Metabolic engineering: methodologies and applications

MJ Volk, VG Tran, SI Tan, S Mishra, Z Fatma… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metabolic engineering aims to improve the production of economically valuable molecules
through the genetic manipulation of microbial metabolism. While the discipline is a little over …

The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design

AP Liu, EA Appel, PD Ashby, BM Baker, E Franco… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Recent far-reaching advances in synthetic biology have yielded exciting tools for the
creation of new materials. Conversely, advances in the fundamental understanding of soft …

Integrated cascade nanozyme catalyzes in vivo ROS scavenging for anti-inflammatory therapy

Y Liu, Y Cheng, H Zhang, M Zhou, Y Yu, S Lin… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Here, an integrated cascade nanozyme with a formulation of Pt@ PCN222-Mn is developed
to eliminate excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS). This nanozyme mimics superoxide …

Substrate channelling as an approach to cascade reactions

I Wheeldon, SD Minteer, S Banta, SC Barton… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Millions of years of evolution have produced biological systems capable of efficient one-pot
multi-step catalysis. The underlying mechanisms that facilitate these reaction processes are …

Synthetic biology strategies for microbial biosynthesis of plant natural products

A Cravens, J Payne, CD Smolke - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Metabolic engineers endeavor to create a bio-based manufacturing industry using microbes
to produce fuels, chemicals, and medicines. Plant natural products (PNPs) are historically …

[HTML][HTML] Programmable RNA tracking in live cells with CRISPR/Cas9

DA Nelles, MY Fang, MR O'Connell, JL Xu… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
RNA-programmed genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes has
enabled rapid and accessible alteration of specific genomic loci in many organisms. A …

Current status and prospects of MOFs in controlled delivery of Pt anticancer drugs

J Chen, Z Zhang, J Ma, A Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh… - Dalton …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer has become the second leading reason for death in the world. Still, cancer therapy
development is exceptionally challenging because the tumor microenvironment is very …

DNA nanotechnology from the test tube to the cell

YJ Chen, B Groves, RA Muscat, G Seelig - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The programmability of Watson–Crick base pairing, combined with a decrease in
the cost of synthesis, has made DNA a widely used material for the assembly of molecular …

The role of dynamic enzyme assemblies and substrate channelling in metabolic regulation

LJ Sweetlove, AR Fernie - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Transient physical association between enzymes appears to be a cardinal feature of
metabolic systems, yet the purpose of this metabolic organisation remains enigmatic. It is …

Self-assembling nucleic acid nanostructures functionalized with aptamers

A Krissanaprasit, CM Key, S Pontula… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Researchers have worked for many decades to master the rules of biomolecular design that
would allow artificial biopolymer complexes to self-assemble and function similarly to the …