Unraveling the genetic basis of xylose consumption in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains
dos Santos LV, Carazzolle MF, Nagamatsu ST, Sampaio NM, Almeida LD, Pirolla RA, Borelli G, Corrêa TL, Argueso JL, Pereira GA. Unraveling the genetic basis of xylose consumption in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 38676. PMID: 28000736, PMCID: PMC5175268, DOI: 10.1038/srep38676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsXylose fermentationAdaptive evolutionSecond-generation ethanol productionDevelopment of biocatalystsXylose isomerase geneRobust industrial strainsSecond-generation ethanolIron-sulfur clustersFive-carbon sugarsEngineered SaccharomycesMetabolic engineeringEssential genesEthanol productionXylose consumptionScaffold proteinRegulatory networksXylose utilizationIsomerase geneGenetic basisViable productionIndustrial strainsEthanol/Yeast cellsPentose metabolismGenes