Feasibility of xylose fermentation by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae overexpressing endogenous aldose reductase (GRE3), xylitol dehydrogenase (XYL2), and xylulokinase (XYL3) from Scheffersomyces stipitis

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 312-321

  Kim, Soo Rin ^a   Kwee, Nathania R ^a   Kim, Heejin ^a   Jin, Yong Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol fermentation; Metabolic engineering; Pentose sugars; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; GLUCOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE; XYLOSE; XYLULOKINASE;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHEFFERSOMYCES STIPITIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; YEAST;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; D-XYLULOSE REDUCTASE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84876090690     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12036     Document Type: Article

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