Advances and prospects in metabolic engineering for the production of amino acids.
- Author:
Qian MA
1
;
Li XIA
1
;
Miao TAN
1
;
Quanwei SUN
1
;
Mengya YANG
1
;
Ying ZHANG
1
;
Ning CHEN
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Corynebacterium glutamicum; Escherichia coli; amino acids; biosensor; metabolic engineering
- MeSH: Amino Acids; China; Corynebacterium glutamicum/genetics*; Metabolic Engineering; Synthetic Biology
- From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(5):1677-1696
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Fermentative production of amino acids is one of the pillars of the fermentation industry in China. Recently, with the fast development of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology technologies, the metabolic engineering for production of amino acids has been flourishing. Conventional forward metabolic engineering, reversed metabolic engineering based on omics data and in silico simulation, and evolutionary metabolic engineering mimicking the natural evolution, have shown increasingly promising applications. A series of highly efficient and robust amino acids-producing strains have been developed and applied in the industrial production of amino acids. The increasingly fierce market competition has put forward new requirements for strain breeding and selection, such as developing high value-added amino acids, dynamic regulation of cellular metabolism, and adapting to the requirements of new process. This review summarizes the advances and prospects in metabolic engineering for the production of amino acids.
