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ReviewTrends in microbiology2026

Coarse-grained resource allocation modeling for decoding and rewiring microbial metabolism.

Yi-Hui Lai, Ting Lu

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yi-Hui LaiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Ting LuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: luting@illinois.edu.

Funding

Integrative Circuit-Host Modeling of Synthetic Gene NetworksR35GM133579 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI LU, TING · 2019 to 2023
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial metabolism is a complex, emergent system driven by the coordinated interplay of intricate and dynamic molecular processes. To elucidate cellular behavior and enable biotechnological applications, quantitative models that address the inherent complexity of metabolism have been developed from a resource allocation perspective. Here, we synthesize recent advances in coarse-grained resource allocation frameworks and their applications in understanding microbial physiology and guiding gene circuit design. These frameworks reveal global regulatory constraints and predict cellular adaptation to nutrient and environmental changes. In addition, they enable the quantification of metabolic costs, the dissection of circuit-host interactions, and the development of strategies for burden mitigation. Collectively, these modeling frameworks provide a powerful platform for uncovering quantitative principles of microbial growth and engineering robust synthetic biological systems.

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coarse-grained modelinggene circuitsmetabolic burdennutrient limitationproteome allocationresource allocation

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PMID42624720
PMCPMC13555788

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