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Authors: Jason Harris University of Tennessee- Knoxville Jianzhuang Yao

2009 Skills for Success Workshop PEER: Program for Excellence and Equity in Research. A Bioquest Project: August 2009 Solving the Limitations of Endosperm Breakdown by Beta-Amylase in Barley Plants to make Beer. Authors: Jason Harris University of Tennessee- Knoxville Jianzhuang Yao

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Authors: Jason Harris University of Tennessee- Knoxville Jianzhuang Yao

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  1. 2009 Skills for Success Workshop PEER: Program for Excellence and Equity in Research A Bioquest Project: August 2009Solving the Limitations of Endosperm Breakdown by Beta-Amylase in Barley Plants to make Beer Authors: Jason Harris University of Tennessee- Knoxville Jianzhuang Yao University of Tennessee- Knoxville

  2. Brief Overview • Research Problem • Background • Solution • Procedures • Resources and References

  3. Research Problem • Our assignment is to think like a plant biologist and suggest a research plan for improving maltose production via barley plant genetics.

  4. Background • The starch rich endosperms of barley plants are broken down by their native beta-amylase into maltose sugar. The availability of this sugar for yeast’s metabolism is a limiting factor for the beer brewing process.1

  5. Amylases in the brewery Adding barley seeds to water is an important step in beer-making. The seeds germinate and maltose (a disaccharide) is eventually produced from starch by beta-amylase that is abundant in barley. The success of "malting“ directly affects the resulting alcohol yield. http://plantphys.info/plants_human/seedgerm.shtml

  6. Solution • An alpha-amylase from the fungus Penicillium expansum has been shown to produce maltose at significantly increased levels to other known amylases, as high as 70% conversion. • Transfer of this P. expansum a-amylase gene into the barley plant would theoretically increase the maltose yield by allowing the continued expression of native beta-amylase and the additional expression of P. expansum a-amylase. 2

  7. Penicillium expansum

  8. Procedures • Cloning of P. expansum a-amylase gene into a gene-transferring bacteria. • Transfer of P. expansum a-amylase into barley plant. • Experimental validation of increased maltose production in successfully transferred P. expansum a-amylase. • Patent seeds and make $$$ from barley farmers :p

  9. Genetic engineering

  10. References • Ethel D. Stanley and Keith D. Stanley. “Looking into Glycosidases: A Bioinformatics Resource for Biology Students.” Version 1.2 (8/1/2000). Modified (8/5/2009). Bioquest.org/peer 2009. 8/6/2009. • Evelyn M. Doyle, Catherine T. Kelly, and William M. Fogarty. “The high maltose-producing a-amylase of Penicillium expansu.” Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (1989) 30:492-496.

  11. Thank you!

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