Role of carboxysomes in cyanobacterial CO2 assimilation: CO2 concentrating mechanisms and metabolon implications

CA Huffine, R Zhao, YJ Tang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many carbon‐fixing organisms have evolved CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) to
enhance the delivery of CO2 to RuBisCO, while minimizing reactions with the competitive …

Engineering microalgae: transition from empirical design to programmable cells

Y Lu, X Zhang, H Lin, A Melis - Algal Biotechnology, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Domesticated microalgae hold great promise for the sustainable provision of various
bioresources for human domestic and industrial consumption. Efforts to exploit their potential …

Global metabolic rewiring for improved CO2 fixation and chemical production in cyanobacteria

M Kanno, AL Carroll, S Atsumi - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
Cyanobacteria have attracted much attention as hosts to recycle CO2 into valuable
chemicals. Although cyanobacteria have been engineered to produce various compounds …

Quantitative insights into the cyanobacterial cell economy

T Zavřel, M Faizi, C Loureiro, G Poschmann, K Stühler… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Phototrophic microorganisms are promising resources for green biotechnology. Compared
to heterotrophic microorganisms, however, the cellular economy of phototrophic growth is …

Deciphering cyanobacterial phenotypes for fast photoautotrophic growth via isotopically nonstationary metabolic flux analysis

MH Abernathy, J Yu, F Ma, M Liberton, J Ungerer… - Biotechnology for …, 2017 - Springer
Background Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 is the fastest growing cyanobacterium
characterized to date. Its genome was found to be 99.8% identical to S. elongatus 7942 yet it …

Life cycle of a cyanobacterial carboxysome

NC Hill, JW Tay, S Altus, DM Bortz, JC Cameron - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Carboxysomes, prototypical bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) found in cyanobacteria,
are large (~ 1 GDa) and essential protein complexes that enhance CO2 fixation. While …

Single-Stage Astaxanthin Production Enhances the Nonmevalonate Pathway and Photosynthetic Central Metabolism in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

T Hasunuma, A Takaki, M Matsuda, Y Kato… - ACS synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The natural pigment astaxanthin is widely used in aquaculture, pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical, and cosmetic industries due to superior antioxidant properties. The green alga …

Current metabolic engineering strategies for photosynthetic bioproduction in cyanobacteria

A Satta, L Esquirol, BE Ebert - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic microorganisms capable of using solar energy to convert
CO2 and H2O into O2 and energy-rich organic compounds, thus enabling sustainable …

A flexible microbial co-culture platform for simultaneous utilization of methane and carbon dioxide from gas feedstocks

EA Hill, WB Chrisler, AS Beliaev, HC Bernstein - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
A new co-cultivation technology is presented that converts greenhouse gasses, CH 4 and
CO 2, into microbial biomass. The methanotrophic bacterium, Methylomicrobium …

Engineering biology approaches for food and nutrient production by cyanobacteria

D Liu, M Liberton, JI Hendry… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
As photoautotrophic organisms, cyanobacteria capture and store solar energy in the form of
biomass. Cyanobacterial biomass has been an important component of diet and nutrition in …