Peng, Yi
AU - Rokas, Antonis
AU - Rosa, Carlos A
AU - Scheuner, Carmen
AU - Sibirny, Andriy A
AU - Slot, Jason C
AU - Stielow, J Benjamin
AU - Sun, Hui
AU - Kurtzman, Cletus P
AU - Blackwell, Meredith
AU - Grigoriev, Igor V
AU - Jeffries, Thomas W
PY - 2016/8/30
Y1 - 2016/8/30
N2 - Ascomycete yeasts are metabolically diverse, with great potential for biotechnology. Here, we report the comparative genome analysis of 29 taxonomically and biotechnologically important yeasts, including 16 newly sequenced. We identify a genetic code change, CUG-Ala, in Pachysolen tannophilus in the clade sister to the known CUG-Ser clade. Our well-resolved yeast phylogeny shows that some traits, such as methylotrophy, are restricted to single clades, whereas others, such as l-rhamnose utilization, have patchy phylogenetic distributions. Gene clusters, with variable organization and distribution, encode many pathways of interest. Genomics can predict some biochemical traits precisely, but the genomic basis of others, such as xylose utilization, remains unresolved. Our data also provide insight into early evolution of ascomycetes. We document the loss of H3K9me2/3 heterochromatin, the origin of ascomycete mating-type switching, and panascomycete synteny at the MAT locus. These data and analyses will facilitate the engineering of efficient biosynthetic and degradative pathways and gateways for genomic manipulation.
AB - Ascomycete yeasts are metabolically diverse, with great potential for biotechnology. Here, we report the comparative genome analysis of 29 taxonomically and biotechnologically important yeasts, including 16 newly sequenced. We identify a genetic code change, CUG-Ala, in Pachysolen tannophilus in the clade sister to the known CUG-Ser clade. Our well-resolved yeast phylogeny shows that some traits, such as methylotrophy, are restricted to single clades, whereas others, such as l-rhamnose utilization, have patchy phylogenetic distributions. Gene clusters, with variable organization and distribution, encode many pathways of interest. Genomics can predict some biochemical traits precisely, but the genomic basis of others, such as xylose utilization, remains unresolved. Our data also provide insight into early evolution of ascomycetes. We document the loss of H3K9me2/3 heterochromatin, the origin of ascomycete mating-type switching, and panascomycete synteny at the MAT locus. These data and analyses will facilitate the engineering of efficient biosynthetic and degradative pathways and gateways for genomic manipulation.
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1603941113
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1603941113
M3 - Article
C2 - 27535936
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 113
SP - 9882
EP - 9887
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 35
ER -