Protein Engineering of Yeast
This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Protein engineering is the purposeful modification of a protein’s sequence, structure, or expression. In a simple example, one’s favorite protein may be altered to facilitate the overexpression of a tagged version in yeast, which generates large quantities of yeast for in vitro investigations. In more complex cases, several foreign enzymes may be expressed in yeast to create a robust metabolic pathway for producing, for example, biofuels or medicines. Bioengineered yeasts have also been used for vaccine development, reprogramming a protein's fate, directed evolution, and protein-based library screening. This Special Issue will highlight the versatility and power of yeast as a platform for protein engineering. Papers describing research using all yeast species are welcome, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cryptococcus neoformans, Pichia pastoris, and Yarrowia lipolytica.
Prof. Dr. William J. Chirico
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- draft-protein engineering
- overexpression, mutation
- cell surface expression
- vaccine development
- evolution
- drug development
- surface biosensors
- pathway modeling
- yeast
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Published Papers
J. Fungi - ISSN 2309-608X