High-level functional expression of a fungal xylose isomerase: The key to efficient ethanolic fermentation of xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-78

  Kuyper, Marko ^a   Harhangi, Harry R ^b   Stave, Ann Kristin ^c   Winkler, Aaron A ^c   Jetten, Mike S M ^b   De Laat, Wim T A M ^d   Den Ridder, Jan J J ^d   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^b   Van Dijken, Johannes P ^a,c   Pronk, Jack T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Bird Engineering BV   (Netherlands)

^d Royal Nedalco   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Fermentation; Hemicellulose; Pentose; Xylose isomerase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CELL EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROMYCES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PIROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

FUNGI; PIROMYCES; PIROMYCES SP.; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 12144288423     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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