Automated in vivo enzyme engineering accelerates biocatalyst optimization

E Orsi, L Schada von Borzyskowski, S Noack… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Achieving cost-competitive bio-based processes requires development of stable and
selective biocatalysts. Their realization through in vitro enzyme characterization and …

A user's guide to golden gate cloning methods and standards

JE Bird, J Marles-Wright, A Giachino - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
The continual demand for specialized molecular cloning techniques that suit a broad range
of applications has driven the development of many different cloning strategies. One method …

Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

P Crozet, FJ Navarro, F Willmund… - ACS synthetic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Microalgae are regarded as promising organisms to develop innovative concepts based on
their photosynthetic capacity that offers more sustainable production than heterotrophic …

Recent advancements in the genetic engineering of microalgae

AE Sproles, FJ Fields, TN Smalley, CH Le, A Badary… - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of more sustainable food, feed, and bio-products is critical to mitigating the
environmental stresses facing our world today. Algae, which includes seaweeds, eukaryotic …

Chromosomal barcodes for simultaneous tracking of near-isogenic bacterial strains in plant microbiota

J Ordon, J Thouin, RT Nakano, KW Ma, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
DNA-amplicon-based microbiota profiling can estimate species diversity and abundance but
cannot resolve genetic differences within individuals of the same species. Here we report …

Application of combinatorial optimization strategies in synthetic biology

G Naseri, MAG Koffas - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
In the first wave of synthetic biology, genetic elements, combined into simple circuits, are
used to control individual cellular functions. In the second wave of synthetic biology, the …

Comprehensive profiling of four base overhang ligation fidelity by T4 DNA ligase and application to DNA assembly

V Potapov, JL Ong, RB Kucera… - ACS synthetic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Synthetic biology relies on the manufacture of large and complex DNA constructs from
libraries of genetic parts. Golden Gate and other Type IIS restriction enzyme-dependent …

Towards a fully automated algorithm driven platform for biosystems design

M HamediRad, R Chao, S Weisberg, J Lian… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Large-scale data acquisition and analysis are often required in the successful
implementation of the design, build, test, and learn (DBTL) cycle in biosystems design …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymes revolutionize the bioproduction of value-added compounds: From enzyme discovery to special applications

B Wiltschi, T Cernava, A Dennig, MG Casas… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts,
optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the …

Standardization of Synthetic Biology Tools and Assembly Methods for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Emerging Yeast Species

K Malcı, E Watts, TM Roberts, JY Auxillos… - ACS synthetic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As redesigning organisms using engineering principles is one of the purposes of synthetic
biology (SynBio), the standardization of experimental methods and DNA parts is becoming …