Microbial itaconic acid bioproduction towards sustainable development: Insights, challenges, and prospects

PA Diankristanti, IS Ng - Bioresource technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial biomanufacturing is a promising approach to produce high-value compounds with
low-carbon footprint and significant economic benefits. Among twelve “Top Value-Added …

Recent Progress in Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for the Production of Various C4 and C5-Dicarboxylic Acids

D Ye, JH Moon, GY Jung - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As an alternative to petrochemical synthesis, well-established industrial microbes, such as
Escherichia coli, are employed to produce a wide range of chemicals, including dicarboxylic …

Metabolic engineering of an acid-tolerant yeast strain Pichia kudriavzevii for itaconic acid production

W Sun, A Vila-Santa, N Liu, T Prozorov, D **e… - Metabolic engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Itaconic acid (IA), or 2-methylenesuccinic acid, has a broad spectrum of
applications in the biopolymer industry owing to the presence of one vinyl bond and two acid …

Construction of cell factory through combinatorial metabolic engineering for efficient production of itaconic acid

J Feng, C Li, H He, S Xu, X Wang, K Chen - Microbial Cell Factories, 2022 - Springer
Background Itaconic acid, an unsaturated C5 dicarbonic acid, has significant market
demand and prospects. It has numerous biological functions, such as anti-cancer, anti …

Impact of the synthetic scaffold strategy on the metabolic pathway engineering

KNT Tran, A Kumaravel, SH Hong - Biotechnology and Bioprocess …, 2023 - Springer
For the development of the efficient bio-refinery process or biochemical producer, metabolic
engineering has become an attractive choice recently. However, engineered metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming glutamate auxotrophy in Escherichia coli itaconate overproducer by the Weimberg pathway

KW Lu, CT Wang, H Chang, RS Wang… - Metabolic Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biosynthesis of itaconic acid occurs through decarboxylation of the TCA cycle intermediate
cis-aconitate. Engineering of efficient itaconate producers often requires elimination of the …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic scaffold systems for increasing the efficiency of metabolic pathways in microorganisms

A Geraldi, F Khairunnisa, N Farah, LM Bui, Z Rahman - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biotechnology involves the use of living organisms to create high-value
products. Bacteria and yeast, in particular, are widely applied for such processes, but they …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of genes used by Escherichia coli to mitigate climatic stress conditions

S Roufou, S Griffin, L Katsini, M Polańska… - Gene Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Increasing temperature and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could
impact the survival of stress-adapted bacteria. Method and results In this study, RNA …

Itaconate: an antimicrobial metabolite of macrophages

D Duncan, K Auclair - Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Itaconate is a conjugated 1, 4-dicarboxylate produced by macrophages. This small molecule
has recently received increasing attention due to its role in modulating the immune response …

Bio-Catalytic Itaconic Acid and Bio-Based Vinyl Monomer Production Processes

K Avasthi, A Bohre, B Saha, B Likozar - Catalysis for Clean Energy and …, 2021 - Springer
The production of polymers in the present society has relied heavily on fossil resources. It is
not impossible to imagine the world without plastic-based materials. The production of …