| Microorganism name |
Komagatella phaffi (Pichia pastoris)
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| Target proteins |
Truffle sweet protein (McFarland et al., 2024)
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| Wild-type or GMO |
GMO (McFarland et al., 2024)
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| Production mode (intracellular/extracellular) |
Not stated, but most likely extracellular (McFarland et al., 2024)
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| Protein yield (g/L or g/g?) |
Proprietary info of Mycotechnology |
| Temperature used in study |
Proprietary info of Mycotechnology |
| pH used in study |
Proprietary info of Mycotechnology |
| C & N source |
Proprietary info of Mycotechnology |
| Regulatory status in Europe |
Not allowed |
| Regulatory status in other parts of the world |
No FDA GRAS approval in US, not allowed in Canada. Mycotechnology has self-affirmed GRAS
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| Companies |
Mycotechnology
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| Publications/references |
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McFarland, C., Alkotaini, B., Cowen, C. P., Edwards, M. G., Grein, E., Hahn, A. D., Jennings, J. C., Patnaik, R., Potter, S. M., Rael, L. T., Sharkey, B. P., Taylor, S. L., Totman, R., Van Simaeys, K., Vo, P., Zhao, D., & Connors, D. E. (2024). Discovery, Expression, and In Silico Safety Evaluation of Honey Truffle Sweetener, a Sweet Protein Derived from Mattirolomyces terfezioides and Produced by Heterologous Expression in Komagataella phaffii. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 72(35), 19470–19479. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c04368
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Spohner, S. C., Müller, H., Quitmann, H., & Czermak, P. (2015). Expression of enzymes for the usage in food and feed industry with Pichia pastoris. Journal of Biotechnology, 202, 118–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.01.027
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Lv, W., & Cai, M. (2025). Advancing Recombinant Protein Expression in Komagataella phaffii: Opportunities and Challenges. FEMS Yeast Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/foaf010
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Pan, Y., Yang, J., Wu, J., Yang, L., & Fang, H. (2022). Current advances of Pichia pastoris as cell factories for production of recombinant proteins. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1059777
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Barone, G. D., Emmerstorfer-Augustin, A., Biundo, A., Pisano, I., Coccetti, P., Mapelli, V., & Camattari, A. (2023). Industrial Production of Proteins with Pichia pastoris—Komagataella phaffii. Biomolecules, 13(3), 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13030441
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Ergün, B. G., Laçın, K., Çaloğlu, B., & Binay, B. (2022). Second generation Pichia pastoris strain and bioprocess designs. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02234-7
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