Satoshi Katahira

TL;DR: Results demonstrate that the fermentation of the lignocellulose hydrolysate is performed efficiently by the recombinant Saccharomyces strain with abilities for xylose assimilation and cellooligosaccharide degradation.

TL;DR: The cDNA sequence of the gene for xylose isomerase from the rumen fungus Orpinomyces was elucidated by rapid amplification of cDNA ends and revealed that the recombinant enzyme was a homodimer with a subunit of molecular mass 49 kDa.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the direct conversion of xylan to ethanol is accomplished by the xylan-utilizing S. cerevisiae strain.

TL;DR: Expressing a Pichia stipitis gene encoding a sugar transporter, SUT1, in a xylose-assimilating S. cerevisiae strain increased bothxylose uptake ability and ethanol productivity during xylosedehydrogenase and xylulokinase and glucose uptake ability during glucose fermentation also increased by expressing of Sut1.

TL;DR: The terminator regions of eukaryotes encode functional elements in the 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) that influence the 3'-end processing of mRNA, mRNA stability, and translational efficiency, which can modulate protein production.