Yeast strains engineered to produce ethanol from acetic acid and glycerol
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The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from lignocellulosic hydrolysates comprising hexoses, pentoses and acetic acid, whereby genetically modified yeast cells are use that comprise an exogenous gene encoding an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and a bacterial gene encoding an enzyme with NAD+-linked glycerol dehydrogenase activity. The process is further characterized in that glycerol is present in or fed into the culture medium, whereby the modified yeast cell ferments the hexoses, pentoses, acetic acid and glycerol to ethanol. The invention further relates to yeast cells for use in such processes. The yeast cells advantageously comprise genetic modifications that improve glycerol utilization such as modifications that increase one or more of dihydroxyacetone kinase activity and transport of glycerol into the cell. The yeast cell further preferably comprises a functional exogenous xylose isomerase gene and/or functional exogenous genes which confer to the cell the ability to convert L-arabinose into D-xylulose 5-phosphate and they may comprise a genetic modification that increase acetyl-CoA synthetase activity.
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