Desarrollo de una plataforma de producción de ácido N-acetilneuramínico de alta eficiencia mediante ingeniería

Guozhen Ma1, Xiaolong Jiang2, Bin Yang1

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Trends in biotechnology
|August 30, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores diseñaron Escherichia coli para una producción eficiente de ácido N-acetilneuramínico (NeuAc) utilizando glucosa y glicerol. Esta fábrica de células microbianas logró altos títulos de NeuAc, lo que demuestra una estrategia de biofabricación sostenible.

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