Yarrowia lipolytica: A model and a tool to understand the mechanisms implicated in lipid accumulation

• Published in: Biochimie Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 692 - 696
• Main Authors: Beopoulos, Athanasios, Chardot, Thierry, Nicaud, Jean-Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Acyl-CoA Oxidase - genetics; Acyl-CoA Oxidase - metabolism; Fungal Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Lipid accumulation; Lipid Metabolism; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Microscopy, Electron; Models, Biological; Obesity; Triglycerides; Triglycerides - chemistry; Triglycerides - metabolism; Yarrowia - genetics; Yarrowia - metabolism; Yarrowia - ultrastructure; Yarrowia lipolytica; Obesity; Lipid accumulation; Triglycerides; Yarrowia lipolytica

The oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica is known to inhabit various lipid-containing environments. One of the most striking features in this yeast is the presence of several multigene families involved in the metabolic pathways of hydrophobic substrate utilization. The complexity and the multiplici...