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Scientists at Kobe University engineered E. coli to produce orsellinic acid, a medicinal compound, at 40 times the previous yield, marking a major advance in synthetic biology and drug development.
Researchers at Kobe University have engineered E. coli to produce orsellinic acid, a compound from rhododendrons with potential medical uses, achieving a yield of 202 mg per liter—40 times higher than before.
This marks the first successful microbial production of the compound and demonstrates the reconstruction of a complex plant-based pathway in bacteria.
The team also produced grifolic acid, a related therapeutic compound, though yields remain low.
The breakthrough offers a scalable method to overcome supply challenges for natural product drugs, advancing synthetic biology and drug development.
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Científicos de la Universidad de Kobe diseñaron E. coli para producir ácido orsellínico, un compuesto medicinal, a 40 veces el rendimiento anterior, marcando un gran avance en biología sintética y desarrollo de fármacos.