John N. Idenyi , Jonathan C. Eya , Amechi S. Nwankwegu , Emeka G. Nwoba
{"title":"Aquaculture sustainability through alternative dietary ingredients: Microalgal value-added products","authors":"John N. Idenyi , Jonathan C. Eya , Amechi S. Nwankwegu , Emeka G. Nwoba","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aquaculture contributes remarkably to the global economy and food security through seafood production, an important part of the global food supply chain. The success of this industry depends heavily on aquafeeds, and the nutritional composition of the feed is an important factor for the quality, productivity, and profitability of aquaculture species. The sustainability of the aquaculture industry depends on the accessibility of quality feed ingredients, such as fishmeal and fish oil. These traditional feedstuffs are under increasing significant pressure due to the rapid expansion of aquaculture for human consumption and the decline of natural fish harvest. In this review, we evaluated the development of microalgal molecules in aquaculture and expanded the use of these high-value compounds in the production of aquaculture diets. Microalgae-derived functional ingredients emerged as one of the promising alternatives for aquafeed production with positive health benefits. Several compounds found in microalgae, including carotenoids (lutein, astaxanthin, and β-carotene), essential amino acids (leucine, valine, and threonine), β-1–3-glucan, essential oils (docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid), minerals, and vitamins, are of high nutritional value to aquaculture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370322000406/pdfft?md5=06265d972f4fa1627cbf4a7604ac81c7&pid=1-s2.0-S2667370322000406-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71894967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioproduction of monoterpene indole alkaloids in a single cell factory","authors":"Jian-Ping Huang, Sheng-Xiong Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91421065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenxia Song, Xueke Zhuang, Yahong Tan, Qingsheng Qi, Xuemei Lu
{"title":"The type IX secretion system: Insights into its function and connection to glycosylation in Cytophaga hutchinsonii","authors":"Wenxia Song, Xueke Zhuang, Yahong Tan, Qingsheng Qi, Xuemei Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The recently discovered type IX secretion system (T9SS) is limited to the Bacteroidetes phylum. <em>Cytophaga hutchinsonii</em>, a member of the Bacteroidetes phylum widely spread in soil, has complete orthologs of T9SS components and many T9SS substrates. <em>C. hutchinsonii</em> can efficiently degrade crystalline cellulose using a novel strategy, in which bacterial cells must be in direct contact with cellulose. It can rapidly glide over surfaces via unclear mechanisms. Studies have shown that T9SS plays an important role in cellulose degradation, gliding motility, and ion assimilation in <em>C. hutchinsonii</em>. As reported recently, T9SS substrates are <em>N</em>- or <em>O</em>-glycosylated at their C-terminal domains (CTDs), with <em>N</em>-glycosylation being related to the translocation and outer membrane anchoring of these proteins. These findings have deepened our understanding of T9SS in <em>C. hutchinsonii</em>. In this review, we focused on the research progress on diverse substrates and functions of T9SS in <em>C. hutchinsonii</em> and the glycosylation of its substrates. A model of T9SS functions and the glycosylation of its substrates was proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370322000297/pdfft?md5=434ec9b499cefc5eb233b60b01f5e3ca&pid=1-s2.0-S2667370322000297-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71901146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dake Liu, Nicole Siguenza, A. Zarrinpar, Yousong Ding
{"title":"Methods of DNA Introduction for the Engineering of Commensal Microbes","authors":"Dake Liu, Nicole Siguenza, A. Zarrinpar, Yousong Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89698005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aquaculture sustainability through alternative dietary ingredients: Microalgal value-added products","authors":"J. N. Idenyi, J. Eya, A. S. Nwankwegu, E. Nwoba","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77100512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery and analysis of a new class of triterpenes derived from hexaprenyl pyrophosphate","authors":"Dan Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Triterpenes are derived from squalene or oxidosqualene. However, a new class of triterpenes derived from hexaprenyl pyrophosphate has been recently discovered, formed by a new family of chimeric class I triterpene synthases. The cyclization mechanisms of triterpenes were elucidated by isotopic labeling and protein structural analyses, which helps understand the biosynthesis of triterpenes in nature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370322000261/pdfft?md5=c826781e7a1fc24a2cab8717beaca2ee&pid=1-s2.0-S2667370322000261-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71900307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuewen Hou , Ruonan Sun , Yanyan Feng , Runfang Zhang , Tianjiao Zhu , Qian Che , Guojian Zhang , Dehai Li
