Described herein are engineered cells including ones having synthetic methylotrophy which include an NADH-dependent
enzyme capable of converting G3P to 3PG (e.g., B. methanolicus gapN) and / or
fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, along with hexulose-6-
phosphate synthase, 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase, a phosphoketolase, or a combination thereof. Engineered cells of the disclosure beneficially maintain adequate
pool sizes of phosphorylated C3 and / or C4 compounds, and / or provide increased levels of NADPH. As such, the modifications allow for the generation of C6 compounds from C1 (e.g., a
methanol feedstod) and C5 compounds, the regeneration of C5 compounds from C6 compounds by carbon rearrangement, and an
improved balance between regeneration of C5 compounds and lower
glycolysis. In turn, this allows the engineered
microorganism to generate sufficient quantities of metabolic precursors (e.g., acetyl-CoA) which can be used in a bioproduct pathway, and the engineered cells can include further modifications to those pathway enzymes allowing for production of a desired bioproduct.