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D-xylose fermentation

The anaerobic enzymatic conversion of D-xylose to ethanol, yielding energy in the form of ATP. [GOC:mengo_curators]
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Enhanced direct ethanol production by cofactor optimization of cell surface‐displayed xylose isomerase in yeast
Xylose isomerase (XylC) from Clostridium cellulovorans can simultaneously perform isomerization and fermentation of d‐xylose, the… 
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2017
Highly Cited
2017
Screening and characterizing of xylanolytic and xylose-fermenting yeasts isolated from the wood-feeding termite, Reticulitermes chinensis
The effective fermentation of xylose remains an intractable challenge in bioethanol industry. The relevant xylanase enzyme is… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
An engineered cryptic Hxt11 sugar transporter facilitates glucose–xylose co-consumption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
BackgroundThe yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is unable to ferment pentose sugars like d-xylose. Through the introduction of the… 
2013
2013
Overexpression of NADH-dependent fumarate reductase improves d-xylose fermentation in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstract Deviation from optimal levels and ratios of redox cofactors NAD(H) and NADP(H) is common when microbes are metabolically… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Development of a D-xylose fermenting and inhibitor tolerant industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with high performance in lignocellulose hydrolysates using metabolic and evolutionary…
BackgroundThe production of bioethanol from lignocellulose hydrolysates requires a robust, D-xylose-fermenting and inhibitor… 
2005
2005
D-xylose fermentation to ethanol byScizosaccaromycespombe cloned with xylose isomerase gene
2004
2004
Metabolism of d-xylose in Schizosaccharomyces pombe cloned with a xylose isomerase gene
SummaryThe Escherichia coli xylose isomerase gene was transformed into Schizosaccharomyces pombe for direct d-xylose utilization… 
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Engineering Redox Cofactor Regeneration for Improved Pentose Fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
ABSTRACT Pentose fermentation to ethanol with recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae is slow and has a low yield. A likely reason… 
1985
1985
Isolation and Screening of Yeasts That Ferment d-Xylose Directly to Ethanol
Natural habitats of yeasts were examined for the presence of strains able to produce ethanol from d-xylose. Black knots, insect… 
1963
1963
PENTOSE UTILIZATION BY PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS
Dobrogosz, Walter J. (University of Illinois, Urbana) and Ralph D. DeMoss. Pentose utilization by Pediococcus pentosaceus. J… 
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