Production of natural products through metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Review article, 2015

Many high-value metabolites are produced in nature by organisms that are not ideal for large-scale production. Therefore, interest exists in expressing the biosynthetic pathways of these compounds in organisms that are more suitable for industrial production. Recent years have seen developments in both the discovery of various biosynthetic pathways, as well as development of metabolic engineering tools that allow reconstruction of complex pathways in microorganisms. In the present review we discuss recent advances in reconstruction of the biosynthetic pathways of various high-value products in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a commonly used industrial microorganism. Key achievements in the production of different isoprenoids, aromatics and polyketides are presented and the metabolic engineering strategies underlying these accomplishments are discussed.

Author

Anastasia Krivoruchko

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

0958-1669 (ISSN) 1879-0429 (eISSN)

Vol. 35 7-15

Industrial Systems Biology of Yeast and A. oryzae (INSYSBIO)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/247013), 2010-01-01 -- 2014-12-31.

Subject Categories

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Areas of Advance

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1016/j.copbio.2014.12.004

PubMed

25544013

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7/12/2021