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ArticleACS synthetic biology2021

Optogenetic Amplification Circuits for Light-Induced Metabolic Control.

Evan M Zhao, Makoto A Lalwani, Jhong-Min Chen, Paulina Orillac, Jared E Toettcher, José L Avalos

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Engineered Optogenetic Circuits In Yeast with Self-Sustained Outputs.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Developing Quorum Sensing-Based Collaborative Dynamic Control System in Halomonas TD01.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  19. Optogenetic control of gene expression in the cyanobacteriumFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evan M ZhaoDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.
Makoto A LalwaniDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4629-4131
Jhong-Min ChenDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.
Paulina OrillacDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.
Jared E ToettcherDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1546-4030
José L AvalosDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7209-4208
Princeton University · US

Funding

Harnessing optogenetics to diagnose and therapeutically rewire cancer cell signalingDP2EB024247 · NIBIB · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI TOETTCHER, JARED E · 2016 to 2016
$2.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS DP2 EB024247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dynamic control of microbial metabolism is an effective strategy to improve chemical production in fermentations. While dynamic control is most often implemented using chemical inducers, optogenetics offers an attractive alternative due to the high tunability and reversibility afforded by light. However, a major concern of applying optogenetics in metabolic engineering is the risk of insufficient light penetration at high cell densities, especially in large bioreactors. Here, we present a new series of optogenetic circuits we call OptoAMP, which amplify the transcriptional response to blue light by as much as 23-fold compared to the basal circuit (OptoEXP). These circuits show as much as a 41-fold induction between dark and light conditions, efficient activation at light duty cycles as low as ∼1%, and strong homogeneous light-induction in bioreactors of at least 5 L, with limited illumination at cell densities above 40 OD

Indexed as

LightBioreactorsButanolsDNA-Binding ProteinsEnzyme ActivationFermentationFlavanonesGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationLactic AcidMetabolic EngineeringMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMicroorganisms, Genetically-ModifiedOptogeneticsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsButanolsDNA-Binding ProteinsFlavanonesGAL4 protein, S cerevisiaeisobutyl alcoholLactic AcidnaringeninSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID33835777
PMCPMC8721662
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