Industrial PE-2 strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: from alcoholic fermentation to the production of recombinant proteins

- PE-2 could be used in fermentation process for ethanol production and for express recombinant proteins simultaneously.
- Recombinant CaneCPI-1 expressed in PE-2 was able to inhibit the papain activity, demonstrating that protein is functional.
- Transformed PE-2 strain kept the fermentation efficiency similar to that observed in distilleries in the first four recycles.