The goal of the NABC project at Amyris is to develop the technical ability, and assess the commercial feasibility, of the fermentation of cellulosic hydrolysates to isoprenoids, especially the fermentation of xylose. Two of the major aims of the NABC project at Amyris are: 1) Engineering xylose consumption with Amyris’ isoprenoid yeast technology and 2) The evaluation of a variety of cellulosic hydrolysates on the fermentation and recovery of product.
This poster will cover Amyris’ progress towards the engineering routes taken to attain xylose utilization in yeast strains. Amyris has successfully engineered yeast for xylose consumption by replacing the native xylose pathway with xylose isomerase enzyme to avoid cofactor imbalance in the cells. We will show data demonstrating that our new xylose consuming yeast produce isoprenoids on different cellulosic hydrolysates.