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  • Synthetic biology
  • Metabolic engineering
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Microbial synthesis offers sustainable routes for chemicals, fuels, and medicines.
  • Biosynthetic pathway construction faces challenges like side reactions, intermediate toxicity, and poor substrate channeling.
  • Subcellular compartmentalization can enhance production efficiency by isolating reactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review advances in using peroxisomes for microbial production of biomolecules.
  • To detail experimental designs and protocols for peroxisomal engineering.
  • To promote the application of peroxisomes in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of recent literature on peroxisomal compartmentalization.
  • Analysis of peroxisome function in catabolism and reactive oxygen species management.
  • Description of experimental protocols for constructing eukaryotic cell factories.

Main Results:

  • Peroxisomal compartmentalization effectively reduces side reactions and toxic effects.
  • It creates a compact environment for efficient production of target products.
  • This organelle offers a way to engineer cell factories with minimal impact on essential cellular functions.

Conclusions:

  • Peroxisomes are promising organelles for enhancing microbial production of valuable biomolecules.
  • Engineering peroxisomes can overcome limitations in current biosynthetic pathway construction.
  • A deeper understanding of peroxisomes will drive their wider adoption in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.