Current knowledge and recent advances in understanding metabolism of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Glycolytic Shunts Replenish the Calvin–Benson–Bassham Cycle as Anaplerotic Reactions in Cyanobacteria

(2020) Alexander Makowka et al.   Molecular Plant

A suicide enzyme catalyzes multiple reactions for biotin biosynthesis in cyanobacteria

(2020) Kei Sakaki et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

FtsW is a peptidoglycan polymerase that is functional only in complex with its cognate penicillin-binding protein

(2019) Atsushi Taguchi et al.   Nature Microbiology

CyanoGate: A modular cloning suite for engineering cyanobacteria based on the plant MoClo syntax

(2019) Ravendran Vasudevan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The y-ome defines the 35% of Escherichia coli genes that lack experimental evidence of function

(2019) Sankha Ghatak et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Mg2+ homeostasis and transport in cyanobacteria – at the crossroads of bacterial and chloroplast Mg2+ import

(2019) Anne-Christin Pohland et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

PHB is Produced from Glycogen Turn-over during Nitrogen Starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2019) Moritz Koch et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Mechanistic understanding of photorespiration paves the way to a new green revolution

(2019) Marion Eisenhut et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Citrate synthase from Synechocystis is a distinct class of bacterial citrate synthase

(2019) Shoki Ito et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochemical characterisation of fumarase C from a unicellular cyanobacterium demonstrating its substrate affinity, altered by an amino acid substitution

(2019) Noriaki Katayama et al.   Scientific Reports

A class I fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase is associated with salt stress tolerance in a halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418

(2019) Tanutcha Patipong et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Genomics of Urea Transport and Catabolism in Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications

(2019) Théo Veaudor et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Physiological Significance of NAD Kinases in Cyanobacteria

(2019) Yuuma Ishikawa et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Emerging Species and Genome Editing Tools: Future Prospects in Cyanobacterial Synthetic Biology

(2019) Grant A. R. Gale et al.   Microorganisms

Proteome Mapping of a Cyanobacterium Reveals Distinct Compartment Organization and Cell-Dispersed Metabolism

(2019) Laura L. Baers et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hybrid cyanobacterial-tobacco Rubisco supports autotrophic growth and pre-carboxysomal aggregation

(2019) Douglas J Orr et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for the production of aromatic amino acids and derived phenylpropanoids

(2019) Laura Furelos Brey et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

The cyanobacterial protoporphyrinogen oxidase HemJ is a newb-type heme protein functionally coupled with coproporphyrinogen III oxidase

(2018) Petra Skotnicová et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Systematic overexpression study to find target enzymes enhancing production of terpenes in Synechocystis PCC 6803, using isoprene as a model compound

(2018) Elias Englund et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Temperature enhanced succinate production concurrent with increased central metabolism turnover in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2018) Tomohisa Hasunuma et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

The cyanobacterial ornithine–ammonia cycle involves an arginine dihydrolase

(2018) Hao Zhang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Purification and Characterisation of Malate Dehydrogenase From Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Biochemical Barrier of the Oxidative Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

(2018) Masahiro Takeya et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Complete enzyme set for chlorophyll biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

(2018) Guangyu E. Chen et al.   Science Advances

Inactivation of invertase enhances sucrose production in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2018) Friedrich Kirsch et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Carboxysome encapsulation of the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco in tobacco chloroplasts

(2018) Benedict M. Long et al.   Nature Communications

Microbial production of vitamin B12: a review and future perspectives

(2017) Huan Fang et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

The Synechocystis Manganese Exporter Mnx Is Essential for Manganese Homeostasis in Cyanobacteria

(2017) Fabian Brandenburg et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Three classes of oxygen-dependent cyclase involved in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis

(2017) Guangyu E. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elucidation of roles for vitamin B12in regulation of folate, ubiquinone, and methionine metabolism

(2017) Margaret F. Romine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chasing after Non-cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation in Marine Pelagic Environments

(2017) Pia H. Moisander et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Allosteric Inhibition of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylases is Determined by a Single Amino Acid Residue in Cyanobacteria

