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It has recently been engineered to produce ethanol at high yield and titer; however, it uses a unique metabolic pathway for ethanol production that is poorly characterized. One of the distinctive aspects of this pathway is the presence of acetyl-CoA as an intermediate metabolite. In this organism, acetyl-CoA is converted to ethanol by a bifunctional AdhE enzyme. This enzyme has been a frequent target for mutations, and in many cases, the function of these mutations was unknown. Using a combination of genetic modifications, enzyme assays, and computational analysis, we have developed a better understanding of how mutations in AdhE affect ethanol production in the engineered homoethanologen strain. We identify a set of approximately interchangeable AdhE mutations (G544D, T597K, T597I, and T605I), whose function is to disrupt the activity of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) domain of AdhE. This reduces NADH-linked ADH activity, which dramatically increases ethanol tolerance and changes the overall stoichiometry of acetaldehyde to ethanol conversion. Furthermore, our improved understanding of the function of these AdhE mutations calls into question a proposed feature of AdhE enzymes known as substrate channeling\u2014direct transfer of acetaldehyde between the two domains of the AdhE enzyme. This improved the understanding of the role of AdhE mutations in\n              <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">T. saccharolyticum<\/jats:italic>\n              and provides deeper insights into the function of the unique ethanol production pathway in this organism.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Many anaerobic bacteria maintain redox equilibrium by producing reduced organic compounds such as ethanol. 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