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    Biotechnol Lett. 2009 Sep;31(9):1389-98. Epub 2009 May 21.

    Deletion of methylglyoxal synthase gene (mgsA) increased sugar co-metabolism in ethanol-producing Escherichia coli.

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    Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

    Abstract

    The use of lignocellulose as a source of sugars for bioproducts requires the development of biocatalysts that maximize product yields by fermenting mixtures of hexose and pentose sugars to completion. In this study, we implicate mgsA encoding methylglyoxal synthase (and methylglyoxal) in the modulation of sugar metabolism. Deletion of this gene (strain LY168) resulted in the co-metabolism of glucose and xylose, and accelerated the metabolism of a 5-sugar mixture (mannose, glucose, arabinose, xylose and galactose) to ethanol.

    PMID:
    19458924
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2721133
    Free PMC Article

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