Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology

Papers
(The median citation count of Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Outside Front Cover63
Parallel screening and cheminformatics modeling of flavonoid activated aptasensors62
The biological principles and advanced applications of DSB repair in CRISPR-mediated yeast genome editing54
Evaluation and optimization of analytical procedure and sample preparation for polar Streptomyces albus J1074 metabolome profiling49
Biotechnological and food synthetic biology potential of platform strain: Bacillus licheniformis47
Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the molecular responses of a biocrust-derived oleaginous microalga Vischeria sp. WL1 to nitrogen depletion and recovery46
Nobachelins, new siderophores from Nocardiopsis baichengensis protecting Caenorhabditis elegans from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection46
Promoting the production of challenging proteins via induced expression in CHO cells and modified cell-free lysates harboring T7 RNA polymerase and mutant eIF2α45
The functional analysis of NirBD in microorganisms and the efficacies of NirBD on the soil nitrogen storage and N2O emission45
Putative membrane protein Cgl2168 and its variant enhance thermotolerance in Corynebacterium glutamicum42
Degradation strategies of pesticide residue: From chemicals to synthetic biology38
Pangenome analysis of Enterobacteria reveals richness of secondary metabolite gene clusters and their associated gene sets38
Metabolic engineering of Glarea lozoyensis for high-level production of pneumocandin B037
Thank you Reviewers36
A hybrid RNA-protein biosensor for high-throughput screening of adenosylcobalamin biosynthesis36
Cost-effective hybrid long-short read assembly delineates alternative GC-rich Streptomyces hosts for natural product discovery34
Achieving robust synthetic tolerance in industrial E. coli through negative auto-regulation of a DsrA-Hfq module33
Microbial production of cis,cis-muconic acid from aromatic compounds in engineered Pseudomonas33
Transfer learning with pre-trained language models for protein expression level prediction in Escherichia coli33
Automated characterization and analysis of expression compatibility between regulatory sequences and metabolic genes in Escherichia coli31
Improving fidaxomicin production through ARTP mutagenesis and fermentation optimization in Actinoplanes deccanensis31
Integration of metabolic and evolutionary processes to construct efficient xylose-utilizing strain of Zymomonas mobilis for lignocellulosic ethanol production31
Single and multiplexed gene repression in solventogenic Clostridium via Cas12a-based CRISPR interference30
Morphology-engineered alleviation of mycelial aggregation in Streptomyces chassis for potentiated production of secondary metabolites30
Design and construction of microbial cell factories based on systems biology29
Systemically functional characterization of regiospecific flavonoid O-methyltransferases from Glycine max29
Synergistic engineering PETase reveals loop-region mutations for enhanced catalytic activity and thermal stability28
DIProT: A deep learning based interactive toolkit for efficient and effective Protein design28
Efficient production of 2′-fucosyllactose in unconventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica27
Regulating protein glycosylation modification enhances the synthesis of taxadiene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae27
Synergetic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient production of l-tyrosine25
Metabolic modulation of TCA cycle by S-nitrosylation in Monascus spp.25
Engineering Komagataella phaffii to biosynthesize cordycepin from methanol which drives global metabolic alterations at the transcription level25
Engineering riboflavin-overproducing Bacillus subtilis via pathway gene overexpression25
Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica to produce nutritional fatty acids: Current status and future perspectives25
Characterization of putative mannoprotein in Kluyveromyces lactis for lactase production24
Cofactor manipulation to drive biosynthesis of natural products24
Enhanced depolluting capabilities of microbial bioelectrochemical systems by synthetic biology24
CgVeA, a light signaling responsive regulator, is involved in regulation of chaetoglobosin A biosynthesis and conidia development in Chaetomium globosum23
WITHDRAWN: Recent Advances in the Microbial Synthesis of Human Hemoglobin23
Explore the dominant factor in prime editing via a view of DNA processing22
Assessing the physiological properties of baker's yeast based on single-cell Raman spectrum technology22
Design and thermodynamic analysis of a pathway enabling anaerobic production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate in Escherichia coli22
Engineering caveolin-mediated endocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae22
Engineering non-P450 3-hydroxylase for de novo synthesizes catechol-containing compounds in Escherichia coli21
Synthetic biotechnology for C1 bio-refinery21
Recombinant production of amaranthin and other betalain variants with yeast cell factories21
CRISPR/Cpf1–FOKI-induced gene editing in Gluconobacter oxydans20
A multifunctional switch for label-free CRISPR/Cas12a sensor with self-driven amplification19
Transcriptome analysis reveals methanol metabolism variations for the growth damage caused by overexpression of chimeric transactivators in Pichia pastoris19
Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins as an exogenously applied natural solution for prevention of postharvest fungal infections19
Identification of crucial roles of transcription factor IhfA on high production of free fatty acids in Escherichia coli19
Advances and perspectives in genetic expression and operation for the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica19
Systematic metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for efficient production of phytohormone abscisic acid19
From consultors to collaborators – An SOP for advancing ethics engagement in science19
Investigation of carbonyl amidation and O-methylation during biosynthesis of the pharmacophore pyridyl of antitumor piericidins18
Engineering an ATP-saving mevalonate pathway for high-efficiency S-(+)-linalool production in Serratia marcescens18
Malic enzyme-based system for transhydrogenation between nicotinamide cofactors18
Plant metabolism and synthetic biology18
Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for nervonic acid production by organelle compartmentalization and dynamic promoter coordination17
Engineered dual-fluorescence functional nucleic acid-based CRISPR/Cas12a biosensor for label-free ratiometric detection of site-specific DNA methylation17
A CRISPR/Cas9-based visual toolkit enabling multiplex integration at specific genomic loci in Aspergillus niger17
Engineering genetic elements for microbial protein expression systems: Advances, challenges, applications, and prospects17
CRISPR/Cas12a-based genome editing for cyanophage of Anabeana sp.17
Improvement of betanin biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering17
Metabolic engineering of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens for efficient production of α-glucosidase inhibitor1-deoxynojirimycin17
Way to efficient microbial paclitaxel mass production17
Development of multi-epitope mRNA vaccine against Clostridioides difficile using reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics approaches17
Engineering Rubisco to enhance CO2 utilization16
Biochemical synthesis of taxanes from mevalonate16
A systematic discussion and comparison of the construction methods of synthetic microbial community16
Designing a multi-epitope vaccine against Peptostreptococcus anaerobius based on an immunoinformatics approach16
Applications of protein engineering in the microbial synthesis of plant triterpenoids16
Conversion of acetate and glyoxylate to fumarate by a cell-free synthetic enzymatic biosystem15
Metabolic engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for de novo biosynthesis of hydroxycinnamoyl glycerols15
Engineering the thermostability of d-lyxose isomerase from Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus via multiple computer-aided rational design for efficient synthesis of d-mannose15
Topoisomerase II-Like variants enhance acid tolerance and low-pH l-malic acid biosynthesis in metabolic engineered Aspergillus nidulans15
Directed evolution of the fusion enzyme for improving astaxanthin biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae15
Transcriptome-wide analysis of PIP reductase gene family identified a phenylpropene synthase crucial for the biosynthesis of dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans in Schisandra chinensis14
EMT transcription factors activated circuits: A novel tool to study EMT dynamics and its therapeutic implications14
Integrated pathway engineering and transcriptome analysis for improved astaxanthin biosynthesis in Yarrowia lipolytica14
CO2-elevated cell-free protein synthesis14
Mechanistic insights into the orthogonal functionality of an AHL-mediated quorum-sensing circuit in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis14
Probing the growth and mechanical properties of Bacillus subtilis biofilms through genetic mutation strategies13
Programmable large-cargo integration: Overcoming size constraints for next-generation gene therapy13
Harnessing microbial heterogeneity for improved biosynthesis fueled by synthetic biology13
Laccase is a multitasking protein for synthetic gene circuits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae13
Synthetic biology techniques to tackle heavy metal pollution and poisoning13
Single carbon metabolism – A new paradigm for microbial bioprocesses?13
Engineering T7 RNA polymerase-cascaded systems controlled by nisin and theophylline for protein overexpression and targeted gene mutagenesis in Lactococcus lactis13
DNA storage: The future direction for medical cold data storage13
Systems metabolic engineering of dual pathways with stage-specific activation for high-level 5-aminolevulinic acid production in Escherichia coli13
A statistical approach to enhance the productivity of Streptomyces baarensis MH-133 for bioactive compounds12
Simulating androgen receptor selection in designer yeast12
Extending dynamic and operational range of the biosensor responding to l-carnitine by directed evolution12
Development of a green Komagataella phaffii cell factory for sustainable production of plant-derived sesquiterpene (–)-α-bisabolol12
Microbial synthesis of bacitracin: Recent progress, challenges, and prospects12
MTD: A cloud-based omics database and interactive platform for Myceliophthora thermophila12
ECMpy 2.0: A Python package for automated construction and analysis of enzyme-constrained models12
