Photosystem II is the water-oxidizing and O2-evolving enzyme of photosynthesis. How and
when this remarkable enzyme arose are fundamental questions in the history of life that …

The enhanced industrial growth and higher living standards owing to the incessant
population growth have caused heightened production of various chemicals in different …

Biomanufacturing of ethylene is particularly important for modern society. Cyanobacterial
cells are able to photosynthesize various valuable chemicals. A promising platform for next …

Deciphering gene function is fundamental to engineering of microbiology. The clustered
regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system has been adapted for …

Salt stress is one of the essential abiotic stresses for the survival of cyanobacteria. However,
the realization of large-scale cultivation of cyanobacteria is inseparable from the utilization of …

]. Innovations in using this abundant natural resource have profoundly impacted the
advancement of human civilization. Two million years ago, humans first learned to set fire …

Mid-to-long-chain dicarboxylic acids (DCA i, i≥ 6) are organic compounds in which two
carboxylic acid functional groups are present at the terminal position of the carbon chain …

Phenylalanine, as an essential aromatic amino acid, is not only needed for protein and vital
molecules such as neurotransmitter and hormone synthesis but also a substrate for the …

Photosynthetic microorganisms, such as cyanobacteria and microalgae, have great potential
as living cell factories for chemical and fuel production. Immobilisation of cells is an effective …

Carbon-flow-regulator A (CfrA) adapts carbon flux to nitrogen conditions in nondiazotrophic
cyanobacteria. Under nitrogen deficiency, CfrA leads to the storage of excess carbon, which …