October 21, 2023
KULeuven # YarroWCO: the transformation of waste cooking oil into medicine # One liter of waste cooking oil (WCO) can contaminate a million liters of potable water. Humanity currently produces billions of tons of WCO yearly, with limited routes for its safe disposal, making it a threat to our environment. We propose to harness the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to go beyond decontamination: our goal is to upcycle WCO into campesterol, an important steroid precursor for the pharmaceutical industry.
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October 21, 2023
OUC-China # Turn waste cooking oil into MCAFs and their derivatives # 2023 OUC-China igem team focuses on the green production of medium chain fatty acids and their derivatives.Firstly, MEL (Mannose-erythroitol) is produced by Moesziomyces aphidis XM01 using waste cooking oil as substrate, and a large number of medium chain fatty acids are obtained by hydrolyzing MEL. Due to the coexistence of different fatty acid pathways in XM01 strain, a large amount of MEL is formed and the accumulation of intracellular oil is caused.
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