Methods and compositions for improving sugar transport, mixed sugar fermentation, and production of biofuels

Suk-Jin Ha (Inventor), Huimin Zhao (Inventor), William T Beeson (Inventor), Chaoguang Tian (Inventor), Jin Ho Choi (Inventor), Sijin Li (Inventor), N Louise Glass (Inventor), Jing Du (Inventor), Yong-Su Jin (Inventor), Soo Rin Kim (Inventor)

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to host cells containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports cellodextrin into the cell. The present disclosure further relates to methods of increasing transport of cellodextrin into a cell, methods of increasing growth of a cell on a medium containing cellodextrin, methods of co-fermenting cellulose-derived and hemicellulose-derived sugars, and methods of making hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon derivatives by providing a host cell containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports cellodextrin into the cell. The present disclosure relates to host cells containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports a pentose into the cell, methods of increasing transport of a pentose into a cell, methods of increasing growth of a cell on a medium containing pentose sugars, and methods of making hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon derivatives by providing a host cell containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports a pentose into the cell.
Original languageEnglish (US)
U.S. patent number8765410
StatePublished - Jul 1 2014

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