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 …

Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K **ao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

Automated model-predictive design of synthetic promoters to control transcriptional profiles in bacteria

TL LaFleur, A Hossain, HM Salis - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Transcription rates are regulated by the interactions between RNA polymerase, sigma factor,
and promoter DNA sequences in bacteria. However, it remains unclear how non-canonical …

One porphyrin per chain self-assembled helical ion-exchange channels for ultrahigh osmotic energy conversion

C Li, H Jiang, P Liu, Y Zhai, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) convert osmotic energy into electricity when embedded in
a reverse electrodialysis cell. IEMs with both high permselectivity and ionic conductivity are …

CRISPR–dCas12a-mediated genetic circuit cascades for multiplexed pathway optimization

Y Wu, Y Li, K **, L Zhang, J Li, Y Liu, G Du… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
The production efficiency of microbial cell factories is sometimes limited by the lack of
effective methods to regulate multiple targets in a coordinated manner. Here taking the …

Synthetic biology of extremophiles: a new wave of biomanufacturing

JW Ye, YN Lin, XQ Yi, ZX Yu, X Liu, GQ Chen - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
Microbial biomanufacturing, powered by the advances of synthetic biology, has attracted
growing interest for the production of diverse products. In contrast to conventional microbes …

Technoeconomic and environmental perspectives of biofuel production from sugarcane bagasse: Current status, challenges and future outlook

S Pan, HM Zabed, Y Wei, X Qi - Industrial Crops and Products, 2022 - Elsevier
Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is an attractive lignocellulose feedstock for biofuel production
due to its high organic content and biomass yield, and ease of collection and storage. SCB …

Metabolic engineering for sustainability and health

GB Kim, SY Choi, IJ Cho, DH Ahn, SY Lee - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
Bio-based production of chemicals and materials has attracted much attention due to the
urgent need to establish sustainability and enhance human health. Metabolic engineering …

Recent progress in the synthesis of advanced biofuel and bioproducts

BF Pfleger, R Takors - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights●Why biofuels and bioproducts remain critical to society●What molecular
products can be made by biotechnology using available feedstocks●How new systems and …

[HTML][HTML] Yeast synthetic biology advances biofuel production

Z Liu, J Wang, J Nielsen - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biofuels represent valuable alternatives to fossil fuels to reduce net CO 2
emission.•S. cerevisiae is a widely used chassis with many available synthetic biology …