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Title: Recombinant yeast having enhanced xylose fermentation capabilities and methods of use

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1600407

The present invention relates to the production of biofuels and chemical feedstocks. The present invention provides recombinant yeast having enhanced xylose fermentation capabilities. Methods of using such recombinant yeast for improved biofuel and chemical feedstock production are also provided.

Research Organization:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC02-07ER64494
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)
Patent Number(s):
10,508,272
Application Number:
14/683,724
OSTI ID:
1600407
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/10/2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Xylose isomerase overexpression along with engineering of the pentose phosphate pathway and evolutionary engineering enable rapid xylose utilization and ethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae journal November 2012
Engineering and Two-Stage Evolution of a Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate-Tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain for Anaerobic Fermentation of Xylose from AFEX Pretreated Corn Stover journal September 2014
The Yeast Scaffold Proteins Isu1p and Isu2p Are Required inside Mitochondria for Maturation of Cytosolic Fe/S Proteins journal May 2004
Directed Evolution Reveals Unexpected Epistatic Interactions That Alter Metabolic Regulation and Enable Anaerobic Xylose Use by Saccharomyces cerevisiae journal October 2016
Mutations in iron-sulfur cluster proteins that improve xylose utilization patent March 2018