A semi-synthetic regulon enables rapid growth of yeast on xylose

Venkatesh Endalur Gopinarayanan; Nikhil U. Nair

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03645-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

A semi-synthetic regulon enables rapid growth of yeast on xylose

Venkatesh Endalur Gopinarayanan,
Nikhil U. Nair

Affiliations

Venkatesh Endalur Gopinarayanan: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University
Nikhil U. Nair: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03645-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Efficient assimilation of nutrients is essential for the production of value-added products in microbial fermentation. Here the authors design a semi-synthetic xylose regulon to improve growth characteristics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on this non-native sugar.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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