Metabolic Engineering of Oleaginous Yeast Rhodotorula
toruloides for Overproduction of Triacetic Acid Lactone
Mingfeng Caoa, Vinh G. Trana,
Jiansong Qinb, Andrew Olsonb, J.
Carl Schultza, Chunshuai Huanga,
Dongming Xieb, Huimin Zhaoa,c,*
a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
U.S. Department of Energy Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United
States
b Department of Chemical Engineering, University of
Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
c Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and
Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
61801, United States
Running title: Triacetic acid lactone production in Rhodotorula
toruloides
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(217) 333-2631. Fax: (217) 333-5052.
E-mail: zhao5@illinois.edu