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Molecular cloning and characterization of the ATP citrate lyase from carotenogenic yeast Phaffia rhodozyma.

FEMS Yeast Res

September 2015

Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, México D.F. 07360, México

Article Synopsis
  • ATP citrate lyase (ACL) is crucial for producing acetyl-CoA, which is important in making fatty acids and carotenoids in yeasts; researchers isolated two genes and one cDNA for ACL in the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma.
  • The ACL genes have complex structures with long coding sequences, generating polypeptides that share high similarity with ACLs from other fungi and even humans.
  • This study is the first to characterize a recombinant ACL from a yeast, laying groundwork for future research on gene regulation, promoter sequences, and ACL's role in metabolic pathways.
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