Fig. 1

The pathway of xylose conversion to fumarate in Aureobasidium spp. Xr: Xylose reductase; Xdh: Xylose Dehydrogenase; Xi: Xylose isomerase; Xk: Xylulose kinase; Tkl: Transketolase; Xpka: Xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase; Pyc: Pyruvate carboxylase; Acs: acetyl-CoA synthetase; Ack: Acetate kinase; At: Aspatrate aminotransferase; Ass: Argininosuccinate synthase; Asl: Argininosuccinate lyase; Arg: Arginase; PPP: Phosphate pentose pathway; OUC: Ornithine-Urea Cycle; ×: deletion. Thick Blue Arrow means enhanced reactions by overexpression of the relevant genes