Blocking mitophagy does not improve fuel ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
K. P. Eliodorio, G. C. de Gois e Cunha, B. A. White, D. H. Patel, F. Zhang, E. Hettema, T. O. Basso, A. Gombert, V. Raghavendran
This study tests if blocking mitophagy improves ethanol production in yeast used for fuel ethanol, finding no improvement in fermentation performance despite prior success in sake brewing.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2021Microbiology