Bing Li

Phd Student
(Group member from 2009 until 2014)


+ 32 (0) 9 33 13 825

VIB / Ghent University
Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
Technologiepark 927
B-9052 Gent
BELGIUM

Research

Structural and and comparative analysis of the Candida bombicola genome

The yeast Candida bombicola is a production strain that naturally produces sophorolipids from glucose and vegetable oils in high yield and efficiency. This strain will be modified by metabolic engineering to produce new-tonature and tailor-made glycolipids. By adding, deleting or combining the five genes that intervene in glycolipid biosynthesis, both the lipid tail and the carbohydrate head can be modified. Thus, a vast range of glycolipids can be obtained, extending the biosynthetic capabilities of the production strain far beyond its natural synthesis power for sophorolipids.

In order to better understand and modify the production strain Candida bombicola ATCC 22214, its genome will be fully sequenced. The whole genome of Candida glabrata CBS138 is known and published and several other projects are underway to sequence the genomes of Candida albicans, Candida dubliniensis, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida lusitaniae and Candida guilliermondii. In view of the heterogeneity of the Candida genus, it was decided not to rely on these data and to determine the full genome sequence of the production organism used in this project. Li Bing will perform the gene prediction and genome annotation of this genome sequence and will also perform comparative genomics analyses with other yeasts.

Papers

(4) Ciesielska, K., Van Bogaert, M., Chevineau, S., Li, B., Groeneboer, S., Soetaert, W., Van de Peer, Y., Devreese, B. (2014) Exoproteome analysis of Starmerella bombicola results in the discovery of an esterase required for lactonization of sophorolipids. J. Proteomics 98:159-74.

(3) Ciesielska, K., Li, B., Groeneboer, S., Van Bogaert, M., Lin, Y.-C., Soetaert, W., Van de Peer, Y., Devreese, B. (2013) SILAC-based proteome analysis of Starmerella bombicola sophorolipid production. Journal of Proteome Research 12(10):4376-92.

(2) Van Bogaert, M., Holvoet, K., Roelants, S. L.K.W, Li, B., Lin, Y.-C., Van de Peer, Y., Soetaert, W. (2013) The biosynthetic gene cluster for sophorolipids: a biotechnological interesting biosurfactant produced by Starmerella bombicola. Molecular Microbiology 88(3):501-9.

(1) Roelants, S. L.K.W, Saerens, K.M., Derycke, T., Li, B., Lin, Y.-C., Van de Peer, Y., De Maeseneire, S.L., Van Bogaert, M., Soetaert, W. (2013) Candida bombicola as a platform organism for the production of tailor-made biomolecules. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 110(9):2494-503.











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VIB / UGent
Bioinformatics & Evolutionary Genomics
Technologiepark 927
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BELGIUM
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