Rational Metabolic Engineering

GenomeCraft offers an array of proprietary computational services for the maximization of the biosynthetic production of a desired compound. Theses services include:

  • Host suitability selection
  • Host pathway design, including assessment and minimization for the toxicity potential of the design
  • Network optimization by identifying and reducing flux through competing pathways
  • Identification of key genes within a pathway that are non-redundant and minimize toxicity effects of internal metabolites (optimal MAGE targets)

Besides computational approaches GenomeCraft partners with third parties to provide mutant library-based experimental approaches to:

  • Experimentally select for gene knockouts that show target metabolite buildup
  • Enhance genetic stability of designed strains