Figure 3.
Growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BJ5464-NpgA transformed with Miatrr expression vector (pXK30::Miatrr) on YPEG medium supplemented with different concentrations of glycine betaine. The strain transformed with empty vector pXK30 and the wild-type strain were taken as controls. Overnight yeast cell suspensions were diluted and spotted on yeast peptone ethanol glycerol (YPEG) medium with 20 μM, 200 μM, 2 mM and 20 mM glycine betaine added, respectively. Medium without glycine betaine was taken as control. The lateral legend shows the arrangement of two spotted identification concentrations. Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 represent three technical repeats, and Roman numerals I, II represent two biological repeats. The picture shows that heterologous expression of Miatrr in yeast can overcome the growth inhibition caused by high concentrations of glycine betaine.