Table 2 - Yeast lipases: enzyme purification, biochemical properties and gene cloning

Table 2.Reported lipase producing yeasts, their cellular localization and number of lipase isozymes produced by each yeast.

Source	Cellular - location	Isoforms	Reference
Arxulaadeninivorans	Extra-cellular	1*	Boer et al. 2005
Candida albicans	Extra-cellular	10*	Hube et al. 2000
Candida antarctica	Extra-cellular	2*	Høegh et al. 1995 Rotticci et al. 2001
Candida ernobii	Extra-cellular	1	Pignede et al. 2000a Pignede et al. 2000b
Candida parapsilosis CBS 604	Cell bound	1*	Neugnot et al. 2002
Candida rugosa/Cylindracea ATCC 14380 DMS 2031 L 1754	Extra-cellular Extra-cellular Extra-cellular	5* 3 2	Brocca et al. 1995 Benjamin and Pandey, 2001 Veeraragavan and Gibbs, 1989
Candida curvata	-	-	Lazar and Schroder, 1992
Candida tropicalis	-	-	Lazar and Schroder, 1992
Candida deformans CBS 2071	Extra-cellular	3*	Bigey et al. 2003
Geotrichum asteroids FKMF 144	Extra-cellular	2	Kazanina et al. 1981
Geotrichumcandidum ATCC 34614 NRCC205002 NRRL Y-552 NRRL Y-533 CMICC 335426 ATCC 66592	Extra-cellular	2* 2* 2* 2* 2 2	Shimada et al. 1990 Bertolini et al. 1994 Bertolini et al. 1994 Bertolini et al. 1994 Charton et al .1992 Jacobsen and Poulsen, 1992
Geotrichum sp. FO401B	Extra-cellular	2	Ota et al. 2000
Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11	Extra-cellular	1	Kakugawaet al. 2002
Kluyveromyces lactis	Extra-cellular	1*	Oishi et al.1999
Saccharomysiscerevisiae	-	-	Oishi et al.1999
Saccharomysifibuligera	-	-	Pandey et al.1999
Trichosporonasteroides	Extra-cellular	1	Dharmsthiti and Ammaranond, 1997
Trichosporoncutaneum	Extra-cellular	-	Chen et al.1993
Trichosporonfermentans WU-C12	Extra-cellular	2*	Chen et al. 1993 Chen et al. 1994 Arai et al. 1997
Yarrowia lipolytica	Extra-cellular and cell bound	2, 1*	Ota et al. 1982 Destain et al. 1997 Pignede et al. 2000a Pignede et al. 2000b

* bookmarks the isozymes, wherein the genes encoding them have been identified, isolated and cloned.

Isoforms

1*

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