Table 2.

Advantages of yeast expression systems.

Advantages	Disadvantages
High yield	N or O-linked glycosylation pattern (different from higher eukaryote) Hypermannosylation Proteolytic degradation
Stable production strains
Durability
Cost-effective
High-density growth
High productivity
Suitable for isotopically labeled protein production
Rapid growth in chemically defined media
Product processing similar to mammalian cells
Can handle S–S-rich proteins
Can assist in protein folding
Can glycosylate proteins