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Methanol economy pioneered by C1-microorganisms: development of basic technologies utilized in low-carbon and sustainable society

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H02997
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Design and evaluation of sustainable and environmental conscious system
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

YURIMOTO Hiroya  京都大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (00283648)

Research Collaborator SAKAI Yasuyoshi  
OKU Masahide  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥7,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,740,000)
Keywords遺伝子発現制御 / 転写因子 / シグナル伝達 / 異種タンパク質生産 / メタノール / メタノール資化性酵母 / Methylobacterium / メタノール酵母 / 遺伝子発現 / 環境技術 / 応用微生物 / バイオテクノロジー / 発現制御 / 生体機能利用 / メタノール資化性細菌
Outline of Final Research Achievements

C1-microorganisms that can utilize C1 compounds, such as methane and methanol, can be used for the bioprocess in the low carbon society “methanol economy”. In this project, we investigated molecular basis of C1-metabolism in C1-microorganisms and its application. We elucidated novel molecular functions of transcriptional regulators and signal transducers responsible for methanol-induced gene expression in methylotrophic yeasts which are used for heterologous protein production. Furthermore, we developed the basic technology of methanol production from biomass-derived sugar compounds and elucidated cellular functions relating to plant colonization of methylotrophic bacteria.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

詳細な分子機構が不明であった強力なメタノール誘導性遺伝子発現の分子基盤およびメタノール応答性転写活性化機構に関して、メタノール感知に関わるセンサータンパク質を初めて同定するとともに、発現制御の新規な機構を明らかにすることができた。本研究で解明したC1微生物代謝生理機能の分子基盤や有用物質生産のための基盤技術は、持続可能システムとしての低炭素・循環型物質生産プロセスに活用することができる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 6 results)

  • [Journal Article] KaiC family proteins integratively control temperature-dependent UV resistance in Methylobacterium extorquens AM12018

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Hiroyuki、Yoshida Yusuke、Fujisawa Kento、Taga Hiroki、Yurimoto Hiroya、Oyama Tokitaka、Sakai Yasuyoshi
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Microbiology Reports

      Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 634-643

    • DOI

      10.1111/1758-2229.12662

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Pichia pastoris single-cell biosensor for detection of enzymatically produced methanol2018

    • Author(s)
      Takeya Tomoyuki、Yurimoto Hiroya、Sakai Yasuyoshi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

      Volume: 102 Issue: 16 Pages: 7017-7027

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00253-018-9144-9

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ethanol represses the expression of methanol-inducible genes via acetyl-CoA synthesis in the yeast Komagataella phaffii2018

    • Author(s)
      Ohsawa Shin、Nishida Susumu、Oku Masahide、Sakai Yasuyoshi、Yurimoto Hiroya
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 18051-18051

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-36732-2

    • NAID

      120006546165

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pantothenate auxotrophy of Methylobacterium spp. isolated from living plants2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida Yusuke、Iguchi Hiroyuki、Sakai Yasuyoshi、Yurimoto Hiroya
    • Journal Title

      Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

      Volume: 83 Issue: 3 Pages: 569-577

    • DOI

      10.1080/09168451.2018.1549935

    • NAID

      120006543408

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Yeast Hog1 proteins are sequestered in stress granules during high-temperature stress2018

    • Author(s)
      Shiraishi Kosuke、Hioki Takahiro、Habata Akari、Yurimoto Hiroya、Sakai Yasuyoshi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cell Science

      Volume: 131 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1242/jcs.209114

    • NAID

      120007181190

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 異種タンパク質生産に有用なC1酵母のメタノールセンシング機構2018

    • Author(s)
      由里本博也、大澤晋、阪井康能
    • Journal Title

      バイオサイエンスとインダストリー

      Volume: 76 Pages: 30-34

    • NAID

      40021446882

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The fifth epidermal growth factor-like region of thrombomodulin exerts cytoprotective function and prevents SOS in a murine model2017

