Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for higher fatty alcohol production
Ebin Joseph, Fakhraddin Eminli, Payman Tohidifar, Sujit Sadashiv Jagtap, Christopher V. Rao
This study engineers Yarrowia lipolytica to produce fatty alcohols by disrupting lipid metabolism pathways and optimizing culture conditions, achieving titers up to 19.4 g/L.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology