The expression of a Pichia stipitis xylose reductase mutant with higher KM for NADPH increases ethanol production from xylose in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 665-673

  Jeppsson, Marie ^a,c   Bengtsson, Oskar ^a   Franke, Katja ^a,d   Lee, Hung ^b   Hahn Hägerdal, Bärbel ^a   Gorwa Grauslund, Marie F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Environmental Laboratory   (Sweden)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

NAD(P)H; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Site specific mutagenesis; Xylitol; Xylose reductase

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ETHANOL; MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

NAD(P)H; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS; XYLITOL; XYLOSE REDUCTASE;

XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN XKS1; PROTEIN XYL1; PROTEIN XYL2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION; NADP; PICHIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA SHEHATAE; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33644879465     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20737     Document Type: Article

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