Clean Technology
Engineered Yeast Strains Enabling Anaerobic Xylose Fermentation Decoupled From Microbial Growth
WARF: P170374US02
Inventors: Audrey Gasch, Kevin Myers
The Invention
The present invention relates to materials and methods for the production of ethanol. More particularly, the present invention provides genetically modified strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibiting decreased level of BCY1 protein activity and capable of anaerobic fermentation of xylose into ethanol without the need for cell growth. Also provided are methods of using such genetically engineered yeast strains for improved anaerobic xylose fermentation in the yeast for industrial-scale production of various fuels, chemical feedstocks, and synthetic polymers.
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