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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2014

Production of Fatty Acid-derived valuable chemicals in synthetic microbes.

Ai-Qun Yu, Nina Kurniasih Pratomo Juwono, Susanna Su Jan Leong, Matthew Wook Chang

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Valorisation of algal biomass to value-added metabolites: emerging trends and opportunities.Phytochemistry reviews : proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ai-Qun YuDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Synthetic Biology Research Program, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore.
Nina Kurniasih Pratomo JuwonoDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Synthetic Biology Research Program, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore.
Susanna Su Jan LeongDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Synthetic Biology Research Program, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Singapore Institute of Technology , Singapore , Singapore.
Matthew Wook ChangDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; Synthetic Biology Research Program, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid derivatives, such as hydroxy fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty acid methyl/ethyl esters, and fatty alka(e)nes, have a wide range of industrial applications including plastics, lubricants, and fuels. Currently, these chemicals are obtained mainly through chemical synthesis, which is complex and costly, and their availability from natural biological sources is extremely limited. Metabolic engineering of microorganisms has provided a platform for effective production of these valuable biochemicals. Notably, synthetic biology-based metabolic engineering strategies have been extensively applied to refactor microorganisms for improved biochemical production. Here, we reviewed: (i) the current status of metabolic engineering of microbes that produce fatty acid-derived valuable chemicals, and (ii) the recent progress of synthetic biology approaches that assist metabolic engineering, such as mRNA secondary structure engineering, sensor-regulator system, regulatable expression system, ultrasensitive input/output control system, and computer science-based design of complex gene circuits. Furthermore, key challenges and strategies were discussed. Finally, we concluded that synthetic biology provides useful metabolic engineering strategies for economically viable production of fatty acid-derived valuable chemicals in engineered microbes.

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biochemical productionEscherichia colifatty acid biosynthesis pathwaymetabolic engineeringsynthetic biologyyeast

Identifiers

PMID25566540
PMCPMC4275033
OpenAlexW2000015690

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