Mutation and Deletion of PAD1 and/or FDC1 and Absence of Phenolic Off-Flavor Production in Top- and Bottom-Fermenting Yeasts

AbstractTo convert ferulic acid into 4-vinylguaiacol (4-VG), Saccharomyces cerevisiae must have intact PAD1 and FDC1 genes. British-type top-fermenting yeast strains have nonsense mutations in both...