Growth of cyanobacteria is constrained by the abundance of light and carbon assimilation proteins

M Jahn, V Vialas, J Karlsen, G Maddalo, F Edfors… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Cyanobacteria must balance separate demands for energy generation, carbon assimilation,
and biomass synthesis. We used shotgun proteomics to investigate proteome allocation …

Bicarbonate-induced redox tuning in Photosystem II for regulation and protection

K Brinkert, S De Causmaecker… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The midpoint potential (E m) of QA/QA−•, the one-electron acceptor quinone of Photosystem
II (PSII), provides the thermodynamic reference for calibrating PSII bioenergetics …

Engineering of NADPH supply boosts photosynthesis-driven biotransformations

L Assil-Companioni, HC Büchsenschütz… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Light-driven biocatalysis in recombinant cyanobacteria provides highly atom-efficient
cofactor regeneration via photosynthesis, thereby remediating constraints associated with …

Flavodiiron proteins 1–to-4 function in versatile combinations in O2 photoreduction in cyanobacteria

A Santana-Sanchez, D Solymosi, H Mustila… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) constitute a group of modular enzymes widespread in Bacteria,
Archaea and Eukarya. Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has four FDPs (Flv1-4), which are …

Functional redundancy between flavodiiron proteins and NDH‐1 in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

L Nikkanen, A Santana Sanchez, M Ermakova… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, excluding angiosperms, flavodiiron proteins (FDPs)
catalyze light‐dependent reduction of O2 to H2O. This alleviates electron pressure on the …

Depletion of m-type thioredoxin impairs photosynthesis, carbon fixation, and oxidative stress in cyanobacteria

MJ Mallén-Ponce, MJ Huertas… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Thioredoxins (Trxs) are disulfide oxidoreductases that regulate many biological processes.
The m-type thioredoxin (TrxA) is the only Trx present in all oxygenic photosynthetic …

Electron transport in Cyanobacteria and its Potential in Bioproduction

DJ Lea‐Smith, GT Hanke - Cyanobacteria Biotechnology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes capable of oxygenic photosynthesis. They play a
key role in the environment and have enormous potential as a platform for renewable …

Electron flow through NDH-1 complexes is the major driver of cyclic electron flow-dependent proton pum** in cyanobacteria

NT Miller, MD Vaughn, RL Burnap - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyclic electron flow (CEF) around photosystem I is vital to balancing the photosynthetic
energy budget of cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic organisms. The coupling of CEF to …

Quantification of NAD (P) H in cyanobacterial cells by a phenol extraction method

K Tanaka, G Shimakawa, H Tabata, S Kusama… - Photosynthesis …, 2021 - Springer
In photosynthetic organisms, it is recognized that the intracellular redox ratio of NADPH is
regulated within an appropriate range for the cooperative function of a wide variety of …

Unlocking the constraints of cyanobacterial productivity: acclimations enabling ultrafast growth

HC Bernstein, RS McClure, EA Hill, LM Markillie… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Harnessing the metabolic potential of photosynthetic microbes for next-generation
biotechnology objectives requires detailed scientific understanding of the physiological …