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Photosynthetic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Oleochemicals by Cyanobacteria: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

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Wang, Li, Chen, Liyuan, Yang, Shihui, Tan, Xiaoming·2020·Frontiers in Microbiology

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Sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals has been broadly accepted as a solution to lower carbon dioxide emissions. Besides being used as lubricants or detergents, oleochemicals are also attractive biofuels as they are compatible with existing transport infrastructures. Cyanobacteria are autotrophic prokaryotes possessing photosynthetic abilities with mature genetic manipulation systems. Through the introduction of exogenous or the modification of intrinsic metabolic pathways, cyanobacteria have been engineered to produce various bio-chemicals and biofuels over the past decade. In this review, we specifically summarize recent progress on photosynthetic production of fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty alk(a/e)nes, and fatty acid esters by genetically engineered cyanobacteria. We also summarize recent reports on fatty acid and lipid metabolisms of cyanobacteria and provide perspectives for economic cyanobacterial oleochemical production in the future.

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Authors
Wang, L., Chen, L., Yang, S., & Tan, X.
Affiliations
State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Yang, Shihui
  • Tan, Xiaoming
Venue
Frontiers in Microbiology
Published
2020-04-17
Volume
11
Pages
634-634
ISSN
1664-302X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3016611998
Cited by
42
References
118
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2
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0.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Microbiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (2018YFC1801200, 31871303, U1932141, 21978071)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASKLB201802)
  • State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology (2018FB09)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1801200)
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 › Biochemistry › Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Keywords
cyanobacteria, oleochemicals, biofuels, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty acid esters, metabolic engineering, lipid metabolism, genetically engineered cyanobacteria

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