{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Kim J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Regulation of metabolic gene expression is crucial for maximizing bioproduction titers. Recent engineering tools including CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPR interference (CRISPRi), and CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) have enabled effective knock-out, knock-down, and overexpression of endogenous pathway genes, respectively, for advanced strain engineering. CRISPRi in particular has emerged as a powerful tool for gene repression through the use of a deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) protein and target guide RNA (gRNA). By constructing gRNA arrays, CRISPRi has the capacity for multiplexed gene downregulation across multiple orthogonal pathways for enhanced bioproduction titers. In this study, we harnessed CRISPRi to downregulate 32 essential and non-essential genes in <i>E. coli</i> strains heterologously expressing ei"],"journal":["Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology"],"pagination":["1296132"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10659101"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Enhancing isoprenol production by systematically tuning metabolic pathways using CRISPR interference in <i>E. coli</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC10659101"],"pubmed_authors":["Kim J","Lee TS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Enhancing isoprenol production by systematically tuning metabolic pathways using CRISPR interference in <i>E. coli</i>.","description":"Regulation of metabolic gene expression is crucial for maximizing bioproduction titers. Recent engineering tools including CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPR interference (CRISPRi), and CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) have enabled effective knock-out, knock-down, and overexpression of endogenous pathway genes, respectively, for advanced strain engineering. CRISPRi in particular has emerged as a powerful tool for gene repression through the use of a deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) protein and target guide RNA (gRNA). By constructing gRNA arrays, CRISPRi has the capacity for multiplexed gene downregulation across multiple orthogonal pathways for enhanced bioproduction titers. In this study, we harnessed CRISPRi to downregulate 32 essential and non-essential genes in <i>E. coli</i> strains heterologously expressing ei","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-04T09:13:32.078Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:52:38.332Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10659101","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38026852"],"doi":["10.3389/fbioe.2023.1296132"]}}