Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34787692›Full record

ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2021

Improved high-temperature ethanol production from sweet sorghum juice using Zymomonas mobilis overexpressing groESL genes.

Anchittha Kaewchana, Atiya Techaparin, Nongluck Boonchot, Pornthap Thanonkeo, Preekamol Klanrit

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Engineering ethanologenic bacteriumSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Conversion sweet sorghum biomass to produce value-added products.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anchittha KaewchanaGraduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Atiya TechaparinDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Nongluck BoonchotDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Pornthap ThanonkeoDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.
Preekamol KlanritDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand. kpreek@kku.ac.th.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1508-3411
Khon Kaen University · TH

Funding

khon kaen university NRU 543043Khon Kaen University NRU-KKU-M 54317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zymomonas mobilis may encounter various types of stress during ethanol fermentation, which reduces ethanol production efficiency. This situation may be mitigated by molecular chaperones, including the chaperonin GroESL, which confers enhanced protection against various stresses. In this study, we successfully developed a Z. mobilis strain R301 that harbors groESL genes and can be used for high-temperature ethanol production from sweet sorghum juice. Sequence analyses of GroES and GroEL from Z. mobilis TISTR548 demonstrated conserved residues at specific positions within GroES and conserved glycine-glycine-methionine (GGM) repeats at the C-terminus of GroEL. The Z. mobilis wild-type and R301 strains were then evaluated for their tolerance to stresses, including high temperatures, high sugar concentrations, and high ethanol concentrations up to 40°C, 300 g/L, and 13% (v/v), respectively. Z. mobilis R301 exhibited better growth performance than the wild-type strain under all stress conditions. This is the first report on ethanol production at 40°C by recombinant Z. mobilis using sweet sorghum juice; this strain produced an ethanol concentration of 41.66 g/L, with a productivity of 0.87 g/L/h and a theoretical ethanol yield of 88.9%. Overexpression of groESL resulted in increased ethanol production, with values approximately 11% higher than those of the wild type at 40°C. Additionally, at 37°C, Z. mobilis R301 gave a higher theoretical ethanol yield (92.6%) than that shown in previous research. This work illustrates the potential for future enhancement of industrial-scale ethanol production at high temperatures utilizing Z. mobilis R301 in the bioconversion of sweet sorghum juice, a promising energy crop. KEY POINTS: • The groESL-overexpressing Z. mobilis strain was successfully constructed. • The recombinant Z. mobilis exhibited higher stress tolerance than the wild-type strain. • Overexpression of groESL genes improved ethanol production efficiency at high temperatures.

Indexed as

SorghumZymomonasEthanolFermentationTemperatureEthanolChaperoninEthanol productiongroESL genesSweet sorghum juice (SSJ)Zymomonas mobilis

Identifiers

PMID34787692
OpenAlexW3213727175

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.