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Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the synthesis of commodity products
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Through metabolic engineering cyanobacteria can be employed in biotechnology. Combining the capacity for oxygenic photosynthesis and carbon fixation with an engineered metabolic pathway allows carbon-based product formation from CO(2), light, and water directly. Such cyanobacterial 'cell factories' are constructed to produce biofuels, bioplastics, and commodity chemicals. Efforts of metabolic engineers and synthetic biologists allow the modification of the intermediary metabolism at various branching points, expanding the product range. The new biosynthesis routes 'tap' the metabolism ever more efficiently, particularly through the engineering of driving forces and utilization of cofactors generated during the light reactions of photosynthesis, resulting in higher product titers. High rates of carbon rechanneling ultimately allow an almost-complete allocation of fixed carbon to product above biomass.
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- Authors
- Angermayr, S. A., Gorchs Rovira, A., & Hellingwerf, K. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Hellingwerf, Klaas J.
- Venue
- Trends in Biotechnology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-06
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 352-361
- ISSN
- 0167-7799 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2134069782
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- 3.52
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Keywords
- cyanobacteria, metabolic engineering, cell factories, biofuels, bioplastics, commodity chemicals, photosynthetic carbon fixation, oxygenic photosynthesis, metabolic pathway engineering, product titer
- MeSH terms
- Cyanobacteria, Biotechnology, Carbon Dioxide, Humans, Light, Photosynthesis, Plastics, Biomass, Biofuels, Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering
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