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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2026

Advances in plant metabolic engineering through synthetic biology.

Hind Alsuwat, Derry Alvarez, Salim Al-Babili

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 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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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Hind Alsuwat *The BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Derry Alvarez *The BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Salim Al-BabiliThe BioActives Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The challenges associated with the escalating global population and climate change in crop production and food security are substantial. This underscores the necessity for improvements in crop nutrition, yield, and resilience to environmental stresses. Plant metabolic pathways directly influence growth, nutrient accumulation, and stress responses, rendering them prime targets for crop enhancement. Advances in plant synthetic biology and gene editing are facilitating more precise modifications of genes, regulatory elements, and metabolic pathways. This review highlights the primary technologies used in plant metabolic engineering and focuses on representative examples of their implementation for crop improvement, including but not limited to CRISPR-Cas systems, multiplex genome editing, knock-in and knock-out strategies, CRISPR-mediated gene regulation (CRISPRi/CRISPRa), base editing, prime editing, RNA targeting technologies, synthetic promoters, and gene stacking strategies. Furthermore, the emerging role of artificial intelligence in the design and optimization of metabolic pathways and genome editing tools will be briefly discussed.

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CRISPRgenome edited plantsplant metabolic engineeringplant transformationsynthetic biology

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PMID42866118
PMCPMC13655800

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