The draft genome sequence of Rhodosporidium toruloides strain Z11, an isolate capable of co-producing lipids and carotenoids from waste molasses

Xiaoyu Zhang; Jiasheng Lu; Clarisse Manishimwe; Jiawen Li; Ruiqi Ma; Yujia Jiang; Wankui Jiang; Wenming Zhang; Fengxue Xin; Min Jiang

doi:10.1007/s13205-022-03385-y

The draft genome sequence of Rhodosporidium toruloides strain Z11, an isolate capable of co-producing lipids and carotenoids from waste molasses

3 Biotech. 2022 Nov;12(11):320. doi: 10.1007/s13205-022-03385-y. Epub 2022 Oct 11.

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¹ State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu South Road 30#, Nanjing, 211800 People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

A wild-type Rhodosporidium toruloides strain Z11 which could utilize molasses to co-produce high amount of lipid and carotenoids was isolated and characterized. The genome of strain Z11 with a G + C content of 59.0% was estimated to be 22.6 Mb and contained 5290 encoded protein sequences. Among these annotated genes, the ATP citrate (pro-S)-lyase, two malic enzymes (MaeA and MaeB) and the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase play key roles for the production of lipids and carotenoids. In addition, a β-fructofuranosidase (SacA) was identified, which may contribute to the utilization of molasses.

Keywords: Carotenoids; Co-production; Draft genome sequencing; Lipid; Molasses.

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