Enhanced production of sucrose in the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 390
• Main Authors: Lin, Po-Cheng, Zhang, Fuzhong, Pakrasi, Himadri B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.01.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45; 631/326/2522; 631/326/325/2482; 64; Abiotic stress; applied microbiology; bacterial genetics; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biosynthetic Pathways; Carbon dioxide; Cyanobacteria; Glucosyltransferases - metabolism; Growth rate; Humanities and Social Sciences; Metabolic Engineering; multidisciplinary; Photosynthesis; Productivity; Salts; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sps gene; Sucrose; Sucrose - metabolism; Sucrose transporter; Sucrose-phosphate synthase; Synechococcus - growth & development; Synechococcus - metabolism; Synechococcus elongatus

Cyanobacteria are attractive microbial hosts for production of chemicals using light and CO 2 . However, their low productivity of chemicals is a major challenge for commercial applications. This is mostly due to their relatively slow growth rate and carbon partitioning toward biomass rather than pr...