Complete Genome Sequence of Kluyveromyces lactis Strain GG799, a Common Yeast Host for Heterologous Protein Expression

Léa Chuzel; Mehul B Ganatra; Kelly M Schermerhorn; Andrew F Gardner; Brian P Anton; Christopher H Taron

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00623-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Kluyveromyces lactis Strain GG799, a Common Yeast Host for Heterologous Protein Expression

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 27;5(30):e00623-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00623-17.

Authors

Léa Chuzel¹, Mehul B Ganatra¹, Kelly M Schermerhorn¹, Andrew F Gardner¹, Brian P Anton¹, Christopher H Taron²

Affiliations

¹ New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
² New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA taron@neb.com.

Abstract

We report the genome sequence of the dairy yeast Kluyveromyces lactis strain GG799 obtained using the Pacific Biosciences RS II platform. K. lactis strain GG799 is a common host for the expression of proteins at both laboratory and industrial scales.