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ArticleNature communications2025

Methanol biotransformation for the production of biodegradable plastic monomer L-lactate in yeast.

Wei Yu, Chenyue Zhang, Yunxia Li, Qing-An Chen, Qiang Fei, Jiaoqi Gao, Yongjin J Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Wei Yu *Division of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.
Chenyue Zhang *Xi'an Key Laboratory of C1 Compound Bioconversion Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-0949
Yunxia LiDivision of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.
Qing-An ChenLaboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9129-2656
Qiang FeiXi'an Key Laboratory of C1 Compound Bioconversion Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. feiqiang@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-649X
Jiaoqi GaoDivision of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China. jqgao@dicp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-7422
Yongjin J ZhouDivision of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China. zhouyongjin@dicp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-3079

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methanol is an ideal feedstock for biomanufacturing, and production of the biodegradable plastic monomer lactate from methanol is a promising approach for mitigating white pollution. However, it is challenging to engineer microbes for lactate production from methanol because of strong competition between product synthesis and cell growth. Here, Ogataea polymorpha is rewired to synthesize L-lactate from methanol, where the cofactor ratio of NADPH/NADP

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Biodegradable PlasticsLactic AcidMethanolSaccharomycetalesBioreactorsBiotransformationCarbon DioxideFermentationMetabolic EngineeringNADNADPPlasticsBiodegradable PlasticsCarbon DioxideLactic AcidMethanolNADNADPPlastics

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PMID41315207
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