The production of biofuels and biochemicals derived from microbial fermentation has received a lot of attention and interest in light of concerns about the depletion of fossil fuel resources and climatic degeneration....The production of biofuels and biochemicals derived from microbial fermentation has received a lot of attention and interest in light of concerns about the depletion of fossil fuel resources and climatic degeneration.However,the economic viability of feedstocks for biological conversion remains a barrier,urging researchers to develop renewable and sustainable low-cost carbon sources for future bioindustries.Owing to the numerous advantages,acetate has been regarded as a promising feedstock targeting the production of acetyl-CoA-derived chemicals.This review aims to highlight the potential of acetate as a building block in industrial biotechnology for the production of bio-based chemicals with metabolic engineering.Different alternative approaches and routes com-prised of lignocellulosic biomass,waste streams,and C1 gas for acetate generation are briefly described and evaluated.Then,a thorough explanation of the metabolic pathway for biotechnological acetate conversion,cel-lular transport,and toxin tolerance is described.Particularly,current developments in metabolic engineering of the manufacture of biochemicals from acetate are summarized in detail,with various microbial cell factories and strategies proposed to improve acetate assimilation and enhance product formation.Challenges and future development for acetate generation and assimilation as well as chemicals production from acetate is eventually shown.This review provides an overview of the current status of acetate utilization and proves the great potential of acetate with metabolic engineering in industrial biotechnology.展开更多
基金supported by Agricultural Science and Technology In-novation Project of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-ASTIP-2016-BIOMA)Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(1610012022001_03104)+2 种基金Central Public-Interest Scien-tific Institution Basal Research Fund(1610012022009-03102)Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project(2022YFN0062)Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2022YFS0460).
文摘The production of biofuels and biochemicals derived from microbial fermentation has received a lot of attention and interest in light of concerns about the depletion of fossil fuel resources and climatic degeneration.However,the economic viability of feedstocks for biological conversion remains a barrier,urging researchers to develop renewable and sustainable low-cost carbon sources for future bioindustries.Owing to the numerous advantages,acetate has been regarded as a promising feedstock targeting the production of acetyl-CoA-derived chemicals.This review aims to highlight the potential of acetate as a building block in industrial biotechnology for the production of bio-based chemicals with metabolic engineering.Different alternative approaches and routes com-prised of lignocellulosic biomass,waste streams,and C1 gas for acetate generation are briefly described and evaluated.Then,a thorough explanation of the metabolic pathway for biotechnological acetate conversion,cel-lular transport,and toxin tolerance is described.Particularly,current developments in metabolic engineering of the manufacture of biochemicals from acetate are summarized in detail,with various microbial cell factories and strategies proposed to improve acetate assimilation and enhance product formation.Challenges and future development for acetate generation and assimilation as well as chemicals production from acetate is eventually shown.This review provides an overview of the current status of acetate utilization and proves the great potential of acetate with metabolic engineering in industrial biotechnology.