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Lignocellulose, the major structural component of plant biomass, represents arenewable substrate of enormous biotechnological value. Microbial production of chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive alternative to chemical synthesis. However, to create industrially competitive strains to efficiently convert lignocellulose to high-value chemicals, current

Lignocellulose, the major structural component of plant biomass, represents arenewable substrate of enormous biotechnological value. Microbial production of chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive alternative to chemical synthesis. However, to create industrially competitive strains to efficiently convert lignocellulose to high-value chemicals, current challenges must be addressed. Redox constraints, allosteric regulation, and transport-related limitations are important bottlenecks limiting the commercial production of renewable chemicals from lignocellulose. Advances in metabolic engineering techniques have enabled researchers to engineer microbial strains that overcome some of these challenges but new approaches that facilitate the commercial viability of lignocellulose valorization are needed. Biological systems are complex with a plethora of regulatory systems that must be carefully modulated to efficiently produce and excrete the desired metabolites. In this work, I explore metabolic engineering strategies to address some of the biological constraints limiting bioproduction such as redox, allosteric, and transport constraints to facilitate cost-effective lignocellulose bioconversion.
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    • Characterizing and Releasing Biological Constraints for Lignocellulosic Bioconversion
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    2023
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    • Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2023
    • Field of study: Microbiology

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