title: Draft genome sequence of Wickerhamomyces ciferrii NRRL Y-1031 F-60-10.
abstract: Wickerhamomyces ciferrii is a microorganism characterized by the production and secretion of large amounts of acetylated sphingoid bases, in particular tetraacetyl phytosphingosine. Here, we present the 15.90-Mbp draft genome sequence of W. ciferrii NRRL Y-1031 F-60-10 generated by pyrosequencing and de novo assembly. The draft genome sequence comprising 364 contigs in 150 scaffolds was annotated and covered 6,702 protein-coding sequences. This information will contribute to the metabolic engineering of this yeast to improve the yield and spectrum of acetylated sphingoid bases in biotechnological production.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andrea
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaenicke
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rückert
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schorsch
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Szczepanowski
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farwick
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goesmann
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pühler
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tauch
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brinkrolf
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D020451:Contig Mapping; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics*