Altering the coenzyme preference of xylose reductase to favor utilization of NADH enhances ethanol yield from xylose in a metabolically engineered strain of <it>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metabolic engineering of <it>Saccharomyces cerevisiae </it>for xylose fermentation into fuel ethanol has oftentimes relied on insertion of a heterologous pathway that consists of xylose reductase (XR) and xylitol dehydrog...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Microbial Cell Factories |
| Online Access: | http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/7/1/9 |