New applications of synthetic biology tools for cyanobacterial metabolic engineering

M Santos-Merino, AK Singh, DC Ducat - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are promising microorganisms for sustainable biotechnologies, yet unlocking
their potential requires radical re-engineering and application of cutting-edge synthetic …

Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria: unique challenges and opportunities

BM Berla, R Saha, CM Immethun… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Photosynthetic organisms, and especially cyanobacteria, hold great promise as sources of
renewably-produced fuels, bulk and specialty chemicals, and nutritional products. Synthetic …

Detailing the optimality of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria through systems biology analysis

J Nogales, S Gudmundsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Photosynthesis has recently gained considerable attention for its potential role in the
development of renewable energy sources. Optimizing photosynthetic organisms for …

Flux balance analysis of cyanobacterial metabolism: the metabolic network of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

H Knoop, M Gründel, Y Zilliges… - PLoS computational …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cyanobacteria are versatile unicellular phototrophic microorganisms that are highly
abundant in many environments. Owing to their capability to utilize solar energy and …

A critical review of genome editing and synthetic biology applications in metabolic engineering of microalgae and cyanobacteria

IS Ng, BB Keskin, SI Tan - Biotechnology Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Being the green gold of the future, microalgae and cyanobacteria have recently attracted
considerable interest worldwide, for their metabolites such as lipids, protein, pigments, and …

Development of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a Phototrophic Cell Factory

Y Yu, L You, D Liu, W Hollinshead, YJ Tang, F Zhang - Marine drugs, 2013 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) play profound roles in ecology and biogeochemistry. One
model cyanobacterial species is the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC …

Towards model-driven characterization and manipulation of plant lipid metabolism

SM Correa, AR Fernie, Z Nikoloski, Y Brotman - Progress in lipid research, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant lipids have versatile applications and provide essential fatty acids in human diet.
Therefore, there has been a growing interest to better characterize the genetic basis …

Advances in metabolic modeling of oleaginous microalgae

JD Tibocha-Bonilla, C Zuñiga, RD Godoy-Silva… - Biotechnology for …, 2018 - Springer
Production of biofuels and bioenergy precursors by phototrophic microorganisms, such as
microalgae and cyanobacteria, is a promising alternative to conventional fuels obtained from …

Reconstruction and Comparison of the Metabolic Potential of Cyanobacteria Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

R Saha, AT Verseput, BM Berla, TJ Mueller… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Cyanobacteria are an important group of photoautotrophic organisms that can synthesize
valuable bio-products by harnessing solar energy. They are endowed with high …

A state of the art of metabolic networks of unicellular microalgae and cyanobacteria for biofuel production

C Baroukh, R Muñoz-Tamayo, JP Steyer… - Metabolic engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The most promising and yet challenging application of microalgae and cyanobacteria is the
production of renewable energy: biodiesel from microalgae triacylglycerols and bioethanol …