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van Aalst, A.C.A. (author), Mans, R. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is intensively used for industrial ethanol production. Its native fermentation pathway enables a maximum product yield of 2 mol of ethanol per mole of glucose. Based on conservation laws, supply of additional electrons could support even higher ethanol yields. However, this option is disallowed by the...journal article 2022
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Papapetridis, I. (author), Goudriaan, M. (author), Vazquez Vitali, M. (author), De Keijzer, Nikita A. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Reduction or elimination of by-product formation is of immediate economic relevance in fermentation processes for industrial bioethanol production with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Anaerobic cultures of wild-type S. cerevisiae require formation of glycerol to maintain the intracellular NADH/NAD<sup>+</sup> balance....journal article 2018
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Papapetridis, I. (author), van Dijk, M. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Glycerol, whose formation contributes to cellular redox balancing and osmoregulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is an important by-product of yeast-based bioethanol production. Replacing the glycerol pathway by an engineered pathway for NAD<sup>+</sup>-dependent acetate reduction has been shown to improve ethanol yields and...journal article 2017
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Papapetridis, I. (author), van Dijk, M. (author), Dobbe, Arthur P A (author), Metz, B. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author)Background: Acetic acid, an inhibitor of sugar fermentation by yeast, is invariably present in lignocellulosic hydrolysates which are used or considered as feedstocks for yeast-based bioethanol production. Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains have been constructed, in which anaerobic reduction of acetic acid to ethanol replaces glycerol formation...journal article 2016