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Heterologous expression of transaldolase gene tal from saccharomyces cerevisiae in fusarium oxysporum for enhanced bioethanol production

  • Jin Xia Fan
  • , Xiao Xue Yang
  • , Jin Zhu Song*
  • , Xiao Mei Huang
  • , Zhong Xiang Cheng
  • , Lin Yao
  • , Olivia S. Juba
  • , Qing Liang
  • , Qian Yang
  • , Margaret Odeph
  • , Yan Sun
  • , Yun Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The filamentous fungus Fusarium oxysporum is known for its ability to ferment xylose-producing ethanol. However, efficiency of xylose utilization and ethanol yield was low. In this study, the transaldolase gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been successfully expressed in F. oxysporum by an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation method. The enzymatic activity of the recombinant fungus (cs28pCAM-Sctal4) was 0.195 times higher than that of the wild-type strain (cs28). The recombinant strain also exhibited a 28.83% increase in ethanol yield on xylose media compared to the parental strain. Enhanced ethanol production and a reduction in the biomass were observed during xylose fermentation. Ethanol yield from rice straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with cs28pCAM-Sctal4 was 0.25 gg-1 of rice straw. The transgenic strain of F. oxysporum cs28pCAM-Sctal4 might therefore have potential applications in industrial bioenergy production.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1023-1036
Number of pages14
JournalApplied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Volume164
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Bioethanol
  • Fusarium oxysporum
  • Transaldolase
  • Xylose fermentation

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