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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 80, Issue 5, Pages 1660-1669Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03167-13
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The codon-optimized genes crtB and crtI of Pantoea ananatis were expressed in Yarrowia lipolytica under the control of the TEF1 promoter of Y. lipolytica. Additionally, the rate-limiting genes for isoprenoid biosynthesis in Y. lipolytica, GGS1 and HMG1, were overexpressed to increase the production of lycopene. All of the genes were also expressed in a Y. lipolytica strain with POX1 to POX6 and GUT2 deleted, which led to an increase in the size of lipid bodies and a further increase in lycopene production. Lycopene is located mainly within lipid bodies, and increased lipid body formation leads to an increase in the lycopene storage capacity of Y. lipolytica. Growth-limiting conditions increase the specific lycopene content. Finally, a yield of 16 mg g(-1) (dry cell weight) was reached in fed-batch cultures, which is the highest value reported so far for a eukaryotic host.
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