Overexpression of the yeast transcription activator Msn2 confers furfural resistance and increases the initial fermentation rate in ethanol production

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Sasano, Yu ^a   Watanabe, Daisuke ^b   Ukibe, Ken ^a   Inai, Tomomi ^b   Ohtsu, Iwao ^a   Shimoi, Hitoshi ^b   Takagi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Furfural; Lignocellulosic biomass; Oxidative stress tolerance; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription activator Msn2

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYL FURFURALS; ANTI-OXIDATIVE STRESS; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CONTROL STRAIN; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FERMENTATION RATE; FERMENTATION TESTS; HIGH LEVEL EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL YEAST; INITIAL RATE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MOLECULAR BREEDING; OVER-EXPRESSION; RAPID GROWTH; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR MSN2; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATORS; WEAK ACIDS; YEAST STRAIN; YEAST TRANSCRIPTION;

ALDEHYDES; BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; BYPRODUCTS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FURFURAL; GENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRAIN; YEAST;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALCOHOL; FURFURAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MSN2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELLULOSE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FURALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84857689737     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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