02420nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245011100055210006900166260005700235300001400292490000700306520155500313653001701868653001101885653002101896653002101917100002101938700002201959700002601981700001702007700002502024856012902049       2015                        eng d  a1615-759100aProduction of polyunsaturated fatty acids in recombinant lipomyces starkeyi through submerged fermentation0 aProduction of polyunsaturated fatty acids in recombinant lipomyc  a233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USAbSPRINGERcJUL  a1407-14140 v383 a<p>Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are known to play an important role in human health and nutrition. Considering the limitation of LCPUFA sources, it is necessary to search new avenues for their production. Oleaginous yeasts are an attractive target for harvesting single cell oil, mainly because of the ease of cultivation with cheaper raw material. Lipomyces starkeyi is one such oleaginous yeast, which can accumulate oil to the extent of 60 % of its biomass and where genetic transformation can be achieved. In our earlier work, Delta 15 desaturase gene (AEP37840) from flax was transformed into L. starkeyi. In the present work, we report optimization of medium for the production of omega-3 enriched oil from this transformed yeast. A basic medium containing 20 g/l glucose as a carbon source and 10 g/l yeast extract as a nitrogen source was used during fermentation. At regular time intervals, glucose was fed to maintain high C:N ratio (65:10) during fermentation. Under the most favorable conditions, dry biomass and total lipid content were 18 and 7.29 g/l, respectively. Prior to genetic transformation, L. starkeyi contained 56.03 mg/l DHA along with 71.4 mg/l EPA and 42.2 mg/l ALA. Genetic engineering of this yeast resulted in a strain that produced 1080 mg/l DHA (17.4 %) along with 74.28 mg/l EPA and 126.72 mg/l ALA possibly through modification of PUFA biosynthetic pathway. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first report of DHA enrichment and opens up avenues for LCPUFA production through L. starkeyi.</p>10aFermentation10aLCPUFA10aLipid production10aOleaginous yeast1 aSalunke, Devyani1 aManglekar, Rupali1 aGadre, Ramchandra, V.1 aNene, Sanjay1 aHarsulkar, Abhay, M.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/production-polyunsaturated-fatty-acids-recombinant-lipomyces-starkeyi-through-submerged-0