Excessive by-product formation: A key contributor to low isobutanol yields of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains

It is theoretically possible to engineer Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains in which isobutanol is the predominant catabolic product and high-yielding isobutanol-producing strains are already reported by industry. Conversely, isobutanol yields of engineered S. cerevisiae strains reported in the scient...

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Main Authors: N. Milne, S.A. Wahl, A.J.A. van Maris, J.T. Pronk, J.M. Daran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Metabolic Engineering Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030116300013