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Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of butanol isomers.
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Current opinion in biotechnology [Curr Opin Biotechnol] 2015 Jun; Vol. 33, pp. 1-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 04. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae has decisive advantages in industrial processes due to its tolerance to alcohols and fermentation conditions. Butanol isomers are considered as suitable fuel substitutes and valuable biomass-derived chemical building blocks. Whereas high production was achieved with bacterial systems, metabolic engineering of yeast for butanol production is in the beginning. For isobutanol synthesis, combination of valine biosynthesis and degradation, and complete pathway re-localisation into cytosol or mitochondria gave promising results. However, competing pathways, co-factor imbalances and FeS cluster assembly are still major issues. 1-Butanol production via the Clostridium pathway seems to be limited by cytosolic acetyl-CoA, its central precursor. Endogenous 1-butanol pathways have been discovered via threonine or glycine catabolism. 2-Butanol production was established but was limited by B12-dependence.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-0429
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in biotechnology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25286420
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2014.09.004