Characterization of the xylose-transporting properties of yeast hexose transporters and their influence on xylose utilization
(2002) In Microbiology 148. p.2783-2788- Abstract
- For an economically feasible production of ethanol from plant biomass by microbial cells, the fermentation of xylose is important. As xylose uptake might be a limiting step for xylose fermentation by recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells a study of xylose uptake was performed. After deletion of all of the 18 hexose-transporter genes, the ability of the cells to take up and to grow on xylose was lost. Reintroduction of individual hexose-transporter genes in this strain revealed that at intermediate xylose concentrations the yeast high- and intermediate-affinity transporters Hxt4, Hxt5, Hxt7 and Ga12 are important xylose-transporting proteins. Several heterologous monosaccharide transporters from bacteria and plant... (More)
- For an economically feasible production of ethanol from plant biomass by microbial cells, the fermentation of xylose is important. As xylose uptake might be a limiting step for xylose fermentation by recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells a study of xylose uptake was performed. After deletion of all of the 18 hexose-transporter genes, the ability of the cells to take up and to grow on xylose was lost. Reintroduction of individual hexose-transporter genes in this strain revealed that at intermediate xylose concentrations the yeast high- and intermediate-affinity transporters Hxt4, Hxt5, Hxt7 and Ga12 are important xylose-transporting proteins. Several heterologous monosaccharide transporters from bacteria and plant cells did not confer sufficient uptake activity to restore growth on xylose. Overexpression of the xylose-transporting proteins in a xylose-utilizing PUA yeast strain did not result in faster growth on xylose under aerobic conditions nor did it enhance the xylose fermentation rate under anaerobic conditions. The results of this study suggest that xylose uptake does not determine the xylose flux under the conditions and in the yeast strains investigated. (Less)
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- Hamacher, T ; Becker, J ; Gárdonyi, Márk LU ; Hahn-Hägerdal, Bärbel LU and Boles, E
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- fermentation, xylose, glucose uptake, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, xylose uptake, heterologous expression
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- Microbiology
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- 148
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- 2783 - 2788
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- MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica
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- 1465-2080
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- English
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author = {{Hamacher, T and Becker, J and Gárdonyi, Márk and Hahn-Hägerdal, Bärbel and Boles, E}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{2783--2788}},
publisher = {{MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica}},
series = {{Microbiology}},
title = {{Characterization of the xylose-transporting properties of yeast hexose transporters and their influence on xylose utilization}},
url = {{http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/148/9/2783}},
volume = {{148}},
year = {{2002}},
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