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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 751-760Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2787-9
Keywords
D-xylonic acid; D-xylose; S. cerevisiae; Phosphoglucose isomerase; Redox balance
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- Academy of Finland [118573]
- Sixth Framework Programme Integrated Project BioSynergy [038994-SES6]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [118573, 118573] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae was engineered to produce D-xylonate by introducing the Trichoderma reesei xyd1 gene, encoding a D-xylose dehydrogenase. D-xylonate was not toxic to S. cerevisiae, and the cells were able to export D-xylonate produced in the cytoplasm to the supernatant. Up to 3.8 g of D-xylonate per litre, at rates of 25-36 mg of D-xylonate per litre per hour, was produced. Up to 4.8 g of xylitol per litre was also produced. The yield of D-xylonate from D-xylose was approximately 0.4 g of D-xylonate per gramme of D-xylose consumed. Deletion of the aldose reductase encoding gene GRE3 in S. cerevisiae strains expressing xyd1 reduced xylitol production by 67%, increasing the yield of D-xylonate from D-xylose. However, D-xylose uptake was reduced compared to strains containing GRE3, and the total amount of D-xylonate produced was reduced. To determine whether the co-factor NADP(+) was limiting for D-xylonate production the Escherichia coli transhydrogenase encoded by udhA, the Bacillus subtilis glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase encoded by gapB or the S. cerevisiae glutamate dehydrogenase encoded by GDH2 was co-expressed with xyd1 in the parent and GRE3 deficient strains. Although each of these enzymes enhanced NADPH consumption on D-glucose, they did not enhance D-xylonate production, suggesting that NADP(+) was not the main limitation in the current D-xylonate producing strains.
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