Bioinformatics for the synthetic biology of natural products : integrating across the Design-Build-Test cycle

Carbonell, Pablo and Currin, Andrew and Jervis, Adrian J. and Rattray, Nicholas J. W. and Swainston, Neil and Yan, Cunyu and Takano, Eriko and Breitling, Rainer (2016) Bioinformatics for the synthetic biology of natural products : integrating across the Design-Build-Test cycle. Natural product reports, 33 (8). pp. 925-932. ISSN 1460-4752 (https://doi.org/10.1039/c6np00018e)

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Abstract

Covering: 2000 to 2016 Progress in synthetic biology is enabled by powerful bioinformatics tools allowing the integration of the design, build and test stages of the biological engineering cycle. In this review we illustrate how this integration can be achieved, with a particular focus on natural products discovery and production. Bioinformatics tools for the DESIGN and BUILD stages include tools for the selection, synthesis, assembly and optimization of parts (enzymes and regulatory elements), devices (pathways) and systems (chassis). TEST tools include those for screening, identification and quantification of metabolites for rapid prototyping. The main advantages and limitations of these tools as well as their interoperability capabilities are highlighted.

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Carbonell, Pablo, Currin, Andrew, Jervis, Adrian J., Rattray, Nicholas J. W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-6905, Swainston, Neil, Yan, Cunyu, Takano, Eriko and Breitling, Rainer;
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