Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for co-utilization of d-galacturonic acid and d-glucose from citrus peel waste

  • Ryan J. Protzko,
  • Luke N. Latimer,
  • Ze Martinho,
  • Elise de Reus,
  • Tanja Seibert,
  • J. Philipp Benz,
  • John E. Dueber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07589-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pectin-rich agricultural byproducts are ideal feedstocks for biobased chemicals production. Here, the authors engineer the yeast, S. cerevisiae, in several steps to co-utilize d-galacturonic acid and d-glucose and demonstrate the potential of producing meso-galactaric acid from industrial orange peel.