Glutathione is a tripeptide of excellent value in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries that is currently produced during yeast fermentation. In this case, glutathione accumulates intracellularly, which hinders high production. Here, we engineered Escherichia coli for the efficient production of glutathione.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiosurfactants have remarkable characteristics, such as environmental friendliness, high safety, and excellent biodegradability. Surfactin is one of the best-known biosurfactants produced by . Because the biosynthetic pathways of biosurfactants, such as surfactin, are complex, mutagenesis is a useful alternative to typical metabolic engineering approaches for developing high-yield strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to establish a high-level phenol bioproduction system from glycerol through metabolic engineering of the yeast Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffii). Introducing tyrosine phenol-lyase to P. pastoris led to a production of 59 mg/L of phenol in flask culture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRNA-based pesticides exert their function by suppressing the expression of an essential gene in the target pest through RNA interference caused by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Here, we selected target genes for growth suppression of the solanaceous crop pests ladybird beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata) and Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)-the death-associated inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 gene (diap1), and an orthologous gene of the COPI coatomer protein complex (copI), respectively. We constructed a cost-competitive overproduction system for dsRNA using Corynebacterium glutamicum as a host bacterium.
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