Formate bioconversion plays a crucial role in achieving renewable resource utilization and green and sustainable development,as it helps convert formate to biofuels and biochemicals.However,to tap the full potential o...Formate bioconversion plays a crucial role in achieving renewable resource utilization and green and sustainable development,as it helps convert formate to biofuels and biochemicals.However,to tap the full potential of formate bioconversion,it is important to identify the most appropriate microbial hosts,design the most promising formate assimilation pathways,and develop the most efficient formate assimilation cell factories.Here,we summarize the formatotrophic microorganisms capable of assimilating formate into building blocks of cell growth and analyze the characteristics of formate assimilation pathways for transmitting formate into central carbon metabolism.Furthermore,we discuss microbial engineering strategies to improve the efficiency of formate utilization for producing high-value bioproducts.Finally,we highlight the key challenges of formate bioconversion and their possible solutions to advance the formate bioeconomy and biomanufacturing.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22378166)the Basic Research Program of Jiangsu and Jiangsu Basic Research Center for Synthetic Biology(BK20233003)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JUSRP622001)the Open Funding Project of Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology Ministry of Education(KLIB-KF202403).
文摘Formate bioconversion plays a crucial role in achieving renewable resource utilization and green and sustainable development,as it helps convert formate to biofuels and biochemicals.However,to tap the full potential of formate bioconversion,it is important to identify the most appropriate microbial hosts,design the most promising formate assimilation pathways,and develop the most efficient formate assimilation cell factories.Here,we summarize the formatotrophic microorganisms capable of assimilating formate into building blocks of cell growth and analyze the characteristics of formate assimilation pathways for transmitting formate into central carbon metabolism.Furthermore,we discuss microbial engineering strategies to improve the efficiency of formate utilization for producing high-value bioproducts.Finally,we highlight the key challenges of formate bioconversion and their possible solutions to advance the formate bioeconomy and biomanufacturing.
