Lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica is maximized by engineering cytosolic redox metabolism

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 173-177

  Qiao, Kangjian ^a   Wasylenko, Thomas M ^a   Zhou, Kang ^a   Xu, Peng ^a   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; METABOLISM; STRAIN;

AEROBIC RESPIRATION; BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS; ENGINEERED STRAINS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; LIPID PRODUCTIONS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUCOSE; LIPID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CATABOLISM; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YARROWIA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; YARROWIA;

EID: 85012009458     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3763     Document Type: Article

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