Metabolic engineering of enhanced glycerol-3-phosphate synthesis to increase lipid production in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6091-6101

  Wang, Xi ^a   Xiong, Xiaochao ^a   Sa, Na ^a   Roje, Sanja ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FBA; Glycerol 3 phosphate; Lipid synthesis; Metabolic engineering; Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENES; GLOBAL WARMING; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; METABOLISM;

CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASES; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS; LIPID SYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; LIPID;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; LIPIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84966454971     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7521-9     Document Type: Article

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