Metabolic recycling of storage lipids promotes squalene biosynthesis in yeast
Abstract Background Metabolic rewiring in microbes is an economical and sustainable strategy for synthesizing valuable natural terpenes. Terpenes are the largest class of nature-derived specialized metabolites, and many have valuable pharmaceutical or biological activity. Squalene, a medicinal terpe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-10-01
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Series: | Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02208-9 |