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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2024

Bacillus subtilis: current and future modification strategies as a protein secreting factory.

Yanzhen Chen, Miaomiao Li, Mingchen Yan, Yong Chen, Muhammad Saeed, Zhong Ni, Zhen Fang, Huayou Chen

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Development of Bacillus subtilis cell factories for nutraceuticals production.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026
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  12. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of MutantFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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8 authors.

Yanzhen ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Miaomiao LiSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Mingchen YanSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Yong ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Muhammad SaeedSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Zhong NiSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Zhen FangSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Huayou ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China. hyc@ujs.edu.cn.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFC2103004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacillus subtilis is regarded as a promising microbial expression system in bioengineering due to its high stress resistance, nontoxic, low codon preference and grow fast. The strain has a relatively efficient expression system, as it has at least three protein secretion pathways and abundant molecular chaperones, which guarantee its expression ability and compatibility. Currently, many proteins are expressed in Bacillus subtilis, and their application prospects are broad. Although Bacillus subtilis has great advantages compared with other prokaryotes related to protein expression and secretion, it still faces deficiencies, such as low wild-type expression, low product activity, and easy gene loss, which limit its large-scale application. Over the years, many researchers have achieved abundant results in the modification of Bacillus subtilis expression systems, especially the optimization of promoters, expression vectors, signal peptides, transport pathways and molecular chaperones. An optimal vector with a suitable promoter strength and other regulatory elements could increase protein synthesis and secretion, increasing industrial profits. This review highlights the research status of optimization strategies related to the expression system of Bacillus subtilis. Moreover, research progress on its application as a food-grade expression system is also presented, along with some future modification and application directions.

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Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenetic VectorsMolecular ChaperonesProtein Sorting SignalsRecombinant ProteinsBacterial ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesProtein Sorting SignalsRecombinant ProteinsBacillus subtilisExpression systemFood-grade expressionPromoterSignal peptideVector

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