Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms for food and cosmetics production

KR Choi, SY Lee - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly sources of foods and cosmetics is
increasing owing to concerns about the rapid growth of the global population and climate …

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 …

Escherichia coli “Marionette” strains with 12 highly optimized small-molecule sensors

AJ Meyer, TH Segall-Shapiro, E Glassey… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Cellular processes are carried out by many genes, and their study and optimization requires
multiple levers by which they can be independently controlled. The most common method is …

Burden-driven feedback control of gene expression

F Ceroni, A Boo, S Furini, TE Gorochowski… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cells use feedback regulation to ensure robust growth despite fluctuating demands for
resources and differing environmental conditions. However, the expression of foreign …

A heterogeneous microbial consortium producing short-chain fatty acids from lignocellulose

RL Shahab, S Brethauer, MP Davey, AG Smith… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Consortia of microorganisms are a promising alternative to monocultures
for complex biotransformations because of their inherent advantages, such as the …

Pyruvate-responsive genetic circuits for dynamic control of central metabolism

X Xu, X Li, Y Liu, Y Zhu, J Li, G Du, J Chen… - Nature Chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Dynamic regulation is a promising strategy for fine-tuning metabolic fluxes in microbial cell
factories. However, few of these synthetic regulatory systems have been developed for …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic control in metabolic engineering: Theories, tools, and applications

CJ Hartline, AC Schmitz, Y Han, F Zhang - Metabolic engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Metabolic engineering has allowed the production of a diverse number of valuable
chemicals using microbial organisms. Many biological challenges for improving bio …

Transcription-factor-based biosensor engineering for applications in synthetic biology

N Ding, S Zhou, Y Deng - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transcription-factor-based biosensors (TFBs) are often used for metabolite detection,
adaptive evolution, and metabolic flux control. However, designing TFBs with superior …

Design of a programmable biosensor-CRISPRi genetic circuits for dynamic and autonomous dual-control of metabolic flux in Bacillus subtilis

Y Wu, T Chen, Y Liu, R Tian, X Lv, J Li… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dynamic regulation is an effective strategy for fine-tuning metabolic pathways in order to
maximize target product synthesis. However, achieving dynamic and autonomous up-and …

Quorum sensing for population-level control of bacteria and potential therapeutic applications

S Wu, J Liu, C Liu, A Yang, J Qiao - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Quorum sensing (QS), a microbial cell-to-cell communication process, dynamically regulates
a variety of metabolism and physiological activities. In this review, we provide an update on …