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