Yeast cell surface display of cellobiohydrolase I

Abstract

Recently, genetic engineering techniques have been used to display various heterologous peptides and proteins on the yeast cell surface. Living cells displaying various enzymes on their surface could be used repeaetedly as `whole cell biocatalysts` like immobilized enzymes. We constructed a yeast based whole cell biocatalyst displaying yeast-cells with the ability to degrade cellulose.