Cyanobacteria: promising biocatalysts for sustainable chemical production

CJ Knoot, J Ungerer, PP Wangikar… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes showing great promise as biocatalysts for the
direct conversion of CO 2 into fuels, chemicals, and other value-added products. Introduction …

Tailoring cyanobacterial cell factory for improved industrial properties

G Luan, X Lu - Biotechnology Advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic biomanufacturing provides a promising solution for sustainable production of
biofuels and biochemicals. Cyanobacteria are among the most promising microbial …

Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Au–Cyanobacteria Hybrid for Solar to Chemical Production

Q Hu, H Hu, L Cui, Z Li, D Svedruzic… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The rise of inorganic–biohybrid organisms for solar-to-chemical production has spurred
mechanistic investigations into the dynamics of the biotic–abiotic interface to drive the …

Improved CO2-derived polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by engineering fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 for potential …

H Roh, JS Lee, HI Choi, YJ Sung, SY Choi… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial application of cyanobacterial poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from CO 2
is currently challenged by slow growth rate and low photoautotrophic PHB productivity of …

CRISPRi-dCas12a: a dCas12a-mediated CRISPR interference for repression of multiple genes and metabolic engineering in cyanobacteria

SY Choi, HM Woo - ACS synthetic biology, 2020 - ACS Publications
In cyanobacteria, metabolic engineering using synthetic biology tools is limited to build a
biosolar cell factory that converts CO2 to value-added chemicals, as repression of essential …

Progress and perspective on cyanobacterial glycogen metabolism engineering

G Luan, S Zhang, M Wang, X Lu - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
As important oxygenic photoautotrophs, cyanobacteria are also generally considered as one
of the most promising microbial chassis for photosynthetic biomanufacturing. Diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 for poly-β-hydroxybutyrate overproduction

R Carpine, W Du, G Olivieri, A Pollio, KJ Hellingwerf… - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
The biosynthesis of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) directly from carbon dioxide is a
sustainable alternative for non-renewable, petroleum-based polymer production …

Artificial carbon assimilation: From unnatural reactions and pathways to synthetic autotrophic systems

X Yang, Y Zhang, G Zhao - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology is being increasingly used to establish novel carbon assimilation pathways
and artificial autotrophic strains that can be used in low-carbon biomanufacturing. Currently …

Photosynthetic conversion of CO2 to farnesyl diphosphate-derived phytochemicals (amorpha-4,11-diene and squalene) by engineered cyanobacteria

SY Choi, HJ Lee, J Choi, J Kim, SJ Sim, Y Um… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Background Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria has enabled photosynthetic conversion
of CO 2 to value-added chemicals as bio-solar cell factories. However, the production levels …

Solar-to-chemical and solar-to-fuel production from CO2 by metabolically engineered microorganisms

HM Woo - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Development of solar-to-chemical and solar-to-fuel production platforms with
bacteria.•Applying CRISPR-Cas9 system to cyanobacteria for solar-to-chemical …