Xylose fermentation by saccharomyces cerevisiae: Challenges and prospects

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Moysés, Danuza Nogueira ^a,b   Reis, Viviane Castelo Branco ^a   de Almeida, João Ricardo Moreira ^c   de Moraes, Lidia Maria Pepe ^a   Torres, Fernando Araripe Gonçalves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c Parque Estação Biológica ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Lignocellulosic ethanol; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Xylose

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 5 XYLULOSE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BIOFUEL; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRANSALDOLASE; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLITOL; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE; XYLOSE REDUCTASE; XYLULOSE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CATABOLISM; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERMENTATION; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; GRE3 GENE; MAXIMUM REACTION VELOCITY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHEFFERSOMYCES STIPITIS; SCXKS1 GENE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; XYLA GENE; XYLOSE FERMENTATION; YEAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

EID: 84959240103     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030207     Document Type: Review

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