Microbial production of building block chemicals and polymers
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- Title
- Microbial production of building block chemicals and polymers
- Authors
- Lee, Jeong Wook; Kim, Hyun Uk; Choi, Sol; Yi, Jongho; Lee, Sang Yup
- Date Issued
- 2011-12
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Abstract
- Owing to our increasing concerns on the environment, climate change, and limited natural resources, there has recently been considerable effort exerted to produce chemicals and materials from renewable biomass. Polymers we use everyday can also be produced either by direct fermentation or by polymerization of monomers that are produced by fermentation. Recent advances in metabolic engineering combined with systems biology and synthetic biology are allowing us to more systematically develop superior strains and bioprocesses for the efficient production of polymers and monomers. Here, we review recent trends in microbial production of building block chemicals that can be subsequently used for the synthesis of polymers. Also, recent successful cases of direct one-step production of polymers are reviewed. General strategies for the production of natural and unnatural platform chemicals are described together with representative examples.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/105758
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.02.011
- ISSN
- 0958-1669
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology, vol. 22, no. 6, page. 758 - 767, 2011-12
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