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. 2023 Nov 28;11:e16340. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16340

Table 3. Overexpression targets that contribute to improved xylose metabolism in S. cerevisiae.

Overexpression targets Relevant genetic background Reported phenotype improvement Reference
XKS1 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1, XYL2 Fermentation at high xylose concentrations and reduced xylitol production (Ho, Chen & Brainard, 1998)
Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1, XYL2 and XYL3 / pho13Δ Overexpression of XK genes (XYL3 or XKS1) increases the rate of xylose assimilation and maintain ATP levels inside cells (Kim et al., 2013)
LSK1 - xylulokinase mutant Increased enzyme activity improved xylulose conversion and accelerated ethanol production by 30–130% (Deng & Ho, 1990)
Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1, XYL2 Deleterious effect associated with uncontrolled overexpression of XKS1 / xylulose-5-phosphate accumulation and ATP depletion (Johansson et al., 2001)
FY1679 (ura3- 52/ura3-52; his3v200/his3; leu2v1/leu2; trp1v63/ trp1; gal2/gal2) High levels of expression of this gene have a deleterious effect (Rodriguez-Peña et al., 1998)
XKS1 / Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL3 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1, XYL2 Growth inhibition on xylose / expression levels should consider the metabolic capacity of the strain (Jin et al., 2003)
RPE1 / RKI1 / TAL1 / TKL1 Piromyces sp. E2 XYLA / gre3Δ Specific xylose consumption rate of 1.1 g g1 h1 (Kuyper et al., 2005)
Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 / XKS1 / gre3Δ Increased rate of xylose consumption (Karhumaa et al., 2007a)
TAL1 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1, XYL2 and XYL3 / gre3Δ Improvement in xylose assimilation (Ni, Laplaza & Jeffries, 2007)
TAL1 / TKL1 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 / XKS1 Important role in xylose consumption and fermentation (Matsushika et al., 2012)
XKS1 / TAL1/ TKL1 / SOL3 / GND1 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 / XKS1 Increased consumption of xylose by 31% (Wahlbom et al., 2003)
GND1 / SOL3 / TAL1 / RKI1 / TKL1 Orpinomyces sp. XYLA / XKS1 / gre3Δ/ pho13Δ Improves xylose consumption rate (Bamba, Hasunuma & Kondo, 2016)
SOL3 / TAL1 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1 and XYL2 / XKS1 Fastest growth on xylose by 19% (SOL3) and 24% (TAL1) (Bengtsson et al., 2008)
RPE1 Piromyces sp. XYLA *3 / pho13Δ / gre3Δ/ asc1Δ Significantly improved xylose utilization (Hoang Nguyen Tran et al., 2020)
NRM1/YHP1 Ru-XYLA / XKS1 / RKI1 / RPE1 / TKL1 / TKL2 / TAL1 / cox4Δ/ gre3Δ NRM1 increased the xylose utilization rate by 30%. YHP1 increased the volumetric xylose utilization rate by 5.6% (Wei et al., 2018)
STT4 / RGI2 / TFC3 Ru-XYLA / XKS1 / RKI1 / RPE1 / TKL1 / TKL2 / TAL1 / cox4Δ/gre3Δ Increased xylose specific utilization rates: STT4 (36.9%), RGI2 (29.7%) and TFC3 (42.8%) (Wei et al., 2019)
Piromyces sp. E2 XYLA Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL3 and TAL1 / RPE1 / RKI1 / TKL1 Xylose consumption rate of 1.866 g g1 h1 (Zhou et al., 2012)
XYL2 Scheffersomyces stipitis XYL1 and XYL3 Increased ethanol yields and decrease in xylitol production (Kim et al., 2012)