Plant synthetic biology innovations for biofuels and bioproducts
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Plant-based biosynthesis of fuels, chemicals, and materials promotes environmental sustainability, which includes decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Advances in plant synthetic biology (synbio) should improve precision and efficacy of genetic engineering for sustainability. Applicable synbio innovations include genome editing, gene circuit design, synthetic promoter development, gene stacking technologies, and the design of environmental sensors. Moreover, recent advancements in developing spatially resolved and single-cell omics contribute to the discovery and characterization of cell-type-specific mechanisms and spatiotemporal gene regulations in distinct plant tissues for the expression of cell- and tissue-specific genes, resulting in improved bioproduction. This review highlights recent plant synbio progress and new single-cell molecular profiling towards sustainable biofuel and biomaterial production.
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The core technological distinction for 5-G concepts frequently involves bespoke microorganisms engineered via synthetic biology, such as genetically modified algae or cyanobacteria, designed for direct and highly efficient conversion of fundamental inputs like CO2, water, and renewable electricity or solar energy into target fuel molecules.
“The core technological distinction for 5-G concepts frequently involves bespoke microorganisms engineered via synthetic biology, such as genetically modified algae or cyanobacteria, designed for direct and highly efficient conversion of fundamental inputs like CO 2 , water, and renewable electricity or solar energy into target fuel molecules [182,183].”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [182]
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Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions
Yılbaşı, Z. (2025) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su17136145 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
- Authors
- Yang, Y., Chaffin, T. A., Ahkami, A. H., Blumwald, E., & Stewart, C. N.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stewart, Charles Neal
- Venue
- Trends in Biotechnology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-12
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1454-1468
- ISSN
- 0167-7799 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4304606277
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 343 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Trends in biotechnology (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Keywords
- plant synthetic biology, biofuels, bioproducts, genome editing, synthetic gene circuits, synthetic promoters, gene stacking, environmental sensors, single-cell omics, cell type-specific gene expression, spatiotemporal gene regulation, plant genetic engineering, sustainable bioproduction
- MeSH terms
- Genetic Engineering, Plants, Biomass, Biofuels, Synthetic Biology
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