Synthetic metabolic pathways for ethylene glycol assimilation outperform natural counterparts
Michelle Feigis, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan
This study compares synthetic and natural metabolic pathways for ethylene glycol assimilation, finding synthetic pathways offer higher thermodynamic driving forces and yields but natural pathways are more orthogonal to central metabolism.
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering