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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2021

CRISPR-mediated multigene integration enables Shikimate pathway refactoring for enhanced 2-phenylethanol biosynthesis in Kluyveromyces marxianus.

Mengwan Li, Xuye Lang, Marcos Moran Cabrera, Sawyer De Keyser, Xiyan Sun, Nancy Da Silva, Ian Wheeldon

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mengwan LiDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Xuye LangDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Marcos Moran CabreraDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Sawyer De KeyserDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Xiyan SunDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Nancy Da SilvaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
Ian WheeldonDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA. iwheeldon@engr.ucr.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-7539
University of California, Riverside · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems NSF 1803630Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems NSF 180367US Department of Energy BER DOE DE-SC0019093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background2-phenylethanol (2-PE) is a rose-scented flavor and fragrance compound that is used in food, beverages, and personal care products. Compatibility with gasoline also makes it a potential biofuel or fuel additive. A biochemical process converting glucose or other fermentable sugars to 2-PE can potentially provide a more sustainable and economical production route than current methods that use chemical synthesis and/or isolation from plant material.

resultsWe work toward this goal by engineering the Shikimate and Ehrlich pathways in the stress-tolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus. First, we develop a multigene integration tool that uses CRISPR-Cas9 induced breaks on the genome as a selection for the one-step integration of an insert that encodes one, two, or three gene expression cassettes. Integration of a 5-kbp insert containing three overexpression cassettes successfully occurs with an efficiency of 51 ± 9% at the ABZ1 locus and was used to create a library of K. marxianus CBS 6556 strains with refactored Shikimate pathway genes. The 3

conclusionsThe CRISPR-mediated multigene integration system expands the genome-editing toolset for K. marxianus, a promising multi-stress tolerant host for the biosynthesis of 2-PE and other aromatic compounds derived from the Shikimate pathway.

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Expression regulationFlavors and fragrancesMetabolic engineeringThermotolerance

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PMID33407831
PMCPMC7788952
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