[HTML][HTML] De novo biosynthesis of berberine and halogenated benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

J Han, S Li - Communications Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Berberine is an extensively used pharmaceutical benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) derived
from plants. Microbial manufacturing has emerged as a promising approach to source …

Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters

Y Wu, FL Gong, S Li - Current opinion in plant biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) contain multiple physically clustered non-
homologous genes that encode enzymes catalyzing diverse reactions in one plant natural …

Enabling pathway design by multiplex experimentation and machine learning

AG Boob, J Chen, H Zhao - Metabolic Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The remarkable metabolic diversity observed in nature has provided a foundation for
sustainable production of a wide array of valuable molecules. However, transferring the …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered biosynthesis of plant polyketides by type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms

C Liu, S Li - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant specialized metabolites occupy unique therapeutic niches in human medicine. A large
family of plant specialized metabolites, namely plant polyketides, exhibit diverse and …

The application of gene-editing technologies in the biosynthesis of plant-derived bioactive compounds

X Sun, M Li, Y Mei, M Jia - … Biology for Microbial Biosynthesis of Plant …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gene-editing technologies represented by the classical clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 system have been widely used in large DNA fragment …

DNA assembly techniques for the reconstitution of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

J Lian - Engineering Biology for Microbial Biosynthesis of Plant …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant natural products are a diverse and important group of compounds with numerous
applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry. There is a growing interest in producing …