title: Bioethanol production performance of five recombinant strains of laboratory and industrial xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: In this study, five recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were compared for their xylose-fermenting ability. The most efficient xylose-to-ethanol fermentation was found by using the industrial strain MA-R4, in which the genes for xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase from Pichia stipitis along with an endogenous xylulokinase gene were expressed by chromosomal integration of the flocculent yeast strain IR-2. The MA-R4 strain rapidly converted xylose to ethanol with a low xylitol yield. Furthermore, the MA-R4 strain had the highest ethanol production when fermenting not only a mixture of glucose and xylose, but also mixed sugars in the detoxified hydrolysate of wood chips. These results collectively suggest that MA-R4 may be a suitable recombinant strain for further study into large-scale ethanol production from mixed sugars present in lignocellulosic hydrolysates.
authors.affiliation: Biomass Technology Research Center (BTRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-2-2 Hirosuehiro, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0197, Japan. a-matsushika@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsushika
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Katsuji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takimura
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawayama
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D050542:D-Xylulose Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D007753:Laboratories; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C036909:lignocellulose; D000431:Ethanol; D008031:Lignin; D014994:Xylose; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; D050542:D-Xylulose Reductase; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C032700:xylulokinase