Most native strains efficiently ferment individual preferential sugars but not the mixed to bioethanol. Therefore, a two-stage sequential fermentation was carried out in single bioreactor vessel convert sugars, mixture of synthetic glucose and xylose, into bioethanol using Z. mobilis P. stipitis at stage-1 (glucose fermentation) stage-2 (xylose fermentation), respectively. A total 160 g/L (100 ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more frequently diagnosed and is characterized by hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. D-Xylose, a sucrase inhibitor, may be useful as a functional sugar complement to inhibit increases in blood glucose levels. The objective of this study was to investigate the anti-diabetic effects of D-xylose both in vitro and stretpozotocin (STZ)-nicotinamide (...

In a series of 46 children with untreated coeliac disease and in 102 controls with normal mucosa the 1-hour blood-xylose test was, in view of its simplicity, of much value in the diagnosis of childhood coeliac disease. Only one blood-xylose result was falsely normal in the 46 coeliac patients. It is concluded that a normal blood-xylose value does not exclude coeliac disease and should not prev...

BACKGROUND Global climate change and fossil fuels limitations have boosted the demand for robust and efficient microbial factories for the manufacturing of bio-based products from renewable feedstocks. In this regard, efforts have been done to enhance the enzyme-secreting ability of lignocellulose-degrading fungi, aiming to improve protein yields while taking advantage of their ability to use l...

In this study, to obtain xylose-based fermentation media from autohydrolysis liquors of sunflower stalk by using commercial xylanase formulation was aimed. Xylose is generally produced xylan diluted acid hydrolysis that causes the formation some unwanted compounds during process. As an alternative dilute method, enzymatic can provide more specific under moderate conditions and does not cause un...

Growth of some xylose fermenting yeasts, Candida shehatae, Pichia stipitis CBS5773, fusant F101 and fusant F198, was completely inhibited in xylose medium added with 0.5% v/v acetic acid which caused the reduction of pH to 4.1. Only one xylose fermenting strain, Pachysolen tannophilus NRRL-Y2460, showed relatively low growth and ethanol fermentation. However, in the medium added with 1.0% v/v a...

The xylA gene coding for xylose isomerase from the hyperthermophile Thermotoga neapolitana 5068 was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene encoded a polypeptide of 444 residues with a calculated molecular weight of 50,892. The native enzyme was a homotetramer with a molecular weight of 200,000. This xylose isomerase was a member of the family II enzymes (these differ fro...

The ability of a recombinant Saccharomyces yeast strain to ferment the sugars glucose, xylose, arabinose and galactose which are the predominant monosaccharides found in corn ®bre hydrolysates has been examined. Saccharomyces strain 1400 (pLNH32) was genetically engineered to ferment xylose by expressing genes encoding a xylose reductase, a xylitol dehydrogenase and a xylulose kinase. The recom...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae L2612 transformed with genes for xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase (XYL1 and XYL2) grows well on glucose but very poorly on d-xylose. When a gene for d-xylulokinase (XYL3 or XKS1) is overexpressed, growth on glucose is unaffected, but growth on xylose is blocked. Spontaneous or chemically induced mutants of this engineered yeast that would grow on xylose could,...