(2017) Masahiro Takeya et al.   Scientific Reports

Photosynthetic, respiratory and extracellular electron transport pathways in cyanobacteria

(2016) David J. Lea-Smith et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae Use Different Chemical Variants of Vitamin B12

(2016) Katherine Emma Helliwell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The genetics, biosynthesis and regulation of toxic specialized metabolites of cyanobacteria

(2016) Leanne A. Pearson et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Assembly of Lipoic Acid on Its Cognate Enzymes: an Extraordinary and Essential Biosynthetic Pathway

(2016) John E. Cronan   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Global Proteomic Analysis Reveals an Exclusive Role of Thylakoid Membranes in Bioenergetics of a Model Cyanobacterium

(2016) Michelle Liberton et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Probing fatty acid metabolism in bacteria, cyanobacteria, green microalgae and diatoms with natural and unnatural fatty acids

(2016) Joris Beld et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase PntAB is essential for optimal growth and photosynthetic integrity under low-light mixotrophic conditions in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2016) Jari Kämäräinen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

CyanoBase: a large-scale update on its 20th anniversary

(2016) Takatomo Fujisawa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Isolation and characterization of mutants corresponding to the MENA, MENB, MENC and MENE enzymatic steps of 5′-monohydroxyphylloquinone biosynthesis inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2016) Barbara Emonds-Alt et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Hydrocarbons Are Essential for Optimal Cell Size, Division, and Growth of Cyanobacteria

(2016) David J. Lea-Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Entner–Doudoroff pathway is an overlooked glycolytic route in cyanobacteria and plants

(2016) Xi Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural and Synthetic Variants of the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Cyanobacteria: Introduction of the GABA Shunt into Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

(2016) Shuyi Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Generation of Marked and Markerless Mutants in Model Cyanobacterial Species

(2016) David J. Lea-Smith et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Carotenoids are essential for the assembly of cyanobacterial photosynthetic complexes

(2015) Tünde N. Tóth et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Characterisation of an opcA Mutant of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2015) Kübra Özkul et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Reduction of the Diferric-Peroxyhemiacetal Intermediate in Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenase by a Cyanobacterial Ferredoxin: Evidence for a Free-Radical Mechanism

(2015) Lauren J. Rajakovich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Identification of the light-independent phosphoserine pathway as an additional source of serine in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2015) Friederike Klemke et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A Dedicated Type II NADPH Dehydrogenase Performs the Penultimate Step in the Biosynthesis of Vitamin K1in Synechocystisand Arabidopsis

(2015) Abdelhak Fatihi et al.   PLANT CELL

Contribution of cyanobacterial alkane production to the ocean hydrocarbon cycle

(2015) David J. Lea-Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The essential gene set of a photosynthetic organism

(2015) Benjamin E. Rubin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic manipulation of a metabolic enzyme and a transcriptional regulator increasing succinate excretion from unicellular cyanobacterium

(2015) Takashi Osanai et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

O2reduction by photosystem I involves phylloquinone under steady-state illumination

(2014) Marina A. Kozuleva et al.   FEBS LETTERS

New insights into iron acquisition by cyanobacteria: an essential role for ExbB-ExbD complex in inorganic iron uptake

(2014) Hai-Bo Jiang et al.   ISME Journal

Comparative Analysis ofkdpandktrMutants Reveals Distinct Roles of the Potassium Transporters in the Model Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

(2014) Kei Nanatani et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

CugP Is a Novel Ubiquitous Non-GalU-Type Bacterial UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Found in Cyanobacteria

(2014) K. Maeda et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A faster Rubisco with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops

(2014) Myat T. Lin et al.   NATURE

Production of Squalene in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2014) Elias Englund et al.   PLoS One

Glycogen Synthase Isoforms in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803: Identification of Different Roles to Produce Glycogen by Targeted Mutagenesis

(2014) Sang-Ho Yoo et al.   PLoS One

Characterisation of Cyanobacterial Bicarbonate Transporters in E. coli Shows that SbtA Homologs Are Functional in This Heterologous Expression System

