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Table 2 Top ten knockout targets for increasing lipid production predicted by eMOMA-based design method

From: In silico identification of metabolic engineering strategies for improved lipid production in Yarrowia lipolytica by genome-scale metabolic modeling

Reaction abbreviation

Reaction description

EC number

Genes associated

Predicted yield improvement (%)

MTHFC

Methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase

EC 3.5.4.9

(YALI0F30745g and YALI0E01056g)

57.1

FTHFL

Formate-tetrahydrofolate ligase

EC 6.3.4.3

(YALI0E01056g and YALI0F30745g)

51.9

MTHFD

Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (NADP+)

EC 1.5.1.5

(YALI0F30745g and YALI0E01056g)

51.1

ALPHNH

Allophanate hydrolase

EC 3.5.1.54

YALI0E07271g

50.9

UREASE

Urea carboxylase

EC 6.3.4.6

YALI0E07271g

50.9

ARGN

Arginase

EC 3.5.3.1

YALI0E07535g

50.9

ERGSTt

Ergosterol reversible transport (extracellular)

n/a

YALI0F17996g

48.0

GHMT2r

Glycine hydroxymethyltransferase

EC 2.1.2.1

(YALI0D22484g and YALI0E16346g)

15.5

IPPSm

2-Isopropylmalate synthase (mitochondrial)

EC 2.3.3.13

YALI0B07447g

10.7

ICDHym

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+, mitochondrial)

EC 1.1.1.42

YALI0F04095g

9.3