Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Hong-Lei Wang

Christer Löfstedt

Irina Borodina

Carina Holkenbrink

Marie Inger Dam

Baojian Ding

The present disclosure relates to methods for production of (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-ol in a yeast cell using desaturases and fatty acyl-CoA reductase. Also disclosed are methods for production of (Z)-11-hexadecenal in a yeast cell. Also disclosed are methods for production of (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-yl acetate in a yeast cell. The disclosure also provides for nucleic acid constructs and yeast cells useful for performing the present methods, as well as to pheromone compositions.

Method for production of moth pheromones in yeast

The present invention relates to the production of compounds comprised in pheromones, in particular moth pheromones, such as desaturated fatty alcohols and desaturated fatty alcohol acetates and derivatives thereof, from a yeast cell.

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Lund, Sweden

Hong-Lei Wang