Conversion of Starch to Ethanol in a Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Expressing Rice α-Amylase from a Novel Pichia pastoris Alcohol Oxidase Promoter
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Biotechnology
- Vol. 11 (5) , 606-610
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0593-606
Abstract
A recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae, expressing and secreting rice alpha-amylase, converts starch to ethanol. The rice alpha-amylase gene (OS103) was placed under the transcriptional control of the promoter from a newly described Pichia pastoris alcohol oxidase genomic clone. The nucleotide sequences of ZZA1 and other methanol-regulated promoters were analyzed. A highly conserved sequence (TTG-N3-GCTTCCAA-N5-TGGT) was found in the 5' flanking regions of alcohol oxidase, methanol oxidase, and dihydroxyacetone synthase genes in Pichia pastoris, Hansenula polymorpha, and Candida boidinii S2. The yeast strain containing the ZZA1-OS103 fusion secreted biologically active enzyme into the culture media while fermenting soluble starch.Keywords
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