Ethanol production from xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing protein engineered NADP+-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase.

Effects of reversal coenzyme specificity toward NADP+ and thermostabilization of xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) from Pichia stipitis on fermentation of xylose to ethanol were estimated using a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing together with a native xylose reductase from P. stipitis. The mutated XDHs performed the similar enzyme properties in S. cerevisiae cells, compared with those in vitro. The significant enhancement(s) was found in Y-ARSdR strain, in which NADP+-dependent XDH was expressed; 86% decrease of unfavorable xylitol excretion with 41% increased ethanol production, when compared with the reference strain expressing the wild-type XDH.

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