Yeast cell wall proteins, including Cwp1p and α-agglutinin, could be released by treating the
cell wall with either β-1,3- or β-1,6-glucanases, indicating that both polymers are involved in …

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used in the fermentation of various
kinds of alcoholic beverages. But the effect of ethanol on the cell growth of this yeast is …

The term ‘sake yeast’ is generally used to indicate the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that
possess characteristics distinct from others including the laboratory strain S288C and are …

A 260-kDa structural cell wall protein was purified from sodium dodecyl sulfate-treated cell
walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by incubation with Rarobacter faecitabidusprotease I, …

The cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae consists of glucan, chitin and various kinds of
mannoproteins. Major parts of mannoproteins are synthesized as glycosylphosphatidylinositol (…

Several ethanol-tolerant mutants have been bred from industrial sake yeasts, but the mechanism
of ethanol tolerance in these mutants has not been elucidated. After the determination …

Cell death in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) involves several apoptotic processes. Here,
we report the first evidence of the following processes, which are also characteristic of …

Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising source for bioethanol production, because it is
abundant worldwide and has few competing uses. However, the treatment of lignocelllulosic …

Sake yeast cells have defective entry into the quiescent state, allowing them to sustain high
fermentation rates. To reveal the underlying mechanism, we investigated the PAS kinase …

Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells generally cannot synthesize biotin, a vitamin required
for many carboxylation reactions. Although sake yeasts, which are used for Japanese sake …