Publications: 2015-2017


2017

Haslinger, K. and K.L. J. Prather, “Pathway towards renewable chemicals.” Nat. Microbiol. 2(12):1580-1581 (2017).
doi:10.1038/s41564-017-0071-9.

Tan, S.Z. and K. L. J. Prather, “Dynamic pathway regulation: recent advances and methods of construction.” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 41:28-35 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.004

Reisch, C.R. and K.L. J. Prather, “Scarless Cas9 Assisted Recombineering (no-SCAR) in Escherichia coli, an easy to use system for genome editing.” Curr. Prot. Mol. Biol. 117:31.8.1-31.8.20 (2017).
doi:10.1002/cpmb.29

Khlystov, N.A., W.Y. Chan, A.M. Kunjapur, W. Shi, K.L. J. Prather and B.D. Olsen. “Material properties of the cyanobacterial reserve polymer multi-L-arginyl-poly-L-aspartate (cyanophycin).” Polymer. 109 pp: 238-245 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2016.11.058

Gupta, A., I.M. Brockman Reizman, C.R. Reisch and K.L. J. Prather. “Dynamic regulation of metabolic flux in engineered bacteria using a pathway-independent quorum-sensing circuit.” in press, Nat. Biotechnol. 35:273-279 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nbt.3796

2016

Sheppard, M. J.*, Kunjapur, A. M.* and K. L. J. Prather. “Modular and selective biosynthesis of gasoline-range alkanes.” Metab. Eng. 33, 28–40 (2016). *equal contribution
doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.10.010

Kunjapur, A.M., B. Cervantes, K.L.J. Prather. “Coupling carboxylic acid reductase to inorganic pyrophosphatase enhances cell-free in vitro aldehyde biosynthesis.” Biochem. Eng. J. 109: 19–27 (2016).
doi:  10.1016/j.bej.2015.12.018

Tan, S.T., S. Manchester, K.L J. Prather. “Controlling central carbon metabolism for improved pathway yields in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” ACS Syn. Biol. 5(2) pp: 116-124 (2016).
doi:10.1021/acssynbio.5b00164

Simcikova, M., D.M. Prazeres, K.L J. Prather, G.A. Monteiro. “Towards an effective non-viral gene delivery vector.” Biotechnol. Genet. Eng. Rev. 31(1-2) pp: 82-107 (2016).
doi:10.1080/02648725.2016.1178011

Kunjapur, A.M., J.C. Hyun, K.L J. Prather. “Deregulation of S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and regeneration improves methylation in the E. coli de novo vanillin biosynthesis pathway.” Microb. Cell Fact. 15:61 (2016).
doi:10.1186/s12934-016-0459-x

Simcikova, M., C.P.A. Alves, L. Brito, K.L J. Prather, D.M.F. Prazeres, G.A. Monteiro. “Improvement of DNA minicircle production by optimization of the secondary structure of the 5′-UTR of ParA resolvase.” Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 100(15) pp: 6725-6737 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s00253-016-7565-x

Gupta, A.L., M.A. Hicks, S.P. Manchester, K.L J. Prather. “Porting the synthetic D-glucaric acid pathway from Escherichia coli to Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” Biotechnol. J. 11(9) pp: 1201-1208 (2016).
doi:10.1002/biot.201500563

2015

Rodrigues, J.L., K.L J. Prather, L.D. Kluskens, L.R. Rodrigues. “Heterologous production of curcuminoids: a review.” Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 79 pp: 39-60 (2015).
doi:10.1128/MMBR.00031-14

Kunjapur, A. M., and K.L.J. Prather. “Microbial engineering for aldehyde synthesis.” Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81 pp: 1892-1901. (2015).
doi:10.1128/AEM.03319-14

Brockman, I.M., and K.L.J. Prather. “Dynamic knockdown of E. coli central metabolism for redirecting fluxes of primary metabolites.” Metab. Eng. 28 pp: 104-113 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.ymben.2014.12.005

Shiue, E., I.M. Brockman, K. L. J. Prather. “Improving product yields on D-glucose in Escherichia coli via alternative carbon sources.” Biotechnol. Bioeng.112(3) pp: 579-587 (2015).
doi:10.1002/bit.25470

Lopes, M.B., G.A.L. Gonçalves, D. Felício-Silva, K. L. J. Prather. G.A. Monteiro, D.M.F. Prazeres, C.R.C. Calado. “In-situ NIR monitoring of plasmid bioproduction processes: effect of the cultivation medium composition, the cultivation strategy and the Escherichia coli strain.” J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 90(2) pp: 255-261 (2015).
doi:10.1002/jctb.4431

Pfleger, B. F. and K. L. J. Prather. “Biological synthesis unbounded?” Nat. Biotechnol. 33, 1148–9 (2015).
doi:10.1038/nbt.3399

Tan, S. Z., Manchester, S. and K. L. J. Prather. “Controlling central carbon metabolism for improved pathway yields in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” ACS Synth. Biol. 5(2) pp: 116-124 (2015).
doi:10.1021/acssynbio.5b00164

Boock, J. T., Gupta, A. and K. L. J. Prather. “Screening and modular design for metabolic pathway optimization.” Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 36, 189–198 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2015.08.013

Reizman, I. M. B., Stenger, A. R., Reisch, C. R., Gupta, A., Connors, N. C. and K. L. J. Prather. “Improvement of glucaric acid production in E. coli via dynamic control of metabolic fluxes.” Metab. Eng. Commun. 2, 109–116 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.meteno.2015.09.002

Reisch, C. R. and K. L. J. Prather. “The no-SCAR (Scarless Cas9 Assisted Recombineering) system for genome editing in Escherichia coli.” Sci. Rep. 5, 15096 (2015).
doi:10.1038/srep15096

Brockman, I. M. and K. L. J. Prather. “Dynamic metabolic engineering: New strategies for developing responsive cell factories.” Biotechnol. J. 10, 1360–9 (2015).
doi:10.1002/biot.201400422

Rodrigues, J. L., Araújo, R. G., K. L. J. Prather, Kluskens, L. D. & Rodrigues, L. R. “Heterologous production of caffeic acid from tyrosine in Escherichia coli.” Enzyme Microb. Technol. 71, 36–44 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.01.001

Rodrigues, J.L., R. G. Araújo, K. L. J. Prather, Kluskens, L. D., Rodrigues, L. R. “Production of curcuminoids from tyrosine by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli.” Biotechnol. J. 10(4) 599-609 (2015).
doi:10.1002/biot.201400637

Cheng, D., R. Wang, K. L. J. Prather, Chow, I.-M. Hsing. “Tackling codon usage bias for heterologous expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides by supplementation of rare tRNAs.” Enzyme Microbiol. Technol. 72:25-34 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.02.003