Expanding xylose metabolism in yeast for plant cell wall conversion to biofuels
Xin Li, Vivian Y Yu, Yuping Lin, Kulika Chomvong, Raíssa Estrela, Julie M Liang, Elizabeth Znameroski, Joanna Feehan, Soo Rin Kim, Yong-Su Jin, N Louise Glass, Jamie Cate
This study identifies a xylodextrin transport and consumption pathway in Neurospora crassa and demonstrates its reconstitution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to enhance plant cell wall sugar utilization for biofuel production.
bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2014Synthetic Biology