Fermentative conditions modulating sweetness in dry wines: genetics and environmental factors influencing the expression level of the saccharomyces cerevisiae HSP12 gene
2015
Marchal, Axel | Marullo, Philippe | Durand, Cécile | Moine, Virginie | Dubourdieu, Denis | Unité de Recherche Oenologie [Villenave d'Ornon] (OENO) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV) | Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV) | Bio-Laffort
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Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]anglais. Yeast lees influence the organoleptic properties of wines by increasing their sweet taste. This effect is in part due to the protein Hsp12p, which is regulated by different stress response pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This work investigated the genetics and environmental factors influencing the expression level of the HSP12 gene in an enological context. RT-qPCR confirmed that the HSP12 expression level is regulated by temperature change and ethanol content during the alcoholic fermentation but not by the sugar content. Moreover, this gene shows an important variation according to the yeast strain used. For the first time yeast strain is demonstrated to play an important role in the perception of sweetness in red wine due to post-fermentation lees autolysis. Interestingly, a correlation between the expression level of HSP12 and the sweetness perception was found using yeast strains of different origins. All of the findings provide new insights on the contribution of yeast to wine taste.
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