Production of industrial chemicals using renewable biomass feedstock is becoming
increasingly important to address limited fossil resources, climate change and other …

Production of chemicals in microorganisms is no longer restricted to products arising from
native metabolic potential. In this review, we highlight the evolution of metabolic engineering …

Metabolic engineering is a powerful tool for the sustainable production of chemicals. Over
the years, the exploration of microbial, animal and plant metabolism has generated a wealth …

Metabolic engineering has the potential to produce from simple, readily available,
inexpensive starting materials a large number of chemicals that are currently derived from …

Growing concerns over limited fossil resources and associated environmental problems are
motivating the development of sustainable processes for the production of chemicals, fuels …

Highlights•Produce biobased chemicals using both chemical and biological catalysis.•Use
biological catalysis to convert sugars to de-functionalized platform molecules.•Upgrade …

Increasing interest in the production of organic compounds from non-petroleum-derived
feedstocks, especially biomass, is a significant driver for the construction of new …

Renewable resources and bio-based feedstocks may present a sustainable alternative to
petrochemical sources to satisfy modern society's ever-increasing demand for energy and …

The past decade has seen significant government and private investment in fundamental
research and process development for the production of biofuels and chemicals from …

Metabolic engineering efforts that harness living organisms to produce natural products and
other useful chemicals face inherent difficulties because the maintenance of life processes …