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Springer, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 5(87), p. 1617-1631, 2010

DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2721-1

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Engineering of glycosylation in yeast and other fungi: current state and perspectives

Journal article published in 2010 by Karen De Pourcq, Kristof De Schutter, Nico Callewaert ORCID
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Abstract

With the increasing demand for recombinant proteins and glycoproteins, research on hosts for producing these proteins is focusing increasingly on more cost-effective expression systems. Yeasts and other fungi are promising alternatives because they provide easy and cheap systems that can perform eukaryotic post-translational modifications. Unfortunately, yeasts and other fungi modify their glycoproteins with heterogeneous high-mannose glycan structures, which is often detrimental to a therapeutic protein’s pharmacokinetic behavior and can reduce the efficiency of downstream processing. This problem can be solved by engineering the glycosylation pathways to produce homogeneous and, if so desired, human-like glycan structures. In this review, we provide an overview of the most significant recently reported approaches for engineering the glycosylation pathways in yeasts and fungi.