Development of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a Phototrophic Cell Factory

Y Yu, L You, D Liu, W Hollinshead, YJ Tang, F Zhang - Marine drugs, 2013 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) play profound roles in ecology and biogeochemistry. One
model cyanobacterial species is the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC …

Function and Regulation of Ferredoxins in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis PCC6803: Recent Advances

C Cassier-Chauvat, F Chauvat - Life, 2014 - mdpi.com
Ferredoxins (Fed), occurring in most organisms, are small proteins that use their iron-sulfur
cluster to distribute electrons to various metabolic pathways, likely including hydrogen …

Quantitative iTRAQ LC–MS/MS Proteomics Reveals Metabolic Responses to Biofuel Ethanol in Cyanobacterial Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

J Qiao, J Wang, L Chen, X Tian, S Huang… - Journal of proteome …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Recent progress in metabolic engineering has led to autotrophic production of ethanol in
various cyanobacterial hosts. However, cyanobacteria are known to be sensitive to ethanol …

Essential Role of Glutathione in Acclimation to Environmental and Redox Perturbations in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

JC Cameron, HB Pakrasi - Plant physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Glutathione, a nonribosomal thiol tripeptide, has been shown to be critical for many
processes in plants. Much less is known about the roles of glutathione in cyanobacteria …

Proteome-wide light/dark modulation of thiol oxidation in cyanobacteria revealed by quantitative site-specific redox proteomics

J Guo, AY Nguyen, Z Dai, D Su, MJ Gaffrey… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2014 - ASBMB
Reversible protein thiol oxidation is an essential regulatory mechanism of photosynthesis,
metabolism, and gene expression in photosynthetic organisms. Herein, we present …

Global proteomics reveal an atypical strategy for carbon/nitrogen assimilation by a cyanobacterium under diverse environmental perturbations

KM Wegener, AK Singh, JM Jacobs, T Elvitigala… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2010 - ASBMB
Cyanobacteria, the only prokaryotes capable of oxygenic photosynthesis, are present in
diverse ecological niches and play crucial roles in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. To …

Fine-tuning of photoautotrophic protein production by combining promoters and neutral sites in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

AH Ng, BM Berla, HB Pakrasi - Applied and environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic cell factories that use solar energy to convert CO2 into
useful products. Despite this attractive feature, the development of tools for engineering …

Transcript level coordination of carbon pathways during silicon starvation‐induced lipid accumulation in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

SR Smith, C Glé, RM Abbriano, JC Traller… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are one of the most productive and successful photosynthetic taxa on Earth and
possess attributes such as rapid growth rates and production of lipids, making them …

Complementary iTRAQ proteomics and RNA-seq transcriptomics reveal multiple levels of regulation in response to nitrogen starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

S Huang, L Chen, R Te, J Qiao, J Wang… - Molecular …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Sequential adaptation to environmental stress needs complex regulation at different cellular
levels in cyanobacteria. To uncover the regulatory mechanism in response to nitrogen …

Cyanobacteria as photosynthetic biocatalysts: a systems biology perspective

S Gudmundsson, J Nogales - Molecular BioSystems, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing need to replace oil-based products and to address global climate change
concerns has triggered considerable interest in photosynthetic microorganisms …