1. Multi-omics approach reveals how yeast extract peptides shape Streptococcus thermophilus metabolism.
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Proust, Lucas, Haudebourg, Eloi, Sourabié, Alain, Pedersen, Martin, Besançon, Iris, Monnet, Véronique, and Juillard, Vincent
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STREPTOCOCCUS thermophilus , *YEAST extract , *LACTIC acid bacteria , *BACTERIAL proteins , *QUORUM sensing , *PROTEIN expression - Abstract
Peptides present in growth media are essential for nitrogen nutrition and optimal growth of lactic acid bacteria. In addition, according to their amino acid composition, they can also directly or indirectly play regulatory roles and influence the global metabolism. This is especially relevant during the propagation phase to produce high cell counts of active lactic acid bacteria used as starters in the dairy industry. In the present work, we aimed at investigating how the respective compositions of two different yeast extracts, with a specific focus on peptide content, influenced Streptococcus thermophilus metabolism during growth under pH-controlled conditions. In addition to free amino acids quantification, we used a multi-omics approach (peptidomics, proteomics and transcriptomics) to identify peptide initially present in the two culture media, and to follow S. thermophilus gene expression and bacterial protein production during growth. The free amino acid and peptide composition of the two yeast extracts differed qualitatively and quantitatively. Nevertheless, the two yeast extracts sustained similar growth of S. thermophilus and led to equivalent final biomasses. However, transcriptomics and proteomics showed differential gene expression and protein production in several S. thermophilus metabolic pathways, especially amino acid, citrate, urease, purine and pyrimidine metabolisms. The probable role of the regulator CodY is discussed in this context. Moreover, we observed significant differences in the production of regulators and of a quorum sensing regulatory system. The possible roles of yeast extract peptides on the modulation of the quorum sensing system expression are evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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