Programmable polyketide biosynthesis platform for production of aromatic compounds in yeast

Tadas Jakočiūnas*, Andreas K. Klitgaard, Eftychia Eva Kontou, Julie Bang Nielsen, Emil Thomsen, David Romero-Suarez, Kai Blin, Christopher J. Petzold, Jennifer W. Gin, Yaojun Tong, Charlotte Held Gotfredsen, Pep Charusanti, Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, Tilmann Weber, Sang Yup Lee, Michael K. Jensen, Jay D. Keasling*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)
47 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

To accelerate the shift to bio-based production and overcome complicated functional implementation of natural and artificial biosynthetic pathways to industry relevant organisms, development of new, versatile, bio-based production platforms is required. Here we present a novel yeast-based platform for biosynthesis of bacterial aromatic polyketides. The platform is based on a synthetic polyketide synthase system enabling a first demonstration of bacterial aromatic polyketide biosynthesis in a eukaryotic host.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11-18
Number of pages8
JournalSynthetic and Systems Biotechnology
Volume5
Issue number1
Early online date23 Jan 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

  • Aromatic polyketides
  • Biotechnology
  • CRISPR/Cas9
  • Metabolic engineering
  • Natural products
  • Polyketide
  • Production platform in eukaryotes
  • Synthetic biology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Programmable polyketide biosynthesis platform for production of aromatic compounds in yeast'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this