Bioprospecting of microbial strains for biofuel production: metabolic engineering, applications, and challenges

MF Adegboye, OB Ojuederie, PM Talia… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
The issues of global warming, coupled with fossil fuel depletion, have undoubtedly led to
renewed interest in other sources of commercial fuels. The search for renewable fuels has …

Systems biology of microbial exopolysaccharides production

O Ates - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by diverse group of microbial systems are rapidly
emerging as new and industrially important biomaterials. Due to their unique and complex …

RAVEN 2.0: A versatile toolbox for metabolic network reconstruction and a case study on Streptomyces coelicolor

H Wang, S Marcišauskas, BJ Sánchez… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
RAVEN is a commonly used MATLAB toolbox for genome-scale metabolic model (GEM)
reconstruction, curation and constraint-based modelling and simulation. Here we present …

Refactoring transcription factors for metabolic engineering

C Deng, Y Wu, X Lv, J Li, Y Liu, G Du, J Chen… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the ability to regulate target metabolic pathways globally and dynamically, metabolic
regulation systems composed of transcription factors have been widely used in metabolic …

CRISPR/Cas9 advances engineering of microbial cell factories

T Jakočiūnas, MK Jensen, JD Keasling - Metabolic engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the key drivers for successful metabolic engineering in microbes is the efficacy by
which genomes can be edited. As such there are many methods to choose from when …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute quantification of protein and mRNA abundances demonstrate variability in gene-specific translation efficiency in yeast

PJ Lahtvee, BJ Sánchez, A Smialowska, S Kasvandik… - Cell systems, 2017 - cell.com
Protein synthesis is the most energy-consuming process in a proliferating cell, and
understanding what controls protein abundances represents a key question in biology and …

Unlocking the magic in mycelium: Using synthetic biology to optimize filamentous fungi for biomanufacturing and sustainability

C Jo, J Zhang, JM Tam, GM Church, AS Khalil… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Design and genome engineering of microbial cell factories for efficient conversion of lignocellulose to fuel

A Madhavan, KB Arun, R Sindhu, BG Nair… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gradually increasing need for fossil fuels demands renewable biofuel substitutes. This
has fascinated an increasing investigation to design innovative energy fuels that have …

Bioproduction of riboflavin: a bright yellow history

JL Revuelta, R Ledesma-Amaro… - Journal of Industrial …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is an essential nutrient for humans and animals that must be
obtained from the diet. To ensure an optimal supply, riboflavin is used on a large scale as …

Metabolic engineering for enhancing microbial biosynthesis of advanced biofuels

M Das, P Patra, A Ghosh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing global energy demand and environmental concerns associated with petroleum
have raised interest in biofuels for reducing dependency on crude oil and promote carbon …