Genus-specific secondary metabolome in Allokutzneria and Kibdelosporangium12
Coordinated regulation of two LacI family regulators, GvmR and GvmR2, on guvermectin production in Streptomyces caniferus12
New dual functional CYP450 gene involves in isoflavone biosynthesis in Glycine max L.12
Developing safe and efficient CGBE editor based on Cas-embedding strategy11
Exploration and mutagenesis of the germacrene A synthase from Solidago canadensis to enhance germacrene A production in E. coli11
Biotransformation of ethylene glycol by engineered Escherichia coli11
Advances in the biosynthesis of tetraacetyl phytosphingosine, a key substrate of ceramides11
De novo biosynthesis of Asperosaponin VI in Saccharomyces cerevisiae11
Construction and application of high-quality genome-scale metabolic model of Zymomonas mobilis to guide rational design of microbial cell factories11
A combined strategy for the overproduction of complex ergot alkaloid agroclavine11
A novel CRISPR/Cas9 system with high genomic editing efficiency and recyclable auxotrophic selective marker for multiple-step metabolic rewriting in Pichia pastoris11
Systematic design and evaluation of artificial CO2 assimilation pathways11
Functions and optimization of soft law in the international governance of synthetic biology: The predicament of hard law vs. the rise of soft law11
A flexible, modular and versatile functional part assembly toolkit for gene cluster engineering in Streptomyces11
Identification, characterization, and application of an NADPH-dependent carbonyl reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae AS2.346 for improving production of (13R,17S)-ethyl secol11
CRISPRi-mediated multigene downregulating redirects the metabolic flux to spinosad biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora spinosa11
Decoupled tricarboxylic acid cycle and glycolysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum combined with acetate supply promote high-yield biosynthesis of l-homoserine11
Engineering ω-transaminase for efficient dihydroxyacetone transamination in serinol biosynthesis starting from methanol11
Advances in stress-tolerance elements for microbial cell factories10
The forced activation of asexual conidiation in Aspergillus niger simplifies bioproduction10
A smart gene circuit for precise regulation of tumor cell behavior10
Identification of neutral genome integration sites with high expression and high integration efficiency in Fusarium venenatum TB0110
Programming anti-ribozymes to sense trigger RNAs for modulating gene expression in mammalian cells10
Sequence and taxonomic feature evaluation facilitated the discovery of alcohol oxidases10
Enhancing 3-hydroxypropionic acid production from recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae for using rice straw hydrolysate and sugar cane industrial waste as substrate10
Cyanamide-inducible expression of homing nuclease I−SceI for selectable marker removal and promoter characterisation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae10
Competitive binding of TeXlnR and TeAmyR regulates cellulase production in Talaromyces endophyticus10
Translocation of subunit PPSE in plipastatin synthase and synthesis of novel lipopeptides10
Development of ultrasound-visualized tumor-targeting engineered bacteria for precise tumor therapy10
Engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum for the efficient production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glucose via the β-alanine pathway10
Screening of ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase and metabolic engineering to achieve de novo biosynthesis of ent-copalol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae10
Rapid detection of genotoxicity employing an engineered high-sensitivity and tight SOS-response biosensor in Escherichia coli MG165510
Development and application of synthetic biology tools for improved production of human breast milk components10
Enhancing abscisic acid production in Botrytis cinerea through metabolic engineering based on a constitutive promoter library10
Engineered probiotic-mediated intratumoral delivery and controlled release of bacterial collagenase for cancer therapy9
Enhanced triacylglycerol metabolism contributes to the efficient biosynthesis of spinosad in Saccharopolyspora spinosa9
Regulatory mechanisms of dopamine metabolism in a marine Meyerozyma guilliermondii GXDK6 under NaCl stress as revealed by integrative multi-omics analysis9
Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for high-level β-elemene production via combinatorial metabolic strategies9
Improving pathway prediction accuracy of constraints-based metabolic network models by treating enzymes as microcompartments9
CRISPR/Cas9-based iterative multi-copy integration for improved metabolite yields in Saccharomyces cerevisiae9
Corrigendum to “Improving cooperativity of transcription activators by oligomerization domains in mammalian cells” [Synth Syst Biotechnol 8 (1) (2023) 114–120]9
Enhanced PrrAB system activation and restricted farnesyl pyrophosphate diversion underlie high coenzyme Q10 accumulation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides HY019
De novo synthesis of L-2-aminobutyric acid in Escherichia coli based on multi-layered metabolic engineering strategies9
Filamentous morphology engineering of bacteria by iron metabolism modulation through MagR expression9
Efficient production of astaxanthin in Yarrowia lipolytica through metabolic and enzyme engineering9
Multi-gene Co-expression systems in E. coli: From single-vector designs to programmable expression platforms9
Regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis: A review on regulatory mechanism and applications in synthetic biology9
Outside Front Cover9
Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica as a yeast cell factory for the de novo production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)8
System-level characterization of engineered and evolved formatotrophic E. coli strains8
Nitric oxide synthase-guided genome mining identifies a cytochrome P450 enzyme for olefin nitration in bacterial specialized metabolism8
CRISPR-based synthetic biology toolkit development in Candida viswanthii and functional analysis of the stress responsive Ena1-like protein8
A new paradigm for the regulation of A40926B0 biosynthesis8
Minimizing endogenous cryptic plasmids to construct antibiotic-free expression systems for Escherichia coli Nissle 19178
High-efficiency patatin expression strategies in Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris): Expression cassette toolbox and regulation of protein secretion8
A two-stage metabolome refining pipeline for natural products discovery8
Facilitating stable gene integration expression and copy number amplification in Bacillus subtilis through a reversible homologous recombination switch8
Highly biased DNA sequence reconstruction in DNA storage with multi-scale attention mechanism and contrast learning8
Integrative analysis of transcriptome and metabolome reveals the effect of DNA methylation of chalcone isomerase gene in promoter region on Lithocarpus polystachyus Rehd flavonoids8
Outside Front Cover8
Enhancing substrate specificity of microbial transglutaminase for precise nanobody labeling8
Sequence and thermodynamic characteristics of terminators revealed by FlowSeq and the discrimination of terminators strength8
Identification of a novel multifunctional oxidosqualene cyclase from Zea mays sheds light on the biosynthetic pathway of three pentacyclic triterpenoids8
CRISPR-Cas9-based one-step multiplexed genome editing through optimizing guide RNA processing strategies in Pichia pastoris8
Outside Front Cover8
Thank you Reviewers list8
Engineering transcriptional regulatory networks for improving second-generation fuel ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae8
Biomanufacturing of γ-linolenic acid-enriched galactosyldiacylglycerols: Challenges in microalgae and potential in oleaginous yeasts8
Enhanced chlorogenic acid production from glucose via systematic metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae7
Constructing an artificial short route for cell-free biosynthesis of the phenethylisoquinoline scaffold7
Artificial multi-enzyme cascades and whole-cell transformation for bioconversion of C1 compounds: Advances, challenge and perspectives7
Construction of microbial chassis for terpenoid discovery7
Decoding metabolic trade-offs in Halomonas elongata: Chemostat-based flux remodeling for industrial ectoine biosynthesis7
Modulating ion channels with nanobodies7
Efficient fatty acid synthesis from methanol in methylotrophic yeast7
High-level production of vitamin K2 in Escherichia coli via modular molecular engineering7
Rational construction of genome-minimized Streptomyces host for the expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters7
Network of nicotinamide mononucleotide biosynthesis: substrate tracking, rate-limiting enzyme, and regulatory strategy7
Multi-modular metabolic engineering of heme synthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum7
Thank you Reviewers7
Acarbose glycosylation by AcbE for the production of acarstatins with enhanced α-amylase inhibitory activity7
Alleviating glucose repression and enhancing respiratory capacity to increase itaconic acid production7
Systems metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for efficient l-tryptophan production7
Construction of an engineered Escherichia coli for effective synthesis of 2′-fucosyllactose via the salvage pathway7
Engineering of plant-derived P450scc for de novo biosynthesis of pregnenolone7
AmXlnR, a transcription factor involved in xylan degradation and pentose catabolism, enhances pullulan production from xylose in Aureobasidium melanogenum7
Analyzing and engineering of the biosynthetic pathway of mollemycin A for enhancing its production7
Biosensor-assisted CRISPRi high-throughput screening to identify genetic targets in Zymomonas mobilis for high d-lactate production7
Efficient secretory expression of phospholipase D for the high-yield production of phosphatidylserine and phospholipid derivates from soybean lecithin6
Design and engineering of logic genetic-enzymatic gates based on the activity of the human CYP2C9 enzyme in permeabilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells6
Recent progress in engineering Clostridium autoethanogenum to synthesize the biochemicals and biocommodities6
Editorial for “Biointelligent manufacturing in Memorium of Arnold (Arny) L. Demain”6
Overexpression of arginase gene CAR1 renders yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae acetic acid tolerance6
iCASRED, a scarless DNA editing tool in E. coli for high-efficiency engineering of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters6
