Current advances in engineering cyanobacteria and their applications for photosynthetic butanol production

Improved photosynthetic capacity and photosystem I oxidation via heterologous metabolism engineering in cyanobacteria

(2021) María Santos-Merino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Engineering Biocatalytic Solar Fuel Production: The PHOTOFUEL Consortium

(2021) Julian Wichmann et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Auxiliary Module Promotes the Synthesis of Carboxysomes in E. coli to Achieve High-Efficiency CO2 Assimilation

(2021) Yuwei Zhang et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Molecular mechanism underlying transport and allosteric inhibition of bicarbonate transporter SbtA

(2021) Sunzhenhe Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Probing the biogenesis pathway and dynamics of thylakoid membranes

(2021) Tuomas Huokko et al.   Nature Communications

Metabolic rewiring of synthetic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypasses for acetone production in cyanobacteria

(2020) Hyun Jeong Lee et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A Novel Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 11802 has Distinct Genomic and Metabolomic Characteristics Compared to its Neighbor PCC 11801

(2020) Damini Jaiswal et al.   Scientific Reports

Pooled CRISPRi screening of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 for enhanced industrial phenotypes

(2020) Lun Yao et al.   Nature Communications

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 overexpressing genes involved in CBB cycle and free fatty acid cycling enhances the significant levels of intracellular lipids and secreted free fatty acids

(2020) Kamonchanock Eungrasamee et al.   Scientific Reports

An Improved Natural Transformation Protocol for the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2020) Matthew A. Pope et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Newly discovered Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901 is a robust cyanobacterial strain for high biomass production

(2020) Artur Włodarczyk et al.   Communications Biology

Engineering of NADPH Supply Boosts Photosynthesis-Driven Biotransformations

(2020) Leen Assil-Companioni et al.   ACS Catalysis

Functional reconstitution of a bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism in E. coli

(2020) Avi I Flamholz et al.   eLife

A transporter Slr1512 involved in bicarbonate and pH-dependent acclimation mechanism to high light stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2020) Yaru Xie et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Membrane-Inlet Mass Spectrometry Enables a Quantitative Understanding of Inorganic Carbon Uptake Flux and Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in Metabolically Engineered Cyanobacteria

(2019) Damien Douchi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Combining isotopically non-stationary metabolic flux analysis with proteomics to unravel the regulation of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2019) Nathaphon Yu King Hing et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Engineering cyanobacteria chassis cells toward more efficient photosynthesis

(2019) Guodong Luan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Protein engineering of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803

(2018) Rui Miao et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Targeted Repression of Essential Genes To Arrest Growth and Increase Carbon Partitioning and Biofuel Titers in Cyanobacteria

(2018) Kiyan Shabestary et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Enhancement of photosynthetic isobutanol production in engineered cells of Synechocystis PCC 6803

(2018) Rui Miao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Comparative genomics reveals the molecular determinants of rapid growth of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973

(2018) Justin Ungerer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome Features and Biochemical Characteristics of a Robust, Fast Growing and Naturally Transformable Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 11801 Isolated from India

(2018) Damini Jaiswal et al.   Scientific Reports

Cyanobacteria as photoautotrophic biofactories of high-value chemicals

(2018) Daniel Noreña-Caro et al.   Journal of CO2 Utilization

Progress and perspectives on improving butanol tolerance

(2017) Siqing Liu et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic pathway rewiring in engineered cyanobacteria for solar-to-chemical and solar-to-fuel production from CO2

(2017) Han Min Woo   Bioengineered

Cyanobacterial chassis engineering for enhancing production of biofuels and chemicals

(2016) Xinyan Gao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Installing extra bicarbonate transporters in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 enhances biomass production

(2015) Nina A. Kamennaya et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

A carbon sink pathway increases carbon productivity in cyanobacteria

(2015) John W.K. Oliver et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Isobutanol production as an alternative metabolic sink to rescue the growth deficiency of the glycogen mutant of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

(2014) Xiaoqian Li et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

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

Oxygen-tolerant coenzyme A-acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase facilitates efficient photosynthetic n-butanol biosynthesis in cyanobacteria

(2013) Ethan I. Lan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Compartmentalization of metabolic pathways in yeast mitochondria improves the production of branched-chain alcohols

(2013) José L Avalos et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic Engineering of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 for Isobutanol Production

(2012) Arul M. Varman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rerouting Carbon Flux To Enhance Photosynthetic Productivity

(2012) Daniel C. Ducat et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

ATP drives direct photosynthetic production of 1-butanol in cyanobacteria

(2012) E. I. Lan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Driving Forces Enable High-Titer Anaerobic 1-Butanol Synthesis in Escherichia coli

(2011) Claire R. Shen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Boosting Autofermentation Rates and Product Yields with Sodium Stress Cycling: Application to Production of Renewable Fuels by Cyanobacteria

(2010) D. Carrieri et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Direct photosynthetic recycling of carbon dioxide to isobutyraldehyde

(2009) Shota Atsumi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Non-fermentative pathways for synthesis of branched-chain higher alcohols as biofuels

(2008) Shota Atsumi et al.   NATURE