Role of the CrcB transporter of Pseudomonas putida in the multi‐level stress response elicited by mineral fluoride

P Calero, N Gurdo, PI Nikel - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of mineral fluoride (F−) in the environment has both a geogenic and
anthropogenic origin, and the halide has been described to be toxic in virtually all living …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities in bringing nonbiological atoms to life with synthetic metabolism

R Haas, PI Nikel - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
The relatively narrow spectrum of chemical elements within the microbial 'biochemical
palate'limits the reach of biotechnology, because several added-value compounds can only …

Engineering of Pseudomonas putida for accelerated co-utilization of glucose and cellobiose yields aerobic overproduction of pyruvate explained by an upgraded …

D Bujdoš, B Popelářová, DC Volke, PI Nikel… - Metabolic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is an attractive bacterial host for biotechnological production
of valuable chemicals from renewable lignocellulosic feedstocks as it can valorize lignin …

Precise genome engineering in Pseudomonas using phage-encoded homologous recombination and the Cascade–Cas3 system

W Zheng, Y Xia, X Wang, S Gao, D Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A lack of generic and effective genetic manipulation methods for Pseudomonas has
restricted fundamental research and utilization of this genus for biotechnology applications …

Base editing for reprogramming cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus

SY Wang, X Li, SG Wang, PF Xia - Metabolic Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria can directly convert carbon dioxide (CO 2) at the atmospheric level to
biofuels, value-added chemicals and food products, making them ideal candidates to …

The pAblo· pCasso self-curing vector toolset for unconstrained cytidine and adenine base-editing in Gram-negative bacteria

E Kozaeva, ZS Nielsen… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
A synthetic biology toolkit, exploiting clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic
repeats (CRISPR) and modified CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) base-editors, was …

High‐Complexity One‐Pot Golden Gate Assembly

AP Sikkema, SK Tabatabaei, YJ Lee, S Lund… - Current …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Golden Gate Assembly is a flexible method of DNA assembly and cloning that
permits the joining of multiple fragments in a single reaction through predefined …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic metabolism for in vitro acetone biosynthesis driven by ATP regeneration

E Kozaeva, M Nieto-Domínguez, AD Hernández… - RSC Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In vitro ketone production continues to be a challenge due to the biochemical features of the
enzymes involved—even when some of them have been extensively characterized (eg …

Recursive genome engineering decodes the evolutionary origin of an essential thymidylate kinase activity in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

NT Wirth, K Rohr, A Danchin, PI Nikel - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Thymidylate kinases (TMPKs) play an essential role in DNA biosynthesis across all domains
of life by catalyzing dTMP phosphorylation to dTDP. In Pseudomonas putida KT2440, a …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing biofuel generation: Unleashing the power of CRISPR-Cas mediated gene editing of extremophiles

D Garg, MK Samota, N Kontis, N Patel, S Bala… - Microbiological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular biology techniques like gene editing have altered the specific genes in micro-
organisms to increase their efficiency to produce biofuels. This review paper investigates the …