Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2010
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume
2010
Issue
Article ID 459760, 10 pages
DOI
10.1155/2010/459760
Date of Submission
August 2014
Abstract
The generation of well-characterized parts and the formulation of biological design principles in synthetic biology are laying the foundation for more complex and advanced microbial metabolic engineering. Improvements in de novo DNA synthesis and codon-optimization alone are already contributing to the manufacturing of pathway enzymes with improved or novel function. Further development of analytical and computer-aided design tools should accelerate the forward engineering of precisely regulated synthetic pathways by providing a standard framework for the predictable design of biological systems from well-characterized parts. In this review we discuss the current state of synthetic biology within a four-stage framework (design, modeling, synthesis, analysis) and highlight areas requiring further advancement to facilitate true engineering of synthetic microbial metabolism.
Rights
Copyright © 2010 George H. McArthur and Stephen S. Fong. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Chemical and Life Science Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/459760.