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ArticleNature communications2020

Fermentative production of Vitamin E tocotrienols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under cold-shock-triggered temperature control.

Bin Shen, Pingping Zhou, Xue Jiao, Zhen Yao, Lidan Ye, Hongwei Yu

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Article in Nature communications, 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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38citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bin ShenKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering (Education Ministry), College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
Pingping ZhouInstitute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
Xue JiaoInstitute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
Zhen YaoInstitute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
Lidan YeKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering (Education Ministry), College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China. yelidan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6248-8457
Hongwei YuKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering (Education Ministry), College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China. yuhongwei@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9144-4496
Zhejiang University · CNMinistry of Education · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diverse physiological functions of tocotrienols have listed them as valuable supplementations to α-tocopherol-dominated Vitamin E products. To make tocotrienols more readily available, tocotrienols-producing S. cerevisiae has been constructed by combining the heterologous genes from photosynthetic organisms with the endogenous shikimate pathway and mevalonate pathway. After identification and elimination of metabolic bottlenecks and enhancement of precursors supply, the engineered yeast can produce tocotrienols at yield of up to 7.6 mg/g dry cell weight (DCW). In particular, proper truncation of the N-terminal transit peptide from the plant-sourced enzymes is crucial. To further solve the conflict between cell growth and tocotrienols accumulation so as to enable high-density fermentation, a cold-shock-triggered temperature control system is designed for efficient control of two-stage fermentation, leading to production of 320 mg/L tocotrienols. The success in high-density fermentation of tocotrienols by engineered yeast sheds light on the potential of fermentative production of vitamin E tocochromanols.

Indexed as

Metabolic EngineeringAcclimatizationBiosynthetic PathwaysCold-Shock ResponseCold TemperatureDNA-Binding ProteinsFermentationGene Expression Regulation, FungalIndustrial MicrobiologyMutationPlant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTocotrienolsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsGAL4 protein, S cerevisiaePlant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTocotrienolsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID33056995
PMCPMC7560618
OpenAlexW3093211950

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