Scientists synthesize terpenoids with microbial consortium

According to a study published in Microbial Cell Factories, a team led by Prof. Zheng Zhiming and associate Prof. Wang Peng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has enhanced ...

CasPER—a new method for diversification of enzymes

A new study published in the Metabolic Engineering Journal describes a method based on CRISPR/Cas9, which enables flexible engineering of essential and nonessential enzymes without additional engineering. This has multiple ...

Missing molecule in chemical production line discovered

It takes dozens of chemical reactions for a cell to make isoprenoids, a diverse class of molecules found in every type of living organism. Cholesterol, for example, an important component of the membranes of cells, is a large ...