Heterologous expression of pentalenene synthase (PSS) from Streptomyces UC5319 in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

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• 作者：Elena Melillo ; Remco Muntendam ; Wim J. Quax ; Oliver Kayser
• 关键词：Xanthophyllomyces ; Heterologous expression ; Pentalenene synthase ; Terpenes ; Yeast
• 刊名：Journal of Biotechnology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：31 October, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：161
• 期：3
• 页码：302-307
• 全文大小：744 K

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For the first time, the pentalenene synthase (PSS) gene from Streptomyces UC5319 was expressed in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, a native producer of astaxanthin. For the expression of the gene and the concurrent knock out of the native crtE or crtYB genes, two new vectors were engineered and used for the transformation of the wild-type strain of X. dendrorhous. The transformations resulted in white colonies, showing a complete shutdown of the carotenoid production. Furthermore, an additional vector was constructed for the insertion of the PSS gene in the rDNA of the yeast. All the mutant strains produce the sesquiterpene pentalenene and show no difference in growth when compared to the wild-type strain. In this report, we demonstrate that X. dendrorhous is a suitable host for the expression of heterologous terpene cyclases and for the production of foreign terpene compounds.