Synthesis of Natural Products Using Engineered Plants and Microorganisms
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 24401
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant natural products; yeast; metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; environmental microbiota; gut microbiota; precise modulation
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Interests: traditional medicinal plants; synthetic biology; chemical biology; food nutrition; pharmaceutical molecules
Interests: metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; oleaginous yeast; Yarrowia lipolytica; oleochemicals; terpenoids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants and microorganisms, especially medicinal herbs, harbor diverse natural products. Among them, many are bioactive molecules, which have potential pharmaceutical or health applications. However, the compositions of these bioactive molecules in plants or microorganisms are usually low. The development of omics technologies and synthetic biology provide opportunities to produce bioactive molecules using metabolically engineered plants or microorganisms. Artemisinin, rare ginsenosides, and several other natural products have been produced on a large-scale. To further apply natural products, using cutting-edge synthetic biology and engineering biology technologies in plants and microorganisms is of great interest.
Dr. Yongjun Wei
Prof. Dr. Lingbo Qu
Prof. Dr. Xiao-Jun Ji
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- bioactive molecules
- medicinal herbs
- metabolic engineering
- microbial cell factories
- synthetic biology
- natural product biosynthetic pathway
- omics technologies