Plant natural products (PNPs) exhibit a wide range of biological activities and have essential
applications in various fields such as medicine, agriculture, and flavors. Given their natural …

Secondary metabolites possess a lot of biological activities, and to achieve their functions,
transmembrane transportation is crucial. Elucidation of their transport mechanisms in the cell …

Plant natural products (PNPs) are widely used as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals,
seasonings, pigments, etc., with a huge commercial value on the global market. However …

Microbial cell factories (MCFs) are typical and widely used platforms in biomanufacturing for
designing and constructing synthesis pathways of target compounds in microorganisms. In …

Microbes play an important role in biotransformation and biosynthesis of biofuels, natural
products, and polymers. Therefore, microbial manufacturing has been widely used in …

Transport engineering strategies use altered expression of transporter proteins to change
metabolite distribution within an organism. The production of plant specialized metabolites …

Recent advances in nanoparticle (NP) technology have revealed potential to improve
efficiencies in agriculture and plant biotechnology—specifically through controlled nutrient …

Microbial cell factories serve as pivotal platforms for the production of high-value natural
products, which tend to accumulate on the cell membrane due to their hydrophobic …

Microbial cell factories for terpenoid synthesis form a less expensive and more environment-
friendly approach than chemical synthesis and extraction, and are thus being regarded as …

Highlights•Transporter proteins are essential for substrate uptake, product export, and
intercompartmental metabolite exchange.•Transporter activity of a cell can be engineered to …