Isobutanol production from D-xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

FEMS yeast research 2013 Mar

Simultaneous overexpression of an optimized, cytosolically localized valine biosynthesis pathway together with overexpression of xylose isomerase XylA from Clostridium phytofermentans, transaldolase Tal1 and xylulokinase Xks1 enabled recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to complement the valine auxotrophy of ilv2,3,5 triple deletion mutants for growth on D-xylose as the sole carbon source. Moreover, after additional overexpression of ketoacid decarboxylase Aro10 and alcohol dehydrogenase Adh2, the cells were able to ferment D-xylose directly to isobutanol. © 2013 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.