Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of the expression levels of HXT genes between the Chinese Maotai-flavored liquor yeast MT1 and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae type strain S288c when grown in sorghum juice medium (70 g/L glucose)

From: Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the Chinese Maotai-flavored liquor yeast MT1 revealed its unique multi-carbon co-utilization

Gene name

Gene function

BaseMeanMT1

BaseMeanS288c

P-value

HXT1

Low-affinity glucose transporter induced by Hxk2p in the presence of glucose and repressed by Rgt1p when glucose is limiting.

18.18

238.50

1.11 × 10−7

HXT2

High-affinity glucose transporter induced in low glucose and repressed in high glucose.

2523.13

73238.62

2.66 × 10−4

HXT 3

Low affinity glucose transporter induced in low or high glucose conditions.

770.75

186705.11

2.02 × 10−7

HXT5

Hexose transporter with moderate affinity for glucose induced in the presence of non-fermentable carbon sources and induced by a decrease in growth rate.

191488.64

67393.35

1.96 × 10−1

HXT8

Protein of unknown function similar to hexose transporters, expression is induced in low glucose and repressed in high glucose.

20.60

62.17

4.64 × 10−1

HXT9

Putative hexose transporter similar to major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporters, expression is regulated by transcription factors Pdr1p and Pdr3p.

163.60

193.65

8.69 × 10−1

HXT10

Putative hexose transporter, expressed at low levels and expression is repressed by glucose.

3.64

18.35

6.44 × 10−1

HXT13

Hexose transporter, induced in the presence of non-fermentable carbon sources, induced in low glucose and repressed in high glucose.

124014.98

588.09

3.34 × 10−7

HXT14

Protein similar to hexose transporter family members, expression is induced in low glucose and repressed in high glucose

9.70

12.23

9.70 × 10−1