Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies for producing high-value natural pigments in Microalgae

K Cao, Y Cui, F Sun, H Zhang, J Fan, B Ge, Y Cao… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae are microorganisms capable of producing bioactive compounds using
photosynthesis. Microalgae contain a variety of high value-added natural pigments such as …

Challenges and advances towards the rational design of microalgal synthetic promoters in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

A Milito, M Aschern, JL McQuillan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microalgae hold enormous potential to provide a safe and sustainable source of high-value
compounds, acting as carbon-fixing biofactories that could help to mitigate rapidly …

Harnessing genetic engineering to drive economic bioproduct production in algae

A Gupta, K Kang, R Pathania, L Saxton… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Our reliance on agriculture for sustenance, healthcare, and resources has been essential
since the dawn of civilization. However, traditional agricultural practices are no longer …

Optimized production of a bioactive human recombinant protein from the microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii grown at high density in a fed-batch bioreactor

Y Torres-Tiji, FJ Fields, Y Yang, V Heredia, SJ Horn… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been identified as an alternative platform to produce high-quality biomass
and subsequent bioproducts, such as foods, feeds, nutritional supplements, recombinant …

Immunomodulatory compounds from the sea: From the origins to a modern marine pharmacopoeia

EA Cutolo, R Campitiello, R Caferri, VF Pagliuca, J Li… - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
From sea shores to the abysses of the deep ocean, marine ecosystems have provided
humanity with valuable medicinal resources. The use of marine organisms is discussed in …

The Clinical Promise of Microalgae in Rheumatoid Arthritis: From Natural Compounds to Recombinant Therapeutics

EA Cutolo, R Caferri, R Campitiello, M Cutolo - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an invalidating chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by
joint inflammation and progressive bone damage. Dietary intervention is an important …

Harnessing light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b‐binding proteins for multiple abiotic stress tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Insights from genomic and …

A Raza, Y Li, HM Rizwan, A Khan, Y Peng… - Physiologia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b‐binding proteins (LHC) of photosystem II perform key
functions in various processes, eg, photosynthesis, development, and abiotic stress …

Characterization of activating cis‐regulatory elements from the histone genes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Y Lihanova, R Nagel, T Jakob, S Sasso - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes is controlled by cis‐regulatory modules
(CRMs). A major class of CRMs are enhancers which are composed of activating cis …

Proteomic analysis reveals molecular changes following genetic engineering in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

L Barolo, RM Abbriano, AS Commault, MP Padula… - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is gaining recognition as a promising expression system for the
production of recombinant proteins. However, its performance as a cellular biofactory …

[HTML][HTML] Design and synthesis of synthetic promoters for consistency of gene expression across growth phases and scale in S. cerevisiae

KV Presnell, O Melhem, SM Coleman, NJ Morse… - Synthetic and Systems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology endeavors benefit from promoters that perform
consistently (or robustly) with respect to cellular growth phase (exponential and stationary) …