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ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2020

Synthetic biology, systems biology, and metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica toward a sustainable biorefinery platform.

Jingbo Ma, Yang Gu, Monireh Marsafari, Peng Xu

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Review in Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. A review of synthetic biology tools in Yarrowia lipolytica.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jingbo MaDepartment of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA.
Yang GuDepartment of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA.
Monireh MarsafariDepartment of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA.
Peng XuDepartment of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA. pengxu@umbc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0999-8546

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1188443Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems 1805139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yarrowia lipolytica is an oleaginous yeast that has been substantially engineered for production of oleochemicals and drop-in transportation fuels. The unique acetyl-CoA/malonyl-CoA supply mode along with the versatile carbon-utilization pathways makes this yeast a superior host to upgrade low-value carbons into high-value secondary metabolites and fatty acid-based chemicals. The expanded synthetic biology toolkits enabled us to explore a large portfolio of specialized metabolism beyond fatty acids and lipid-based chemicals. In this review, we will summarize the recent advances in genetic, omics, and computational tool development that enables us to streamline the genetic or genomic modification for Y. lipolytica. We will also summarize various metabolic engineering strategies to harness the endogenous acetyl-CoA/malonyl-CoA/HMG-CoA pathway for production of complex oleochemicals, polyols, terpenes, polyketides, and commodity chemicals. We envision that Y. lipolytica will be an excellent microbial chassis to expand nature's biosynthetic capacity to produce plant secondary metabolites, industrially relevant oleochemicals, agrochemicals, commodity, and specialty chemicals and empower us to build a sustainable biorefinery platform that contributes to the prosperity of a bio-based economy in the future.

Indexed as

Metabolic EngineeringSynthetic BiologySystems BiologyYarrowiaAcetyl Coenzyme AAcyl Coenzyme AFatty AcidsLipidsMalonyl Coenzyme APolyketidesTerpenes3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme AAcetyl Coenzyme AAcyl Coenzyme AFatty AcidsLipidsMalonyl Coenzyme APolyketidesTerpenesBiofuelChemicalsMetabolic engineeringNatural productsSynthetic biologySystems biologyYarrowia lipolytica

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