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Table 1 De novo synthesis of typical sterols in yeast

From: Metabolic engineering strategies for de novo biosynthesis of sterols and steroids in yeast

Products

Strain

Approach

Cultivation mode

Yield/titer/content

References

Genes deleted

Genes introduced

Genes overexpressed

Ergosterol

S. cerevisiae

UPC2

Flask fermentation

11.91 mg/g

(Ma et al. 2018)

Ergosterol

S. cerevisiae

ECM22

5-L bioreactor

32.7 mg/g

(Wang et al. 2018)

Ergosterol

S. cerevisiae

ARE2, ERG4

5-L bioreactor

1707 mg/L

(He et al. 2007)

Campesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG5

Mo∆7SR

(Zhang et al. 2007)

Campesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG5

ArDWF1

(Tsukagoshi et al. 2016)

Campesterol

S. cerevisiae

DWF1 /5/7

All the MVA pathway genes, UPC2

Flask fermentation

40 mg/L

(Xu et al. 2020)

Campesterol

Y. lipolytica

ERG5

DHCR7

5-L bioreactor

453 ± 24.7 mg/L

(Du et al. 2016)

Campesterol

Y. lipolytica

ERG5, MFE1, PEX10

DHCR7

DHCR7

5-L bioreactor

837 mg/L

(Qian et al. 2020)

Campesterol

Y. lipolytica

ERG5

DHCR7

POX2

5-L bioreactor

942 mg/L

(Zhang et al. 2017)

Cholesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG5, ERG6

DHCR7, DHCR24

Flask fermentation

1 mg/g dry cell weight

(Souza et al. 2011)

Cholesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG6, ATF2

DHCR7, DHCR24

ERG20, ERG9, ERG1

Flask fermentation

16 mg/L

(Cheng et al. 2021)

Cholesterol

Pichia pastoris

ERG5, ERG6

DHCR7, DHCR24

(Hirz et al. 2013)

7-DHC

S. cerevisiae

ERG5, ERG6

DHCR24, ERG2, ERG3

ERG1, ERG11, tHMG1

(Lang and Veen 2006)

7-DHC

S. cerevisiae

ERG5

DHCR24, ACS, ACL

tHMG1, ADH2, ALD6

5-L bioreactor

44.49 ± 9.63 mg/L

(Su et al. 2015)

7-DHC

S. cerevisiae

ERG5, ERG6, NEM1

Gg_DHCR24

All the MVA pathway genes, Gg_DHCR24

5‐L bioreactor

1.07 g/L

(Guo et al. 2018)

Ergosta-5,7-dien-3β-ol

S. cerevisiae

ERG5

 

HMG1, ERG1, ERG11

Flask fermentation

4.12 mg/g dry cell weight

(Ma et al. 2018)

22-Hydroxycampest-4-en-3-one

S. cerevisiae

ARE1, AER2, ERG4

DWF1/5/7, CYP90A1, CYP90B1

ERG12, ERG13, ERG8, ERG19

Flask fermentation

3.63 mg/L

(Xu et al. 2020)

β-Sitosterol

S. cerevisiae

ARE1, ARE2, ERG4

DWF1/5/7, SMT2

ERG12, ERG13, ERG8, ERG19

Flask fermentation

2 mg/L

(Xu et al. 2020)

24-Methylenecholesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG4, ERG5

StDWF5

(Sawai et al. 2014)

Desmosterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG6

StDWF5

(Sawai et al. 2014)

22(R)-Hydroxycholesterol

S. cerevisiae

ERG5, ERG6

PpCYP90B27

(Yin et al. 2018)

  1. CYP90A1 encoding C3-oxidase; CYP90B1 encoding C22-hydroxylase; StDWF5 encoding sterol Δ7 reductase; PpCYP90B27 encoding steroid C22 hydroxylase