Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for the synthesis of glutathione from organic by-products

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Abstract

Tripeptide glutathione, which plays important roles in many cellular mechanisms, is also a biotechnology-oriented molecule with applications in medicine, food and cosmetic. Here, the engineering of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for the production of this metabolite at high titer values from various agro-industrial by-products is reported. The constitutive overexpression of the glutathione biosynthetic genes GSH1 and GSH2 encoding respectively γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione synthetase, together with the INU1 gene from Kluyveromyces marxianus encoding inulinase yielded a glutathione titer value and a productivity of 644 nmol/mg protein and 510 µmol/gDCW, respectively. These values were obtained during bioreactor batch cultures in a medium exclusively comprising an extract of Jerusalem artichoke tuber, used as a source of inulin, and ammonium sulfate, used as a nitrogen source.

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Do, D. T. H., & Fickers, P. (2020). Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for the synthesis of glutathione from organic by-products. Microorganisms, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040611

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