Production of Terpenoids by Synthetic Biology Approaches

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Journal Front Bioeng Biotechnol

Date 2020 May 12

PMID 32391346

Citations 26

Authors

Caizhe Zhang

Kui Hong

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Abstract

Terpenoids are a large family of natural products with remarkable diverse biological functions, and have a wide range of applications as pharmaceuticals, flavors, pigments, and biofuels. Synthetic biology is presenting possibilities for sustainable and efficient production of high value-added terpenoids in engineered microbial cell factories, using and which are identified as well-known industrial workhorses. They also provide a promising alternative to produce non-native terpenes on account of available genetic tools in metabolic engineering and genome editing. In this review, we summarize the recent development in terpenoids production by synthetic biology approaches.

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