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Improvement of ethanol productivity during xylose and glucose co-fermentation by xylose-assimilating S. cerevisiae via expression of glucose transporter Sut1

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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.
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This article is published in Enzyme and Microbial Technology.The article was published on 2008-08-05. It has received 121 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pichia stipitis & Xylose.

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Hemicelluloses for fuel ethanol: A review.

TL;DR: The various hemicelluloses structures present in lignocellulose, the range of pre-treatment and hydrolysis options including the enzymatic ones, and the role of different microbial strains on process integration aiming to reach a meaningful consolidated bioprocessing are reviewed.
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Ethanol production from xylose in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: current state and perspectives.

TL;DR: In this review, recent progress with regard to studies using several promising approaches such as host strain selection and adaptation to obtain further improved xylose-utilizing S. cerevisiae strains are addressed.
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Towards sustainable production of clean energy carriers from biomass resources

TL;DR: In this paper, the state of the art and future challenges in the recent development of biomass and associated transformation technologies for clean production of biofuels are reviewed, and a discussion of the synergistic integration of various biochemical and bioprocessing technologies is provided.
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Engineering of yeast hexose transporters to transport d-xylose without inhibition by d-glucose

TL;DR: A yeast growth-based screening system is set up for mutant d-xylose transporters that are insensitive to the presence of d-glucose, and determines that Gal2-N376F had the highest affinity for d-Xylose, along with a moderate transport velocity, and had completely lost the ability to transport hexoses.
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Pathways of lignocellulosic biomass conversion to renewable fuels

TL;DR: In this paper, a broad-spectrum assessment of the above pathways is rare in literature in terms of technology used, biofuel yields, potential challenges and possible outcomes, as well as the potential solutions which do not restrict them to different biofuel production pathways.
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Bio-ethanol--the fuel of tomorrow from the residues of today.

TL;DR: This review gives an overview of the new technologies required and the advances achieved in recent years to bring lignocellulosic ethanol towards industrial production.
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Fuel ethanol from cellulosic biomass.

TL;DR: Ethanol produced from cellulosic biomass is examined as a large-scale transportation fuel and a cost-competitive process appears possible in a decade, with conversion economics the key obstacle to be overcome.
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Xylose fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

TL;DR: Limitations of xylose utilization in S. cerevisiae cells are very likely caused by an insufficient capacity of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, as indicated by accumulation of sedoheptulose-7-phosphate and the absence of fructose-1,6-bisph phosphate and pyruvate accumulation.
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Metabolic engineering for improved fermentation of pentoses by yeasts

TL;DR: Researchers have engineered xylose metabolism in S. cerevisiae, showing that adapted strains of Pichia stipitis have been shown to ferment hydrolysates with ethanol yields of 0.45 g g−1 sugar consumed, so commercialization seems feasible for some applications.
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Metabolic engineering applications to renewable resource utilization.

TL;DR: The conversion of both cellulose and hemicellulose for the production of fuel ethanol is being studied intensively, with a view to developing a technically and economically viable bioprocess.
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