Aspects of the disclosure are directed to genetically modified yeast cells and methods for use. Certain aspects are directed to recombinant yeast cells comprising exogenous nucleic acid sequences encoding phosphotransacetylase and/or phosphoketolase proteins, including a phosphoketolase protein from Clostridium acetobutylicum. Also disclosed are methods for generating recombinant yeast cells and methods of use of such cells for production of one or more products, including lipids, oils, fatty acids, and triacylglycerides.

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to genetically modified yeast cells and methods for use. Certain aspects are directed to recombinant yeast cells comprising exogenous nucleic acid sequences encoding phosphotransacetylase and/or phosphoketolase proteins, including a phosphoketolase protein from Clostridium acetobutylicum. Also disclosed are methods for generating recombinant yeast cells and methods of use of such cells for production of one or more products, including lipids, oils, fatty acids, and triacylglycerides.

The present invention relates to a process for producing high-grade fatty acid polyol esters, particularly fatty acid glycerol esters, and to the products thus prepared as well as to their respective uses and applications.

An enzymatic process for producing fatty acid triglycerides using a lipase catalyst system that includes a mixture of a supported lipase catalyst and an additive, such as silica gel. The additive is used without adsorbing any of the acyl group donor or acyl group acceptor reactants onto the additive. Use of the catalyst system decreases production reaction time, decreases the temperatures required for reaction, and allows for a single reaction vessel. The catalyst system can be used to efficiently produce medium chain triglycerides or conjugated linoleic acid triglycerides.

The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acids, in particular shot/medium-chain fatty acids (S/MCFA), by expression in a host cell of a recombinant fatty acid synthase (FAS) naturally devoid of a thioesterase (TE) domain comprising a heterologous thioesterase (TE). The invention further relates to polynucleotides comprising such recombinant FAS, polypeptides encoded thereby, and vectors comprising such polynucleotides, as well as recombinant host cells comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides, or vectors.

n-Nonanoic esters of xylitol, sorbitol or erythritol are made, especially for cosmetic or household care compositions, and a process for their preparation is developed.

n-Nonanoic esters of xylitol, sorbitol or erythritol are made, especially for cosmetic or household care compositions, and a process for their preparation is developed.

Methods to prepare vegetable oil compositions having an elevated ethyl ester content are provided.

Vegetable oil compositions having an ethyl ester content of from 0 to 18 weight percent of the total weight of the oil composition, and uses thereof are provided.

Disclosed is a method for synthesizing diglyceride using a bubble column reactor. The method comprises the steps of: an immobilized enzyme is placed on the bearing mechanism of the bubble column reactor; a hot bath mechanism is actuated to heat the reactor body to 55-75? C.; glycerol, fatty acid and water are added into a feed chute, preheated to 55-75? C., and then transferred into the reactor body to initiate the reaction; a bubbling mechanism is actuated so that the inert gas is continuously blown into the reactor body via a sieve plate, forming boiling-like bubbles which promotes the mixing and hence to facilitate the reaction; after the reaction, the water bath mechanism and the bubbling mechanism are turned off, the heating and the inert gas circulation are stopped, a compacting mechanism is actuated, and the reaction mixture is settled and layered, thus obtaining an upper layer which is the crude glyceride layer, and a lower layer which is the glycerol layer; and the crude glyceride layer is subjected to two-stage molecular distillation so as to obtain high purity diglyceride.