Malonyl-CoA is the precursor for fatty acid synthesis and elongation. It is also one of the building blocks for the biosynthesis of some phytoalexins, flavonoids, and many malonylated compounds. In ...

A research group at KAIST presented a novel biosensor which can produce diverse, high-level microbial cell factories. The biosensor monitors the concentration of products and even intermediates when ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 105, No. 44 (Nov. 4, 2008), pp. 16871-16875 (5 pages) The American diet, especially that of adolescents, contains ...

Cells use a variety of metabolic pathways to synthesise the building blocks for growth and proliferation. To ensure balanced growth, these biosynthetic processes must be tightly coordinated.

image: Methanol is a green and renewable feedstock, which can be produced either from coal and natural gas, or directly from CO2 by hydrogenation. High-efficient methanol bioconversion to platform ...

Cells accumulate mass and grow by using nutrients and energy to build membranes, proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecular structures, through the coordinated action of various metabolic ...