Metabolic Engineering
is a new approach to
understanding and using
metabolic processes. As the name implies, ME is the targeted and
purposeful alteration of metabolic pathways found in an organism in
order to better understand and use cellular pathways for
chemical
transformation, energy transduction, and supramolecular assembly.
Knowledge acquired from this research will benefit society in a number
of ways, including the ability to modify biological pathways to produce
biological substitutes for less desirable chemical processes; allowing
greater agricultural production, permitting more efficient and safer
energy production, and; providing better understanding of the metabolic
basis for some medical conditions that could assist in the development
of new cures.
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