Rhodotorula toruloides: an ideal microbial cell factory to produce oleochemicals, carotenoids, and other products

Y Zhao, B Song, J Li, J Zhang - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Requirement of clean energy sources urges us to find substitutes for fossil fuels.
Microorganisms provide an option to produce feedstock for biofuel production by utilizing …

Exploring yeast diversity to produce lipid-based biofuels from agro-forestry and industrial organic residues

MN Mota, P Múgica, I Sá-Correia - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exploration of yeast diversity for the sustainable production of biofuels, in particular
biodiesel, is gaining momentum in recent years. However, sustainable, and economically …

Current advances in alteration of fatty acid profile in Rhodotorula toruloides: a mini-review

CC Wu, K Honda, F Kazuhito - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Microbial lipids are considered promising and environmentally friendly substitutes for fossil
fuels and plant-derived oils. They alleviate the depletion of limited petroleum storage and …

Key enzymes in fatty acid synthesis pathway for bioactive lipids biosynthesis

XY Zhuang, YH Zhang, AF Xiao, AH Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dietary bioactive lipids, one of the three primary nutrients, is not only essential for growth
and provides nutrients and energy for life's activities but can also help to guard against …

Customizing lipids from oleaginous microbes: leveraging exogenous and endogenous approaches

BK Uprety, EN Morrison, RJN Emery, SC Farrow - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
To meet the growing demands of the oleochemical industry, tailored lipid sources are
expanding to oleaginous microbes. To control the fatty acid composition of microbial lipids …

Mining and application of constitutive promoters from Rhodosporidium toruloides

X Guo, Z Bai, Y Zhang, H Zhao, S Shi - Amb Express, 2023 - Springer
Rhodosporidium toruloides is an oleaginous yeast under development with promising
industrial applications. Since promoters of different strengths have been demonstrated as an …

Mastering targeted genome engineering of GC-rich oleaginous yeast for tailored plant oil alternatives for the food and chemical sector

P Shaigani, T Fuchs, P Graban, S Prem, M Haack… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Sustainable production of triglycerides for various applications is a major focus
of microbial factories. Oleaginous yeast species have been targeted for commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Homologous Delta-12 Fatty Acid Desaturase (FAD2) Genes Affect Gene Expression and Linoleic Acid Levels in Lentinula edodes under Heat Stress

H Yang, J Jiang, M Chen, X Song, C Yu, H Chen… - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
Delta-12 fatty acid desaturases (FAD2s) actively regulate stress responses and cell
differentiation in living organisms. In this study, six homologous FAD2 genes were identified …

Recent advances on essential fatty acid biosynthesis and production: clarifying the roles of Δ12/Δ15 fatty acid desaturase

C Wu, B Hong, S Jiang, X Luo, H Lin, Y Zhou… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) provide various biological and physiological benefits; however,
they cannot be synthesised in the human body, and their intake must be derived from the …

[PDF][PDF] 圆红冬孢酵母基因编辑及天然产物合成的研究进展

高琦豆, 董亚琦, 黄颖, 刘懿娟, 杨晓兵 - 生物工程学报, 2023 - researchgate.net
圆红冬孢酵母(Rhodotorula toruloides) 是一种能够天然合成多种类胡萝卜素和油脂的非模式
酵母. 该菌能够利用各种廉价原料, 耐受甚至同化利用多种有毒木质纤维素水解副产物. 目前 …