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JOURNAL OF FUNGI
Volume 7, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof7070548
Keywords
white biotechnology; metabolic engineering; non-conventional yeast; oleaginous yeast; cell factory; heterologous expression; biodiversity; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yarrowia clade; GMO
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The dimorphic oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica is a highly valuable option for a wide range of white biotechnology applications. By utilizing genetic engineering and metabolic remodeling, its natural biodiversity can be leveraged for improved biotechnological exploitation.
Among non-conventional yeasts of industrial interest, the dimorphic oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica appears as one of the most attractive for a large range of white biotechnology applications, from heterologous proteins secretion to cell factories process development. The past, present and potential applications of wild-type, traditionally improved or genetically modified Yarrowia lipolytica strains will be resumed, together with the wide array of molecular tools now available to genetically engineer and metabolically remodel this yeast. The present review will also provide a detailed description of Yarrowia lipolytica strains and highlight the natural biodiversity of this yeast, a subject little touched upon in most previous reviews. This work intends to fill this gap by retracing the genealogy of the main Yarrowia lipolytica strains of industrial interest, by illustrating the search for new genetic backgrounds and by providing data about the main publicly available strains in yeast collections worldwide. At last, it will focus on exemplifying how advances in engineering tools can leverage a better biotechnological exploitation of the natural biodiversity of Yarrowia lipolytica and of other yeasts from the Yarrowia clade.
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