(2014) Jiahui Du et al.   PLoS One

MurJ is the flippase of lipid-linked precursors for peptidoglycan biogenesis

(2014) L.-T. Sham et al.   SCIENCE

CopM is a novel copper-binding protein involved in copper resistance inSynechocystissp. PCC 6803

(2014) Joaquín Giner-Lamia et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Inactivation of Ca2+/H+Exchanger in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Promotes Cyanobacterial Calcification by Upregulating CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms

(2013) Hai-Bo Jiang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Coordinated transporter activity shapes high-affinity iron acquisition in cyanobacteria

(2013) Chana Kranzler et al.   ISME Journal

The sll1951 Gene Encodes the Surface Layer Protein of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

(2013) C. Trautner et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Chorismate Pyruvate-Lyase and 4-Hydroxy-3-solanesylbenzoate Decarboxylase Are Required for Plastoquinone Biosynthesis in the CyanobacteriumSynechocystissp. PCC6803

(2013) Christian Pfaff et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Functional Characterization and Determination of the Physiological Role of a Calcium-Dependent Potassium Channel from Cyanobacteria

(2013) V. Checchetto et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cultivation and Complete Genome Sequencing of Gloeobacter kilaueensis sp. nov., from a Lava Cave in Kīlauea Caldera, Hawai'i

(2013) Jimmy H. W. Saw et al.   PLoS One

Elucidation of the anaerobic pathway for the corrin component of cobalamin (vitamin B12)

(2013) S. J. Moore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Flux Balance Analysis of Cyanobacterial Metabolism: The Metabolic Network of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2013) Henning Knoop et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Thiamin (Vitamin B1) Biosynthesis and Regulation: A Rich Source of Antimicrobial Drug Targets?

(2012) Qinglin Du et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Aquaporin AqpZ Is Involved in Cell Volume Regulation and Sensitivity to Osmotic Stress in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

(2012) M. Akai et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cyanobacterial-based approaches to improving photosynthesis in plants

(2012) Jan Zarzycki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Corrigendum to “Mapping photoautotrophic metabolism with isotopically nonstationary 13C flux analysis” [Metab. Eng. 13 (2011) 656–665]

(2012) Jamey D. Young et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

The Acyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthetase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Mediates Fatty Acid Import

(2012) S. von Berlepsch et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The CopRS Two-Component System Is Responsible for Resistance to Copper in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2012) J. Giner-Lamia et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Thylakoid potassium channel is required for efficient photosynthesis in cyanobacteria

(2012) V. Checchetto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The enzymes of biotin dependent CO2metabolism: What structures reveal about their reaction mechanisms

(2012) Grover L. Waldrop et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Modular Synthase-Encoding Gene Involved in α-Olefin Biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

(2011) Daniel Mendez-Perez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Peptidoglycan turnover and recycling in Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) Jan Reith et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Plastoquinone-9 biosynthesis in cyanobacteria differs from that in plants and involves a novel 4-hydroxybenzoate solanesyltransferase

(2011) Radin Sadre et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Bacterial transport of sulfate, molybdate, and related oxyanions

(2011) Esther Aguilar-Barajas et al.   BIOMETALS

Na+-stimulated phosphate uptake system in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with Pst1 as a main transporter

(2011) Surachet Burut-Archanai et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Plasma Membrane Aquaporin AqpZ Protein Is Essential for Glucose Metabolism during Photomixotrophic Growth ofSynechocystissp. PCC 6803

(2011) Masaro Akai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Closing in on complete pathways of biotin biosynthesis

(2011) Steven Lin et al.   Molecular BioSystems

A Heme Oxygenase Isoform is Essential for Aerobic Growth in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Modes of Differential Operation of Two Isoforms/Enzymes to Adapt to Low Oxygen Environments in Cyanobacteria

(2011) Rina Aoki et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Thermodynamics of copper and zinc distribution in the cyanobacteriumSynechocystisPCC 6803

(2011) Adriana Badarau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cyanobacterial metallochaperone inhibits deleterious side reactions of copper

(2011) S. Tottey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Cyanobacteria

(2011) S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Engineering cyanobacteria to generate high-value products