{"title":"Peptaibols: Diversity, bioactivity, and biosynthesis","authors":"Xuewen Hou , Ruonan Sun , Yanyan Feng , Runfang Zhang , Tianjiao Zhu , Qian Che , Guojian Zhang , Dehai Li","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Peptaibols are a large family of linear, amphipathic polypeptides consisting of 5-20 amino acid residues generated from the fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) pathway. With a relatively high content of non-proteinogenic amino acids such as <em>α</em>-aminoisobutyrate (Aib) and isovaline (Iva) in the skeleton, peptaibols exhibit a wide range of biological activities, including anti-microbial, cytotoxic, and neuroleptic effects. With five peptaibols brought to market for use as biocontrol agents, this class of peptides has received increasing attention from both biochemists and pharmacologists. In this review, we summarized the progress made in structural characterization, elucidation of biosynthetic pathways, and investigation of biosynthesis elucidation and bioactivities, to promote further efforts to develop peptaibols as pharmaceuticals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370322000170/pdfft?md5=6089e83b083385bbf9baf891b2a9e28e&pid=1-s2.0-S2667370322000170-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71901150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineered bacteria as drug delivery vehicles: Principles and prospects","authors":"Yuxi Zhou , Yong Han","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of drug delivery vehicles is in significant demand in the context of precision medicine. With the development of synthetic biology, the use of genetically engineered bacteria as drug delivery vectors has attracted more and more attention. Herein, we reviewed the research advances in bioengineered bacteria as drug carriers, with emphasis on the synthetic biology strategies for modifying these bacteria, including the targeted realization method of engineered bacteria, the designing scheme of genetic circuits, and the release pathways of therapeutic compounds. Based on this, the essential components, design principles, and health concerns of engineering bacteria as drug carriers and the development prospects in this field have been discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266737032200025X/pdfft?md5=58d1b5d92b12422cf0b958e12b94510f&pid=1-s2.0-S266737032200025X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71901149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Developments in the Identification and Biosynthesis of Antitumor Drugs Derived from Microorganisms","authors":"Qi Gao, S. Deng, Tianyu Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81738074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katja Koschorreck , Saadet Alpdagtas , Vlada B. Urlacher
{"title":"Copper-radical oxidases: A diverse group of biocatalysts with distinct properties and a broad range of biotechnological applications","authors":"Katja Koschorreck , Saadet Alpdagtas , Vlada B. Urlacher","doi":"10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engmic.2022.100037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Copper-radical oxidases (CROs) catalyze the two-electron oxidation of a large number of primary alcohols including carbohydrates, polyols and benzylic alcohols as well as aldehydes and α-hydroxy-carbonyl compounds while reducing molecular oxygen to hydrogen peroxide. Initially, CROs like galactose oxidase and glyoxal oxidase were identified only in fungal secretomes. Since the last decade, their representatives have also been identified in some bacteria. CROs are grouped in the AA5 family of “auxiliary activities” in the database of Carbohydrate-Active enzymes. Despite low overall sequence similarity and different substrate specificities, sequence alignments and the solved crystal structures revealed a conserved architecture of the active sites in all CROs, with a mononuclear copper ion coordinated to an axial tyrosine, two histidines, and a cross-linked cysteine-tyrosyl radical cofactor. This unique post-translationally modified protein cofactor has attracted much attention in the past, which resulted in a large number of reports that shed light on key steps of the catalytic cycle and physico-chemical properties of CROs. Thanks to their broad substrate spectrum accompanied by the only need for molecular oxygen for catalysis, CROs since recently experience a renaissance and have been applied in various biocatalytic processes. This review provides an overview of the structural features, catalytic mechanism and substrates of CROs, presents an update on the engineering of these enzymes to improve their expression in recombinant hosts and to enhance their activity, and describes their potential fields of biotechnological application.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100478,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370322000285/pdfft?md5=2ab20458bb384f206e67380c0ffa3852&pid=1-s2.0-S2667370322000285-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71901148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}