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SUBMITTER: Runquist D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2760498 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Runquist David D Hahn-Hägerdal Bärbel B Bettiga Maurizio M
Microbial cell factories 20090924
<h4>Background</h4>Fermentation of xylose to ethanol has been achieved in S. cerevisiae by genetic engineering. Xylose utilization is however slow compared to glucose, and during anaerobic conditions addition of glucose has been necessary for cellular growth. In the current study, the xylose-utilizing strain TMB 3415 was employed to investigate differences between anaerobic utilization of glucose and xylose. This strain carried a xylose reductase (XYL1 K270R) engineered for increased NADH utiliz ...[more]