METHODS FOR INCREASING CO2 ASSIMILATION AND OIL PRODUCTION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS

• Main Authors: ROBERTS, NICHOLAS JOHN, SCOTT, RICHARD WILLIAM, WINICHAYAKUL, SOMRUTAI, ROLDAN, MARISSA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 16.11.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention provides methods for increasing the rate of CO2 assimilation in photosynthetic cells and plants. The invention involves reducing or preventing lipid recycling, and/or expressing modified oleosins with artificially introduced cysteine residues in the photosynthetic cells and plants. The...