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ReviewACS synthetic biology2023

Module-Based Polyketide Synthase Engineering for

Alberto A Nava, Jacob Roberts, Robert W Haushalter, Zilong Wang, Jay D Keasling

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Review in ACS synthetic biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Late-stage diversification of bacterial natural products through biocatalysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Alberto A NavaJoint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608, United States.
Jacob RobertsJoint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608, United States.
Robert W HaushalterJoint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608, United States.
Zilong WangJoint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608, United States.
Jay D KeaslingJoint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4170-6088
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyketide retrobiosynthesis, where the biosynthetic pathway of a given polyketide can be reversibly engineered due to the colinearity of the polyketide synthase (PKS) structure and function, has the potential to produce millions of organic molecules. Mixing and matching modules from natural PKSs is one of the routes to produce many of these molecules. Evolutionary analysis of PKSs suggests that traditionally used module boundaries may not lead to the most productive hybrid PKSs and that new boundaries around and within the ketosynthase domain may be more active when constructing hybrid PKSs. As this is still a nascent area of research, the generality of these design principles based on existing engineering efforts remains inconclusive. Recent advances in structural modeling and synthetic biology present an opportunity to accelerate PKS engineering by re-evaluating insights gained from previous engineering efforts with cutting edge tools.

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PolyketidesPolyketide SynthasesPolyketidesPolyketide Synthasespolyketide synthasesprotein engineeringretrobiosynthesisstructural modeling

Identifiers

PMID37871264
PMCPMC10661043
OpenAlexW4387871382

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