    • Author(s)
      Takayuki Ikezoe, Jing Yang, Chie Nishioka, Bin Pan, Kailin Xu, Mutsuo Furihata, Keigo Nakamura, Hiroya Yurimoto, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Goichi Honda, and Akihito Yokoyama
    • Journal Title

      Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Volume: 52 Issue: 1 Pages: 73-79

    • DOI

      10.1038/bmt.2016.195

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Novel function of Wsc proteins as a methanol-sensing machinery in the yeast Pichia pastoris2017

    • Author(s)
      Shin Ohsawa, Hiroya Yurimoto, Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Microbiology

      Volume: 104 Issue: 2 Pages: 349-363

    • DOI

      10.1111/mmi.13631

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The unique C-terminal region of Hap3 is required for methanol-regulated gene expression in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii2016

    • Author(s)
      Saori Oda, Hiroya Yurimoto, Nobuhisa Nitta, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Journal Title

      Microbiology

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 5 Pages: 898-907

    • DOI

      10.1099/mic.0.000275

    • NAID

      120007181191

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Methylovulum2016

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Iguchi, Hiroya Yurimoto, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Journal Title

      Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

      Volume: - Pages: 1-4

    • DOI

      10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01416

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] メタノール酵母による異種タンパク質生産:高生産のための技術戦略2016

    • Author(s)
      由里本博也
    • Journal Title

      SUNATEC e-Magazine

      Volume: 126

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] はじめに~葉面C1微生物の生存戦略とその利用2019

    • Author(s)
      由里本博也、阪井康能
    • Organizer
      日本農芸化学会2019年度大会シンポジウム「植物生長促進微生物研究の新潮流」
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Methanol-sensing machinery and signaling pathway in the methylotrophic yeast.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto
    • Organizer
      Non-conventional Yeasts: From Basic Research to Application.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Analysis of B vitamins auxotrophy of Methylobacterium sp. living in the phyllosphere2018

    • Author(s)
      Yusuke Yoshida, Hiroyuki Iguchi, Hiroya Yurimoto, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regulation of the expression of a methanol-induced transcription factor Mpp1 in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto, Koichi Inoue, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nuclear translocation of Hap complex components required for methanol-regulated gene expression in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii2017

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto, Ryouta Ikeda, Saori Oda, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Organizer
      28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Function of Wsc family proteins as a methanol-sensing machinery in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris2017

    • Author(s)
      Shin Ohsawa, Hiroya Yurimoto, and Yasuyoshi Sakai
    • Organizer
      28th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メタノールを食べる酵母のユニークな代謝生理機能とその利用2017

    • Author(s)
      由里本博也
    • Organizer
      静岡大学工学部第3回バイオ応用工学特別セミナー
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Symbiotic interaction between microbes and plants at phyllospheres2016

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Joint Seminar of New Core to Core Program A. Advanced Research Networks on Establishment of an international research core for new bio-research fields with microbes from tropical areas
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangsaen Heritage Hotel, Chonburi, Thailand
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Transcriptional regulation of methanol-regulated genes in the methylotrophic yeast2016

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto
    • Organizer
      14th International Congress on Yeasts (ICY14)
    • Place of Presentation
      淡路夢舞台国際会議場(兵庫県・淡路市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Regulation of methanol-inducible gene expression by Wsc family proteins in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris2016

    • Author(s)
      Ohsawa, S., Yurimoto, H., Sakai, Y.
    • Organizer
      14th International Congress on Yeasts (ICY14)
    • Place of Presentation
      淡路夢舞台国際会議場(兵庫県・淡路市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-11
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Methanol sensing and signaling pathway in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris2016

    • Author(s)
      Hiroya Yurimoto
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism
    • Place of Presentation
      Waterville Valley, NH, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Molecular machinery of methanol sensing in methylotrophic yeast2016

    • Author(s)
      Ohsawa, S., Yurimoto, H., Sakai, Y.
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism
    • Place of Presentation
      Waterville Valley, NH, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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