Enabling glucose/xylose co-transport in yeast through the directed evolution of a sugar transporter

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 10215-10223

  Li, Haibo ^a   Schmitz, Olivia ^a   Alper, Hal S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Co utilization; Glucose; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transporter; Xylose

Indexed keywords

XYLOSE; YEAST;

CO-UTILIZATION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; HEXOSE TRANSPORTERS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY; SUGAR TRANSPORTERS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TRANSPORTER;

GLUCOSE;

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; XYLOSE; COTRANSPORTER;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHEFFERSOMYCES STIPITIS; STOP CODON; SUGAR TRANSPORT; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GLUCOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYMPORTERS; XYLOSE;

EID: 84991086121     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7879-8     Document Type: Article

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