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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2021

Production of bio-xylitol from D-xylose by an engineered Pichia pastoris expressing a recombinant xylose reductase did not require any auxiliary substrate as electron donor.

Tai Man Louie, Kailin Louie, Samuel DenHartog, Sridhar Gopishetty, Mani Subramanian, Mark Arnold, Shuvendu Das

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Characteristics ofJournal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  3. Applications of the Methylotrophic YeastJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  4. Second generation Pichia pastoris strain and bioprocess designs.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2022
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  5. Biological production of xylitol by using nonconventional microbial strains.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tai Man LouieCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Kailin LouieCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Samuel DenHartogCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Sridhar GopishettyCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Mani SubramanianCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Mark ArnoldCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA.
Shuvendu DasCenter for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA. shuvendu-das@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-3537
University of Iowa · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundXylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that has numerous beneficial health properties. It has almost the same sweetness as sucrose but has lower energy value compared to the sucrose. Metabolism of xylitol is insulin independent and thus it is an ideal sweetener for diabetics. It is widely used in food products, oral and personal care, and animal nutrition as well. Here we present a two-stage strategy to produce bio-xylitol from D-xylose using a recombinant Pichia pastoris expressing a heterologous xylose reductase gene. The recombinant P. pastoris cells were first generated by a low-cost, standard procedure. The cells were then used as a catalyst to make the bio-xylitol from D-xylose.

resultsPichia pastoris expressing XYL1 from P. stipitis and gdh from B. subtilis demonstrated that the biotransformation was very efficient with as high as 80% (w/w) conversion within two hours. The whole cells could be re-used for multiple rounds of catalysis without loss of activity. Also, the cells could directly transform D-xylose in a non-detoxified hemicelluloses hydrolysate to xylitol at 70% (w/w) yield.

conclusionsWe demonstrated here that the recombinant P. pastoris expressing xylose reductase could transform D-xylose, either in pure form or in crude hemicelluloses hydrolysate, to bio-xylitol very efficiently. This biocatalytic reaction happened without the external addition of any NAD(P)H, NAD(P)

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Metabolic EngineeringAldehyde ReductaseElectronsPichiaRecombinant ProteinsXylitolXyloseAldehyde ReductaseRecombinant ProteinsXylitolXyloseAnd xylitolGlucose dehydrogenasePichiaWhole cellsXyloseXylose reductase

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PMID33618706
PMCPMC7898734
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