Synthesis of Natural Products Using Engineered Plants and Microorganisms, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1415
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
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Interests: metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; oleaginous yeast; Yarrowia lipolytica; oleochemicals; terpenoids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants and microorganisms, particularly medicinal herbs, harbor diverse natural products, many of which are bioactive molecules with potential pharmaceutical or health benefits. However, the compositions of these bioactive molecules in their original sources 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 various other natural products have been successfully scaled up for potential use as drugs or functional foods. There is a growing interest in further harnessing cutting-edge synthetic biology technologies to expand the utilization of these natural products via engineering both plants and microorganisms.
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
- large-scale production pathway optimization
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