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Bracher, J.M. (author), Verhoeven, M.D. (author), Wisselink, H. Wouter (author), Crimi, B. (author), Nijland, Jeroen G. (author), Driessen, Arnold J.M. (author), Klaassen, Paul (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: l-Arabinose occurs at economically relevant levels in lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Its low-affinity uptake via the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gal2 galactose transporter is inhibited by d-glucose. Especially at low concentrations of l-arabinose, uptake is an important rate-controlling step in the complete conversion of these...journal article 2018
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Bracher, J.M. (author), Martinez-Rodriguez, Oscar A. (author), Dekker, W.J.C. (author), Verhoeven, M.D. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Expression of a heterologous xylose isomerase, deletion of the GRE3 aldose-reductase gene and overexpression of genes encoding xylulokinase (XKS1) and non-oxidative pentose-phosphate-pathway enzymes (RKI1, RPE1, TAL1, TKL1) enables aerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on d-xylose. However, literature reports differ on whether anaerobic...journal article 2018
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Bracher, J.M. (author), de Hulster, A.F. (author), Koster, C.C. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Biotin prototrophy is a rare, incompletely understood, and industrially relevant characteristic of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. The genome of the haploid laboratory strain CEN.PK113-7D contains a full complement of biotin biosynthesis genes, but its growth in biotin-free synthetic medium is extremely slow (specific growth rate [μ] ≈ 0.01...journal article 2017
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Jansen, Mickel L.A. (author), Bracher, J.M. (author), Papapetridis, I. (author), Verhoeven, M.D. (author), de Bruijn, J.A. (author), de Waal, P. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Klaassen, P (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)The recent start-up of several full-scale ‘second generation’ ethanol plants marks a major milestone in the development of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates of agricultural residues and energy crops. After a discussion of the challenges that these novel industrial contexts impose on yeast strains,...journal article 2017