Synthetic Biology Tools for Genome and Transcriptome Engineering of Solventogenic Clostridiumopen access
- Authors
- Kwon, Seong Woo; Paari, Kuppusamy Alagesan; Malaviya, Alok; Jang, Yu-Sin
- Issue Date
- 16-Apr-2020
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Keywords
- Clostridium; synthetic biology; mobile intron; CRISPR; Cas; synthetic sRNA; UTR
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.8
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 8
- URI
- https://scholarworks.gnu.ac.kr/handle/sw.gnu/6716
- DOI
- 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00282
- ISSN
- 2296-4185
- Abstract
- Strains of Clostridium genus are used for production of various value-added products including fuels and chemicals. Development of any commercially viable production process requires a combination of both strain and fermentation process development strategies. The strain development in Clostridium sp. could be achieved by random mutagenesis, and targeted gene alteration methods. However, strain improvement in Clostridium sp. by targeted gene alteration method was challenging due to the lack of efficient tools for genome and transcriptome engineering in this organism. Recently, various synthetic biology tools have been developed to facilitate the strain engineering of solventogenic Clostridium. In this review, we consolidated the recent advancements in toolbox development for genome and transcriptome engineering in solventogenic Clostridium. Here we reviewed the genome-engineering tools employing mobile group II intron, pyrE alleles exchange, and CRISPR/Cas9 with their application for strain development of Clostridium sp. Next, transcriptome engineering tools such as untranslated region (UTR) engineering and synthetic sRNA techniques were also discussed in context of Clostridium strain engineering. Application of any of these discussed techniques will facilitate the metabolic engineering of clostridia for development of improved strains with respect to requisite functional attributes. This might lead to the development of an economically viable butanol production process with improved titer, yield and productivity.
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