Yeast genes involved in sulfur and nitrogen metabolism affect the production of volatile thiols from Sauvignon Blanc musts

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 223-235

  Harsch, Michael J ^a,b   Gardner, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Pernod Ricard   (France)

Author keywords

Aroma compounds; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sauvignon Blanc; Single gene deletion; Varietal thiols; Wine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION; AROMA COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC THIOL; CANDIDATE GENES; DELETION MUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAPE JUICE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN SOURCES; PATHWAY GENES; SAUVIGNON BLANC; SINGLE-GENE DELETION; VARIETAL THIOLS; WINE YEAST; YEAST FERMENTATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FERMENTATION; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UREA; WINE;

YEAST;

3 MERCAPTOHEXAN 1 OL; 3 MERCAPTOHEXYL ACETATE; ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; PHOSPHATE; S ETHYLCYSTEINE; SUGAR; SULFUR; SYNTHETASE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACETATE; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN; SUBSTRATE; SULFUR; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAPE; GRAPE JUICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAUVIGNON BLANC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE DELETION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; WINE;

CITRUS X PARADISI; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 84872355391     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4198-6     Document Type: Article

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