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ReviewBiotechnology for biofuels2019

Genetically encoded biosensors for lignocellulose valorization.

Guadalupe Alvarez-Gonzalez, Neil Dixon

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Review in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Guadalupe Alvarez-GonzalezManchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Neil DixonManchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9065-6764

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern society is hugely dependent on finite oil reserves for the supply of fuels and chemicals. Moving our dependence away from these unsustainable oil-based feedstocks to renewable ones is, therefore, a critical factor towards the development of a low carbon bioeconomy. Lignin derived from biomass feedstocks offers great potential as a renewable source of aromatic compounds if methods for its effective valorization can be developed. Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering offer the potential to synergistically enable the development of cell factories with novel biosynthetic routes to valuable chemicals from these sustainable sources. Pathway design and optimization is, however, a major bottleneck due to the lack of high-throughput methods capable of screening large libraries of genetic variants and the metabolic burden associated with bioproduction. Genetically encoded biosensors can provide a solution by transducing the target metabolite concentration into detectable signals to provide high-throughput phenotypic read-outs and allow dynamic pathway regulation. The development and application of biosensors in the discovery and engineering of efficient biocatalytic processes for the degradation, conversion, and valorization of lignin are paving the way towards a sustainable and economically viable biorefinery.

Indexed as

BiorefineryGenetically encoded biosensorsLignocellulose valorizationSustainable chemical production

Identifiers

PMID31636705
PMCPMC6792243

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