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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2017

Elevated acetyl-CoA by amino acid recycling fuels microalgal neutral lipid accumulation in exponential growth phase for biofuel production.

Lina Yao, Hui Shen, Nan Wang, Jaspaul Tatlay, Liang Li, Tin Wee Tan, Yuan Kun Lee

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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7 authors.

Lina YaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Hui ShenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Nan WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Jaspaul TatlayDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Liang LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Tin Wee TanDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Yuan Kun LeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microalgal neutral lipids [mainly in the form of triacylglycerols (TAGs)], feasible substrates for biofuel, are typically accumulated during the stationary growth phase. To make microalgal biofuels economically competitive with fossil fuels, generating strains that trigger TAG accumulation from the exponential growth phase is a promising biological approach. The regulatory mechanisms to trigger TAG accumulation from the exponential growth phase (TAEP) are important to be uncovered for advancing economic feasibility. Through the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase by sodium dichloroacetate, acetyl-CoA level increased, resulting in TAEP in microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta. We further reported refilling of acetyl-CoA pool through branched-chain amino acid catabolism contributed to an overall sixfold TAEP with marginal compromise (4%) on growth in a TAG-rich D. tertiolecta mutant from targeted screening. Herein, a three-step α loop-integrated metabolic model is introduced to shed lights on the neutral lipid regulatory mechanism. This article provides novel approaches to compress lipid production phase and heightens lipid productivity and photosynthetic carbon capture via enhancing acetyl-CoA level, which would optimize renewable microalgal biofuel to fulfil the demanding fuel market.

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BiofuelsAcetyl Coenzyme AAmino AcidsMicroalgaeTriglyceridesAcetyl Coenzyme AAmino AcidsBiofuelsTriglyceridesacetyl-CoABCAAbiofuelgrowth phasemicroalgaTAG

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PMID27734577
PMCPMC5362678

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