Sustainable source of omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid from metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica: from fundamental research to commercial production

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1599-1610

  Xie, Dongming ^a   Jackson, Ethel N ^a   Zhu, Quinn ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Fermentation; Metabolic engineering; Omega 3 fatty acid; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; STRAIN;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; COMMERCIALIZATION; FERMENTATION CONDITIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

5,8,11,14,17 ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

BIOENGINEERING; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; YEAST;

BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOST SELECTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SCALE UP; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; YARROWIA;

ARA; YARROWIA; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; YARROWIA;

EID: 84922454029     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6318-y     Document Type: Review

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