Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Revisiting solar energy flow in nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems

J Liang, K Xiao, X Wang, T Hou, C Zeng, X Gao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor
nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar …

[HTML][HTML] Relieving metabolic burden to improve robustness and bioproduction by industrial microorganisms

J Mao, H Zhang, Y Chen, L Wei, J Liu, J Nielsen… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metabolic burden is defined by the influence of genetic manipulation and environmental
perturbations on the distribution of cellular resources. The rewiring of microbial metabolism …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

The integration of bio-catalysis and electrocatalysis to produce fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide

X Tan, J Nielsen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dependence on fossil fuels has caused excessive emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHGs), leading to climate changes and global warming. Even though the expansion of …

Engineering artificial photosynthesis based on rhodopsin for CO2 fixation

W Tu, J Xu, IP Thompson, WE Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Microbial rhodopsin, a significant contributor to sustaining life through light harvesting, holds
untapped potential for carbon fixation. Here, we construct an artificial photosynthesis system …

Engineering a new-to-nature cascade for phosphate-dependent formate to formaldehyde conversion in vitro and in vivo

M Nattermann, S Wenk, P Pfister, H He, SH Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Formate can be envisioned at the core of a carbon-neutral bioeconomy, where it is produced
from CO2 by (electro-) chemical means and converted into value-added products by …

Panoramic insights into semi-artificial photosynthesis: origin, development, and future perspective

K Xiao, J Liang, X Wang, T Hou, X Ren, P Yin… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Semi-artificial photosynthetic systems (SAPSs) integrate the strengths of natural and artificial
photosynthesis for solar energy conversion. Synthetic materials and biological components …

Designing a periplasmic photosynthetic biohybrid system for succinate and electric energy production

G Liang, X Xu, X Chen, J Wu, W Song, W Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of photosynthetic biohybrid systems provides an environmentally friendly
and sustainable approach to produce fuels and chemicals in microbial cell factories …

Engineered Artificial Membraneless Organelles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae To Enhance Chemical Production

P Zhou, H Liu, X Meng, H Zuo, M Qi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial cell factories provide a green and sustainable opportunity to produce value‐added
products from renewable feedstock. However, the leakage of toxic or volatile intermediates …