Abstract
The majority of the industrial organic chemicals are derived from fossil sources. With the oil and gas resources becoming limiting, biotechnology offers a sustainable alternative for production ofchemicals from renewable feedstocks. Yeast is an attractive cell factory forsustainable production of chemicals, due to its safe use status, tolerance of low pH and inhibitors, and amenability to large-scale fermentations. There are examples of commercial processes for production of organic acids such aslactic and succinic acids in yeast. We have engineered baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of non-native 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HP).3HP can be chemically dehydrated into acrylic acid and thus can serve as a biosustainable building block for acrylate-based products (diapers, acrylic paints, acrylic polymers, etc.)
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Abstract Book - DTU Sustain Conference 2014 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Place of Publication | Kgs. Lyngby |
| Publisher | Technical University of Denmark |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | DTU Sustain Conference 2014 - Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 17 Dec 2014 → 17 Dec 2014 http://www.sustain.dtu.dk/ |
Conference
| Conference | DTU Sustain Conference 2014 |
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| Location | Technical University of Denmark |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Lyngby |
| Period | 17/12/2014 → 17/12/2014 |
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UN SDGs
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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