Comprehensive analysis of a Metabolic Model for lipid production in Rhodosporidium toruloides

The yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides has been extensively studied for its application in biolipid production. The knowledge of its metabolism capabilities and the application of constraint-based flux analysis methodology provide useful information for process prediction and optimization. The accuracy...

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Autores: Castañeda, María Teresita, Nuñez, Sebastián, Garelli, Fabricio, Voget, Claudio, De Battista, Hernán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Repositorio:CIC Digital (CICBA)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.cic.gba.gob.ar:11746/7752
Acceso en línea:https://digital.cic.gba.gob.ar/handle/11746/7752
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biotecnología Agropecuaria
metabolic modelling
lipid production
Rhodosporidium toruloides
Flux Balance Analysis
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Sumario:The yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides has been extensively studied for its application in biolipid production. The knowledge of its metabolism capabilities and the application of constraint-based flux analysis methodology provide useful information for process prediction and optimization. The accuracy of the resulting predictions is highly dependent on metabolic models. A metabolic reconstruction for R. toruloides metabolism has been recently published. On the basis of this model, we developed a curated version that unblocks the central nitrogen metabolism and, in addition, completes charge and mass balances insome reactions neglected in the former model. Then, a comprehensive analysis of network capability was performed with the curated model and compared with the published metabolic reconstruction. The flux distribution obtained bylipid optimization with Flux Balance Analysis was able to replicate the internal biochemical changes that lead to lipogenesis in oleaginous microorganisms. These results motivate the development of a genome-scale model for completeelucidation of R. toruloides metabolism.