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Open AccessUsing osmotic stress to stabilize mannitol production in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Mannitol is a C(6) polyol that is used in the food and medical sector as a sweetener and antioxidant, respectively. The sustainable production of mannitol, especially via the direct conversion of CO2 by photosynt...
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Open AccessDesign, characterization and in vivo functioning of a light-dependent histidine protein kinase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Helical alignment of the α-helical linker of the LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) domain of YtvA from Bacillus subtilis with the α-helical linker of the histidine-protein kinase domain of the Sln1 kinase of the phospho...
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Open AccessAlignment of microbial fitness with engineered product formation: obligatory coupling between acetate production and photoautotrophic growth
Microbial bioengineering has the potential to become a key contributor to the future development of human society by providing sustainable, novel, and cost-effective production pipelines. However, the sustaine...
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Open AccessEthylene production with engineered Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 strains
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of cyanobacteria offer a promising sustainable alternative approach for fossil-based ethylene production, by using sunlight via oxygenic photosynthesis, to convert c...
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Open AccessGenetic engineering of Synechocystis PCC6803 for the photoautotrophic production of the sweetener erythritol
Erythritol is a polyol that is used in the food and beverage industry. Due to its non-caloric and non-cariogenic properties, the popularity of this sweetener is increasing. Large scale production of erythritol...
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Open AccessSingle-cell screening of photosynthetic growth and lactate production by cyanobacteria
Photosynthetic cyanobacteria are attractive for a range of biotechnological applications including biofuel production. However, due to slow growth, screening of mutant libraries using microtiter plates is not ...
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Open AccessQuantitative proteomics analysis of an ethanol- and a lactate-producing mutant strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
This study aimed at exploring the molecular physiological consequences of a major redirection of carbon flow in so-called cyanobacterial cell factories: quantitative whole-cell proteomics analyses were carried...
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Open AccessExploring metabolic engineering design principles for the photosynthetic production of lactic acid by Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Molecular engineering of the intermediary physiology of cyanobacteria has become important for the sustainable production of biofuels and commodity compounds from CO2 and sunlight by “designer microbes.” The chem...
