Chapter 21Microbial Metabolic Engineering for Production of Food Ingredients
Eun J. Oh, Yong-Su Jin and Jin-Ho Seo
21.1 Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic engineering focuses on improving cellular activities as an applied science by the use of recombinant DNA technology [1]. Metabolic engineering has been advanced as an effective tool for improving industrial fermentation processes [2]. As cell factories, engineered microbes constructed by designing metabolic pathways can convert carbon sources such as sugars into value-added chemicals and food materials [3] (Figure 21.1). Numerous genetic and computational tools enabling modification, analysis, and prediction of metabolic fluxes have been developed in recent years.
21.1.1 Rational Approaches ...
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