Abstract
New production technology for functional unsaturated fatty acids such as DHA, EPA, ARA, and POA (palmitoleic acid) is urgently required. Here we developed a whole-cell catalysis method to convert low-value fatty acids to high-value one by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as whole-cell biocatalyst. Results showed that palmitic acid was the most appropriate substrate for the bioconversion, and it increased the production of POA by 17.0% in comparison with de novo synthesis by fermentation only. A thorough investigation on the primary bioconversion conditions was performed. Under the optimum parameters, the substrate utilization rate reached 96.1%, which resulted in the production of POA increased to 5.9 g L−1, 90.3% higher than that of fermentation only. Stable isotope analysis showed that up to 61.7% of substrate was catalyzed to POA. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a repression from glucose to lipid but an acceleration from lipidic substrate to POA in S. cerevisiae during whole-cell catalysis.
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