Engineering Redox Cofactor Regeneration for Improved Pentose Fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5892-5897

  Verho, Ritva ^a   Londesborough, John ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^a   Richard, Peter ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; REDOX REACTIONS;

REDOX COFACTORS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; ARABINOSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PENTOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (PHOSPHORYLATING); NADP; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0142136153     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.5892-5897.2003     Document Type: Article

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