Engineering yeast to produce plant-derived anti-obesity agent
Journal article, 2023
Plants produce a wide range of compounds with important bioactivities. Celastrol, an anti-obesity agent found in the root of certain plants, can now be produced de novo in yeast.
Author
Jens B Nielsen
Chalmers, Life Sciences, Systems and Synthetic Biology
BioInnovation Institute
Nature Chemistry
1755-4330 (ISSN) 1755-4349 (eISSN)
Vol. 15 9 1204-1205Subject Categories
Biological Sciences
DOI
10.1038/s41557-023-01292-0