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ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology2023

Current challenges in designer cellulosome engineering.

Babette Lamote, Maria João Maurício da Fonseca, Julie Vanderstraeten, Kenan Meert, Marte Elias, Yves Briers

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Review in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Creating a large designer cellulosome in yeast to boost ethanol production.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Babette LamoteLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-959X
Maria João Maurício da FonsecaLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9682-7827
Julie VanderstraetenLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-0927
Kenan MeertLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-3242
Marte EliasLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-5411
Yves BriersLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. yves.briers@ugent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7723-1040
Ghent University · BE

Funding

Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent BOF16/STA/024Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent BOF17/DOC/086Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1S20622NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 1SE2623NIndustrieel Onderzoeksfonds UGent F2020/IOF-STARTT/067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Designer cellulosomes (DCs) are engineered multi-enzyme complexes, comprising carbohydrate-active enzymes attached to a common backbone, the scaffoldin, via high-affinity cohesin-dockerin interactions. The use of DCs in the degradation of renewable biomass polymers is a promising approach for biorefineries. Indeed, DCs have shown significant hydrolytic activities due to the enhanced enzyme-substrate proximity and inter-enzyme synergies, but technical hurdles in DC engineering have hindered further progress towards industrial application. The challenge in DC engineering lies in the large diversity of possible building blocks and architectures, resulting in a multivariate and immense design space. Simultaneously, the precise DC composition affects many relevant parameters such as activity, stability, and manufacturability. Since protein engineers face a lack of high-throughput approaches to explore this vast design space, DC engineering may result in an unsatisfying outcome. This review provides a roadmap to guide researchers through the process of DC engineering. Each step, starting from concept to evaluation, is described and provided with its challenges, along with possible solutions, both for DCs that are assembled in vitro or are displayed on the yeast cell surface. KEY POINTS: • Construction of designer cellulosomes is a multi-step process. • Designer cellulosome research deals with multivariate construction challenges. • Boosting designer cellulosome efficiency requires exploring a vast design space.

Indexed as

CellulosomesBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCell MembraneCelluloseMultienzyme ComplexesBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCelluloseMultienzyme ComplexesBiomassDesigner cellulosomeIn vitro assemblyLignocelluloseProtein engineeringYeast cell surface display

Identifiers

PMID36941434
OpenAlexW4328048884

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