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Table 2 Furfural and HMF reduction activity in crude cell extracts of Ethanol Red and ISO12

From: Adaptive evolution of an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for combined tolerance to inhibitors and temperature

Temperature

Strain

Specific activity on furfural (mU/mg)

Specific activity on HMF (mU/mg)

NADH

NADPH

NADH

NADPH

30°C

Ethanol Red

792 ± 247

479 ± 115

ND

514 ± 81

ISO12

677 ± 263

45 ± 9

ND

26 ± 4

39°C

Ethanol Red

352 ± 202

179 ± 21

ND

200 ± 23

ISO12

372 ± 137

31 ± 7

ND

ND

  1. The activities were measured using NADH or NADPH as co-factor. The values are averages of at least two independent measurements and standard deviations are presented.