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Table 2 Alteration of specificities of XRs and XDHs of different yeast strains

From: Tracking strategic developments for conferring xylose utilization/fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Mutation

Purpose

Reference

XR mutants

C. tenuis

K274M

NADPH to NADH preference

Petschacher and Nidetzky (2005)

K274R

S275A

N276D

R280H

S. stipitis

K341R/N343D

NADPH to NADH preference

Dmytruk et al. (2008)

E223A

Strict NADPH dependence

Khattab et al. (2011)

E223D

S271A

K270M

NADPH to NADH preference

Kostrzynska et al. (1998)

XDH mutants

S. stipitis

1208R

NAD to NADP preference

Watanabe et al. (2005)

F209S

N211R

D270G

NADP preference

Metzger and Hollenberg (1995)

D270G/D210G

NAD to NADP preference