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Jay D Keasling - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • carotenoid based phenotypic screen of the yeast deletion collection reveals new genes with roles in isoprenoid production
    Metabolic Engineering, 2013
    Co-Authors: Bilge Ozaydin, Helcio Burd, Jay D Keasling
    Abstract:

    Abstract Beside their essential cellular functions, isoprenoids have value as pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals, pesticides, and fuel alternatives. Engineering microorganisms for production of isoprenoids is relatively easy, sustainable, and cost effective in comparison to chemical synthesis or extraction from natural producers. We introduced genes encoding carotenoid biosynthetic enzymes into the haploid yeast deletion collection to identify gene deletions that improved isoprenoid production. Deletions that showed significant improvement in carotenoid production were further screened for production of bisabolene, an isoprenoid alternative to petroleum-derived diesel. Combining those deletions with other mevalonate pathway modifications increased production of bisabolene from 40 mg/L to 800 mg/L in shake-flask cultures. In a fermentation process, this engineered strain produced 5.2 g/L of bisabolene.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Pamela Peraltayahya, Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
    Abstract:

    Rising petroleum costs, trade imbalances and environmental concerns have stimulated efforts to advance the microbial production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Here we identify a novel biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel, Bisabolane, and engineer microbial platforms for the production of its immediate precursor, bisabolene. First, we identify Bisabolane as an alternative to D2 diesel by measuring the fuel properties of chemically hydrogenated commercial bisabolene. Then, via a combination of enzyme screening and metabolic engineering, we obtain a more than tenfold increase in bisabolene titers in Escherichia coli to >900 mg l(-1). We produce bisabolene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (>900 mg l(-1)), a widely used platform for the production of ethanol. Finally, we chemically hydrogenate biosynthetic bisabolene into Bisabolane. This work presents a framework for the identification of novel terpene-based advanced biofuels and the rapid engineering of microbial farnesyl diphosphate-overproducing platforms for the production of biofuels.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Pamela Peraltayahya
    Abstract:

    Advanced biofuels with comparable properties to petroleum-based fuels could be microbially produced from lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, Escherichia coli is engineered to produce bisabolene, the immediate precursor of Bisabolane, a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel.

Armando Cordova - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Pamela Peraltayahya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Pamela Peraltayahya, Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
    Abstract:

    Rising petroleum costs, trade imbalances and environmental concerns have stimulated efforts to advance the microbial production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Here we identify a novel biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel, Bisabolane, and engineer microbial platforms for the production of its immediate precursor, bisabolene. First, we identify Bisabolane as an alternative to D2 diesel by measuring the fuel properties of chemically hydrogenated commercial bisabolene. Then, via a combination of enzyme screening and metabolic engineering, we obtain a more than tenfold increase in bisabolene titers in Escherichia coli to >900 mg l(-1). We produce bisabolene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (>900 mg l(-1)), a widely used platform for the production of ethanol. Finally, we chemically hydrogenate biosynthetic bisabolene into Bisabolane. This work presents a framework for the identification of novel terpene-based advanced biofuels and the rapid engineering of microbial farnesyl diphosphate-overproducing platforms for the production of biofuels.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Pamela Peraltayahya
    Abstract:

    Advanced biofuels with comparable properties to petroleum-based fuels could be microbially produced from lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, Escherichia coli is engineered to produce bisabolene, the immediate precursor of Bisabolane, a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel.

Vassilios Roussis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Aindrila Mukhopadhyay - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Pamela Peraltayahya, Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
    Abstract:

    Rising petroleum costs, trade imbalances and environmental concerns have stimulated efforts to advance the microbial production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Here we identify a novel biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel, Bisabolane, and engineer microbial platforms for the production of its immediate precursor, bisabolene. First, we identify Bisabolane as an alternative to D2 diesel by measuring the fuel properties of chemically hydrogenated commercial bisabolene. Then, via a combination of enzyme screening and metabolic engineering, we obtain a more than tenfold increase in bisabolene titers in Escherichia coli to >900 mg l(-1). We produce bisabolene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (>900 mg l(-1)), a widely used platform for the production of ethanol. Finally, we chemically hydrogenate biosynthetic bisabolene into Bisabolane. This work presents a framework for the identification of novel terpene-based advanced biofuels and the rapid engineering of microbial farnesyl diphosphate-overproducing platforms for the production of biofuels.

  • identification and microbial production of a terpene based advanced biofuel
    Nature Communications, 2011
    Co-Authors: Jay D Keasling, Mario Ouellet, Rossana Chan, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Pamela Peraltayahya
    Abstract:

    Advanced biofuels with comparable properties to petroleum-based fuels could be microbially produced from lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, Escherichia coli is engineered to produce bisabolene, the immediate precursor of Bisabolane, a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel.