Impact of the Synthetic Scaffold Strategy on the Metabolic Pathway Engineering

Abstract

For the development of the efficient bio-refinery process or biochemical producer, metabolic engineering has become an attractive choice recently. However, engineered metabolic pathways often suffer from flux imbalances due to a lack of corresponding regulatory mechanisms associated with natural metabolism. The interaction among different enzymes within a metabolic pathway plays an important role in regulating the efficiency of metabolic processes. Consequently, the creation of protein scaffolds has helped with the spatial co-localization of proteins in metabolic engineering. Research on protein scaffolds indicated scaffold systems may enhance metabolic productivity further. In this review, the specificity, selectivity, and regulatory mechanisms of protein-protein interactions are discussed in the context of the important effects that they exert on various biological processes.