IP Library Granted Patent US 11,142,770
Granted Patent B2
US 11,142,770 · App. 15/296,148 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Isolated oleaginous yeast

Inventors: Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, MA); Kangjian Qiao (Cambridge, MA); Peng Xu (Quincy, MA)
Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C12N15/81C12N1/16C12N9/1029C12N9/93C12N15/52C12P7/64C12Y203/0102C12Y604/01002C12N2330/51C12N2510/02
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Patent No.
US 11,142,770
App. No.
15/296,148
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some aspects provide engineered microbes for oil production. Methods for microbe engineering and for use of engineered microbes are also provided herein. Such engineered microbes exhibit greatly enhanced conversion yields and TAG synthesis and storage properties.

Claims (20)

1. An isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell comprising:

(a) a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a cytosolic NADP + -dependent malic enzyme having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 under the control of a heterologous promoter; and

(b) a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a NADP + -dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6 under the control of a heterologous promoter,

wherein the heterologous promoter is an intron-enhanced TEF promoter or an intron-enhanced Yarrowia lipolytica glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter.

2. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 , wherein the cell further comprises a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC1) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 under the control of a heterologous promoter, and a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a diacylglyceraldehyde acyltransferase (DGA1) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54 under the control of a heterologous promoter, and wherein the heterologous promoter is an intron-enhanced TEF promoter or an intron-enhanced Yarrowia lipolytica glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter.

3. An isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell comprising:

a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an aldehyde dehydrogenase (AldH) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO: 36, or SEQ ID NO: 38 under the control of a heterologous promoter,

wherein the heterologous promoter is an intron-enhanced TEF promoter or an intron-enhanced Yarrowia lipolytica glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter.

4. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 3 , wherein the cell further comprises a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC1) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 under the control of a heterologous promoter, and a nucleic acid construct comprising an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a diacylglyceraldehyde acyltransferase (DGA1) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54 under the control of a heterologous promoter, and wherein the heterologous promoter is an intron-enhanced TEF promoter or an intron-enhanced Yarrowia lipolytica glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter.

5. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 4 , wherein the acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC1) is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 55.

6. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 4 , wherein the diacylglyceride acyltransferase (DGA1) is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 53.

7. A culture comprising the isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 .

8. A method comprising culturing the isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 with a carbon source.

9. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 , wherein the cytosolic NADP+-dependent malic enzyme is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 1 or wherein the NADP+-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 5.

10. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 3 , wherein the aldehyde dehydrogenase is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 33, SEQ ID NO: 35, or SEQ ID NO: 37.

11. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid construct is inserted into the genome of the cell.

12. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 1 , wherein the lipid titer is at least 25 g/L or 25-150 g/L; or wherein the lipid productivity is at least 0.25 g/L/h or 0.25 g/L/h to 1.5 g/L/h.

13. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 3 , wherein the lipid titer is at least 25 g/L or 25-150 g/L; or wherein the lipid productivity is at least 0.25 g/L/h or 0.25 g/L/h to 1.5 g/L/h.

14. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 2 , wherein the acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC1) is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 55.

15. The isolated Yarrowia lipolytica cell of claim 2 , wherein the diacylglyceride acyltransferase (DGA1) is encoded by SEQ ID NO: 53.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 052856/0089 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: STEPHANOPOULOS, GREGORY; QIAO, KANGJIAN; XU, PENG
To: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 052247/0183 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62243824 · Oct 20, 2015
Related Publication 20170183670A1 · Jun 29, 2017