Almost all eukaryotes undergo sexual reproduction to generate diversity and select for
fitness in their population pools. Interestingly, the systems by which sex is defined are highly …

Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

The important industrial protein production host Komagataella phaffii (syn Pichia pastoris) is
classified as a non-conventional yeast. But what exactly makes K. phaffii non-conventional …

Recombinant protein production in Komagataella phaffi (K. phaffi), a widely utilized host
organism, can be optimized by enhancing the metabolic flux in the central carbon …

Mating-type switching is a natural but unusual genetic control process that regulates cell
identity in ascomycete yeasts. It involves physically replacing one small piece of genomic …

Yeast mating pheromones are small secreted peptides required for efficient mating between
cells of opposite mating type. Pheromone gradients allow the cells to detect potential mating …