The yeast Starmerella bombicola distinguishes itself from other yeasts by its potential of producing copious amounts of the secondary metabolites sophorolipids (SLs): these are glycolipid biosurfactants composed out of a(n) (acetylated) sophorose moiety and a lipid tail. Although SLs are the…
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Cooperation with Norwegian University of Science and Technology results in publication in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science!
Highlights Acidic sophorolipid (ASL) has unconventional pH-dependent interfacial properties At the air-water interface, ASL molecules acquire a Π-shape and interact with one another through their carboxyl/carboxylate groups ASL renders copper sulfide hydrophilic at acidic pH and hydrophobic at neutral and…
Genomic location matters!
Did you know that… the output of a biosynthetic pathway is influenced by its chromosomal position? changing the location affects the expression range less than promoter-RBS libraries? culture conditions affect expression differently on different genomic locations? As a biorefinery platform…