Xylulokinase activity in various yeasts includingSaccharomyces cerevisiae containing the cloned xylulokinase gene
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
- Vol. 24-25 (1), 193-199
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02920245
Abstract
D-Xylose is a major constituent of hemicellulose, which makes up 20–30% of renewable biomass in nature.d-Xylose can be fermented by most yeasts, includingSaccharomyces cerevisiae, by a two-stage process. In this process, xylose is first converted to xylulose in vitro by the enzyme xylose (glucose) isomerase, and the latter sugar is then fermented by yeast to ethanol. With the availability of an inexpensive source of xylose isomerase produced by recombinantE. coli, this process of fermenting xylose to ethanol can become quite effective. In this paper, we report that yeast xylose and xylulose fermentation can be further improved by cloning and overexpression of the xylulokinase gene. For instance, the level of xylulokinase activity in S.cerevisiae can be increased 230fold by cloning its xylulokinase gene on a high copy-number plasmid, coupled with fusion of the gene with an effective promoter. The resulting genetically-engineered yeasts can ferment xylose and xylulose more than twice as fast as the parent yeast.Keywords
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