Developing Aspergillus niger as a cell factory for food enzyme production

C Li, J Zhou, G Du, J Chen, S Takahashi, S Liu - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus niger has become one of the most important hosts for food enzyme production
due to its unique food safety characteristics and excellent protein secretion systems. A series …

Engineered microbial host selection for value-added bioproducts from lignocellulose

RG De Paula, ACC Antoniêto, LFC Ribeiro… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose is a rich and sustainable globally available carbon source and is considered
a prominent alternative raw material for producing biofuels and valuable chemical …

Engineering of the citrate exporter protein enables high citric acid production in Aspergillus niger

MG Steiger, A Rassinger, D Mattanovich, M Sauer - Metabolic engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Aspergillus niger was engineered using a gene responsible for citric acid transport, which
has a significant impact on citric acid secretion when overexpressed. The transport gene …

Biochemistry of microbial itaconic acid production

MG Steiger, ML Blumhoff, D Mattanovich… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Itaconic acid is an unsaturated dicarbonic acid which has a high potential as a biochemical
building block, because it can be used as a monomer for the production of a plethora of …

An efficient tool for metabolic pathway construction and gene integration for Aspergillus niger

P Sarkari, H Marx, ML Blumhoff, D Mattanovich… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metabolic engineering requires functional genetic tools for easy and quick generation of
multiple pathway variants. A genetic engineering toolbox for A. niger is presented, which …

[HTML][HTML] Model based engineering of Pichia pastoris central metabolism enhances recombinant protein production

J Nocon, MG Steiger, M Pfeffer, SB Sohn, TY Kim… - Metabolic …, 2014 - Elsevier
The production of recombinant proteins is frequently enhanced at the levels of transcription,
codon usage, protein folding and secretion. Overproduction of heterologous proteins …

Core–Shell Droplet-Based Microfluidic Screening System for Filamentous Fungi

C Zhang, X Wu, F Song, S Liu, S Yu, J Zhou - ACS sensors, 2023 - ACS Publications
Filamentous fungi are competitive hosts for the production of drugs, proteins, and chemicals.
However, their utility is limited by screening methods and low throughput. In this work, a …

A universal gene expression system for fungi

A Rantasalo, CP Landowski, J Kuivanen… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Biotechnological production of fuels, chemicals and proteins is dependent on efficient
production systems, typically genetically engineered microorganisms. New genome editing …

Targeting enzymes to the right compartment: metabolic engineering for itaconic acid production by Aspergillus niger

ML Blumhoff, MG Steiger, D Mattanovich, M Sauer - Metabolic engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Itaconic acid is an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid which has a high potential as a biochemical
building block. It can be microbially produced from some Aspergillus species, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Promoter regulation and genetic engineering strategies for enhanced cellulase expression in Trichoderma reesei

M Adnan, X Ma, S Olsson, J Wang, G Liu - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Trichoderma reesei has extraordinary potential for high-level protein production
at large scales, and it need to be further explored through genetic engineering tools to …