https://cnas.ucr.edu/ en https://cnas.ucr.edu/media/2020/12/04/understanding-bacterias-metabolism-could-improve-biofuel-production <span>Understanding bacteria’s metabolism could improve biofuel production</span> <span><span>ilseu</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-12-07T08:28:41-08:00" title="Monday, December 7, 2020 - 08:28">Mon, 12/07/2020 - 08:28</time> </span> <a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/in-the-media">More CNAS in the Media</a> Staff | Green Car Congress <time datetime="2020-12-04T12:00:00Z">December 04, 2020</time> <p>GREEN CAR CONGRESS - Researchers at UC Riverside and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have&nbsp;<a href="https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/12/03/understanding-bacterias-metabolism-could-improve-biofuel-production">used</a>&nbsp;mathematical and computational modeling, artificial intelligence algorithms and experiments showing that bacteria have failsafe mechanisms preventing them from producing too many metabolic intermediates.</p> <p>Metabolic intermediates are the chemicals that couple each reaction to one another in metabolism. Key to these control mechanisms are enzymes, which speed up chemical reactions involved in biological functions such as growth and energy production. The insight could lead to organisms that are more efficient at converting plants into biofuels. The open-access study appears in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of the Royal Society Interface</em>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/department-mathematics" hreflang="en">Department of Mathematics</a></div> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/william-cannon" hreflang="en">William Cannon</a></div> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/mark-alber" hreflang="en">Mark Alber</a></div> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/bacteria" hreflang="en">Bacteria</a></div> <div><a href="https://cnas.ucr.edu/tags/biofuel" hreflang="en">Biofuel</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://cnas.ucr.edu/media/2020/12/04/understanding-bacterias-metabolism-could-improve-biofuel-production" data-a2a-title="Understanding bacteria’s metabolism could improve biofuel production"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fcnas.ucr.edu%2Fmedia%2F2020%2F12%2F04%2Funderstanding-bacterias-metabolism-could-improve-biofuel-production&amp;title=Understanding%20bacteria%E2%80%99s%20metabolism%20could%20improve%20biofuel%20production"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; const targetContainer = document.querySelector('.a2a_kit.addtoany_list'); if (!targetContainer) return; const addClassToLabels = () => { const labels = targetContainer.querySelectorAll('.a2a_label'); if (labels.length > 0) { labels.forEach(label => { if (!label.classList.contains(customClassName)) { label.classList.add(customClassName); } }); console.log('Successfully applied show-for-sr class to AddToAny labels.'); return true; } return false; }; const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true }; const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => { if (addClassToLabels()) { observer.disconnect(); } }); if (!addClassToLabels()) { observer.observe(targetContainer, observerConfig); } })(); </script> Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:28:41 +0000 ilseu 2491 at https://cnas.ucr.edu