Engineered Production of Short-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme A Esters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A esters serve as intermediate compounds in fatty acid biosynthesis, and the production of polyketides, biopolymers and other value-added chemicals. S. cerevisiae is a model organism that has been utilized for the biosynthesis of such biologically and economically valuable compounds.