Reverse engineering and identification in systems biology: strategies, perspectives and challenges

AF Villaverde, JR Banga - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The interplay of mathematical modelling with experiments is one of the central elements in
systems biology. The aim of reverse engineering is to infer, analyse and understand …

Metabolic modelling as a framework for metabolomics data integration and analysis

S Volkova, MRA Matos, M Mattanovich, I Marín de Mas - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metabolic networks are regulated to ensure the dynamic adaptation of biochemical reaction
fluxes to maintain cell homeostasis and optimal metabolic fitness in response to …

Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids into lipids by the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

P Fontanille, V Kumar, G Christophe, R Nouaille… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
The valorization of volatile fatty acids into microbial lipids by the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia
lipolytica was investigated. Therefore, a two-stage fed-batch strategy was designed: the …

Engineering static and dynamic control of synthetic pathways

WJ Holtz, JD Keasling - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Maximizing the production of a desired small molecule is one of the primary goals in
metabolic engineering. Recent advances in the nascent field of synthetic biology have …

Optimization and scale-up of fermentation processes driven by models

YH Du, MY Wang, LH Yang, LL Tong, DS Guo, XJ Ji - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the era of sustainable development, the use of cell factories to produce various
compounds by fermentation has attracted extensive attention; however, industrial …

Pentose metabolism and conversion to biofuels and high-value chemicals in yeasts

J Ruchala, AA Sibirny - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in microbial oils production: a possible alternative to vegetable oils for biodiesel without competition with human food?

G Christophe, V Kumar, R Nouaille… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Since centuries vegetable oils are consumed as human food but it also finds applications in
biodiesel production which is attracting more attention. But due to being in competition with …

Dynamic metabolic flux analysis—tools for probing transient states of metabolic networks

MR Antoniewicz - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Dynamic flux models are useful for design, control, and optimization of
bioprocesses.•Dynamic metabolic flux analysis (DMFA) estimates transient in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Protein secretion biotechnology in Gram-positive bacteria with special emphasis on Streptomyces lividans

J Anné, K Vrancken, L Van Mellaert, J Van Impe… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Proteins secreted by Gram-positive bacteria are released into the culture medium with the
obvious benefit that they usually retain their native conformation. This property makes these …

Comparison and analysis of objective functions in flux balance analysis

CE García Sánchez, RG Torres Sáez - Biotechnology progress, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Flux balance analysis (FBA) is currently one of the most important and used techniques for
estimation of metabolic reaction rates (fluxes). This mathematical approach utilizes an …