Biosynthesis of trialkyl-substituted aromatic polyketide NFAT-133 involves unusual P450 monooxygenase-mediating aromatization and a putative metallo-beta-lactamase fold hydrolase6
High-level production of free fatty acids from lignocellulose hydrolysate by co-utilizing glucose and xylose in yeast6
Enhancement of polymyxin B1 production by an artificial microbial consortium of Paenibacillus polymyxa and recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum producing precursor amino acids6
Expanding catalytic promiscuity of a bifunctional terpene synthase through a single mutation-induced change in hydrogen-bond network within the catalytic pocket6
Enhancing levan biosynthesis by destroying the strongly acidic environment caused by membrane-bound glucose dehydrogenase (mGDH) in Gluconobacter sp. MP21166
Efficient trans-aconitic acid production using systematically metabolic engineered Escherichia coli6
Harnessing synthetic biology for tetraterpenoid astaxanthin production: Recent advances and challenges6
Combined metabolic and enzymatic engineering for de novo biosynthesis of δ-tocotrienol in Yarrowia lipolytica6
Biosynthesis of Lacto-N-biose I from starch and N-acetylglucosamine via an in vitro synthetic enzymatic biosystem6
Efficient stereoselective hydroxylation of deoxycholic acid by the robust whole-cell cytochrome P450 CYP107D1 biocatalyst6
Deletion of COM donor and acceptor domains and the interaction between modules in bacillomycin D produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens6
T7 RNA polymerase-guided base editor for accelerated continuous evolution in Bacillus subtilis6
Combinatorial engineering of enzyme and pathway for efficient β-farnesene bioproduction in Yarrowia lipolytica6
Design and mathematical analysis of activating transcriptional amplifiers that enable modular temporal control in synthetic juxtacrine circuits6
Development of a suite of activatable plant synthetic promoter systems using a bacterial LysR-type transcriptional regulator FdeR6
Thank you Reviewers6
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for squalene overproduction6
Truncation of LPD1 promoter and adaptive evolution increase cytosolic acetyl-CoA supply in yeast6
Discovering the next decade's synthetic biology research trends with ChatGPT6
Polyhydroxyalkanoate production during electroactive biofilm formation and stabilization in wetland microbial fuel cells for petroleum hydrocarbon bioconversion6
Current state and future perspectives of cytochrome P450 enzymes for C–H and C=C oxygenation6
Advances in adaptive laboratory evolution applications for Escherichia coli6
Machine learning-assisted rational design and evolution of novel signal peptides in Yarrowia lipolytica6
Stepwise increase of fidaxomicin in an engineered heterologous host Streptomyces albus through multi-level metabolic engineering6
Enzyme and cofactor engineering to increase d-xylonate dehydratase activity for improved d-1,2,4-butanetriol production from d-xylose5
Metabolic engineering of an industrial bacterium Zymomonas mobilis for anaerobic l-serine production5
Design principles for optogenetic-based targeted protein degradation5
Functional characterization of triterpene synthases in Cibotium barometz5
Biodegradation of combined pollutants of polyethylene terephthalate and phthalate esters by esterase-integrated Pseudomonas sp. JY-Q with surface-co-displayed PETase and MHETase5
Antibacterial activity and mechanism of X33 antimicrobial oligopeptide against Acinetobacter baumannii5
Improving solubility and copy number of taxadiene synthase to enhance the titer of taxadiene in Yarrowia lipolytica5
SPIN-guided engineering of a novel (R)-amine transaminase from Fusarium albosuccineum for enantioselective synthesis of chiral piperidyl amines5
Corrigendum to “Aptamer-based cell-free detection system to detect target protein” [Synth Syst Biotechnol 6 (3) (2021) 209–215]5
Engineered microorganisms: A new direction in kidney stone prevention and treatment5
Origin and evolution of the main starch biosynthetic enzymes5
Advance of tolerance engineering on microbes for industrial production5
Efficient biosynthesis of creatine by whole-cell catalysis from guanidinoacetic acid in Corynebacterium glutamicum5
Mechanisms and biotechnological applications of transcription factors5
Enhanced vitamin B6 production in engineered Escherichia coli via restricted mix-carbon feeding and pressure-controlled fermentation5
Outside Front Cover5
Efficient production of hydroxysalidroside in Escherichia coli via enhanced glycosylation and semi-rational design of UGT85A15
Gene knockdown by structure defined single-stem loop small non-coding RNAs with programmable regulatory activities5
Engineering artificial cross-species promoters with different transcriptional strengths5
Multi-omics elucidation of resource allocation for enhanced ethanol production via precise glucose control in anaerobic Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation5
Improving cooperativity of transcription activators by oligomerization domains in mammalian cells5
dTSR enables efficient improvement of heterologous production of spinosad in Saccharopolyspora erythraea5
Engineering the cytochrome P450 to enhance parthenolide production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae5
A near-infrared ratio fluorescent probe achieves mitochondrial hydrogen polysulfide imaging for monitoring ferroptosis in arthritis5
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