(2011) Daniel C. Ducat et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of methods to extract and quantify lipids from Synechocystis PCC 6803

(2010) Jie Sheng et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Overcoming the Heme Paradox: Heme Toxicity and Tolerance in Bacterial Pathogens

(2010) L. L. Anzaldi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Functional Characterization of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 pst1 and pst2 Gene Clusters Reveals a Novel Strategy for Phosphate Uptake in a Freshwater Cyanobacterium

(2010) F. D. Pitt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional Differentiation of Two Analogous Coproporphyrinogen III Oxidases for Heme and Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathways in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2010) Takeaki Goto et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2010) J. C. Cameron et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Fatty Acid Activation in Cyanobacteria Mediated by Acyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthetase Enables Fatty Acid Recycling

(2010) D. Kaczmarzyk et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Novel Potassium Channel in Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria

(2010) Manuela Zanetti et al.   PLoS One

Microbial Biosynthesis of Alkanes

(2010) A. Schirmer et al.   SCIENCE

Chlorophyll biosynthesis: spotlight on protochlorophyllide reduction

(2010) Christiane Reinbothe et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

‘Unknown’ proteins and ‘orphan’ enzymes: the missing half of the engineering parts list – and how to find it

(2009) Andrew D. Hanson et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Differential requirement of two homologous proteins encoded by sll1214 and sll1874 for the reaction of Mg protoporphyrin monomethylester oxidative cyclase under aerobic and micro-oxic growth conditions

(2009) Enrico Peter et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Hopanoids Play a Role in Membrane Integrity and pH Homeostasis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1

(2009) P. V. Welander et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Biosynthetic Pathway for Myxol-2' Fucoside (Myxoxanthophyll) in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

(2009) J. E. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of the Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803 Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Cytokinetic Proteins FtsQ and FtsW and Their Network of Interactions with ZipN

(2009) M. Marbouty et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of the Na+/H+Antiporter NhaS3 from the Thylakoid Membrane ofSynechocystissp. PCC 6803

(2009) Kenta Tsunekawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interaction between cyanobacterial copper chaperone Atx1 and zinc homeostasis

(2009) Samantha J. Dainty et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Transport of lipopolysaccharide across the cell envelope: the long road of discovery

(2009) Natividad Ruiz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Heme oxygenase 2 of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is induced under a microaerobic atmosphere and is required for microaerobic growth at high light intensity

(2009) Mete Yilmaz et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Cytosine Deaminase as a Negative Selection Marker for Gene Disruption and Replacement in the Genus Streptomyces and Other Actinobacteria

(2008) M.-P. Dubeau et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis in bacteria: Mechanisms of cluster assembly and transfer

(2008) Marc Fontecave et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Structural biology of the purine biosynthetic pathway

(2008) Y. Zhang et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The Biosynthetic Pathway for Synechoxanthin, an Aromatic Carotenoid Synthesized by the Euryhaline, Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

(2008) J. E. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biochemical and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Novel Diaminopimelate Biosynthesis Pathway in Prokaryotes Identifies a Diverged Form of LL-Diaminopimelate Aminotransferase

(2008) A. O. Hudson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FutA2 Is a Ferric Binding Protein fromSynechocystisPCC 6803

(2008) Adriana Badarau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Importance of the Cyanobacterial Gun4 Protein for Chlorophyll Metabolism and Assembly of Photosynthetic Complexes

(2008) Roman Sobotka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of a Novel Vinyl Reductase Gene Essential for the Biosynthesis of Monovinyl Chlorophyll inSynechocystissp. PCC6803

(2008) Hisashi Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Regulation of Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Bacteria: Repression without Repressors

(2008) C. L. Turnbough et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria

(2008) Birger Rasmussen et al.   NATURE

The origin of plastids

(2008) C.J Howe et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

slr1923 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Is Essential for Conversion of 3,8-Divinyl(proto)chlorophyll(ide) to 3-Monovinyl(proto)chlorophyll(ide)

(2008) M. R. Islam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The photorespiratory glycolate metabolism is essential for cyanobacteria and might have been conveyed endosymbiontically to plants

(2008) M. Eisenhut et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA