Topic · Biomedical Engineering · Engineering

Biofuel production and bioconversion

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62 papers

Discovery and Characterization of Novel Lignocellulose-Degrading Enzymes from the Porcupine Microbiome by Synthetic Metagenomics

Mackenzie Thornbury, Jacob Sicheri, Caroline Guinard, David Burke James Mahoney, Francis Routledge, M. M. Curry, Mariam Elaghil, Nicholas Boudreau, Angela Tsai, Patrick D. Slaine, Emma CL Finlayson-Trick, Landon J. Getz, Jamie Cook, John R. Rohde, Craig McCormick

The paper identifies and characterizes four novel lignocellulose-degrading enzymes from the porcupine microbiome and explores their potential for biofuel production.

bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2018 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Screening and directed evolution of transporters to improve xylodextrin utilization in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chenlu Zhang, Ligia Acosta‐Sampson, Vivian Yaci Yu, Jamie H. D. Cate

The paper identifies and evaluates transporters for improved xylodextrin utilization in yeast and discusses challenges in directed evolution.

PLoS ONE · Sep 8, 2017Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology