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  • Synthetic biology
  • Metabolic engineering
  • Microbial biotechnology

Background:

  • Microbial cell factories (MCFs) naturally prioritize growth, limiting production yields.
  • Resource allocation conflicts between growth and production lead to early termination of high-yield periods in MCFs.
  • Current strategies focus on enhancing specific pathways, but reprogramming the gene regulatory network offers a more fundamental solution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent engineering strategies for reprogramming gene regulatory networks in MCFs.
  • To discuss approaches targeting transcriptional regulation for improved resource allocation.
  • To provide a global view for constructing production-oriented phenotypes in MCFs.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of emerging engineering strategies for microbial cell factories.
  • Focus on rearranging gene regulatory networks to alter resource allocation.
  • Examination of transcriptional regulation within hierarchical networks.

Main Results:

  • Emerging strategies reprogram gene regulatory networks to fundamentally alter resource allocation.
  • Engineering efforts target transcription machinery, module networks, regulatory edges, and the bottom network layer.
  • Reprogramming enables a shift from growth-oriented to production-oriented phenotypes.

Conclusions:

  • Reprogramming gene regulatory networks is key to overcoming resource allocation conflicts in MCFs.
  • Targeting transcriptional regulation offers a powerful approach to enhance MCF performance.
  • A global view of these strategies facilitates the construction of robust, production-oriented MCFs.