Recent advances in microbial CO2 fixation and conversion to value-added products

H Salehizadeh, N Yan, R Farnood - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing CO 2 levels in atmosphere has led to the unprecedented climate change in
recent years. Conventional methods for CO 2 capture are often cost inefficient, unsafe and …

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 …

Dioxygen activation by nonheme iron enzymes with the 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad that generate high-valent oxoiron oxidants

S Kal, L Que - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad is a widely used scaffold to bind the iron center
in mononuclear nonheme iron enzymes for activating dioxygen in a variety of oxidative …

Biotransforming CO2 into valuable chemicals

Q Xia, J Yang, L Hu, H Zhao, Y Lu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen every year since the
Industrial Revolution. This has triggered many problems, such as climate change, which will …

Towards sustainable ethylene production with cyanobacterial artificial biofilms

S Vajravel, S Sirin, S Kosourov, Y Allahverdiyeva - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosynthetic cyanobacteria hold a great potential for the direct conversion of solar energy
and CO2 into 'green'ethylene. The present study aims to develop a thin-layer artificial biofilm …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroponics with microalgae and cyanobacteria: Emerging trends and opportunities in modern agriculture

P Renganathan, EOR Puente, NV Sukhanova… - BioTech, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global population is expected to reach 9.5 billion, which means that crop productivity
needs to double to meet the growing population's food demand. Soil degradation and …

Characterizing isoprene production in cyanobacteria–Insights into the effects of light, temperature, and isoprene on Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

JS Rodrigues, L Kovács, M Lukeš, R Höper… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Engineering cyanobacteria for the production of isoprene and other terpenoids has gained
increasing attention in the field of biotechnology. Several studies have addressed …

Spectrophotometric determination of phycobiliprotein content in cyanobacterium Synechocystis

T Zavřel, D Chmelík, MA Sinetova… - Journal of Visualized …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is a simple protocol for the quantitative determination of phycobiliprotein content in the
model cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Phycobiliproteins are the most important components …

Structures and mechanisms of the non-heme Fe (II)-and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent ethylene-forming enzyme: substrate binding creates a twist

S Martinez, M Fellner, CQ Herr, A Ritchie… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The ethylene-forming enzyme (EFE) from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola PK2 is a
member of the mononuclear nonheme Fe (II)-and 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)-dependent …

Phylogenesis of the functional 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase of fungi and plants

Y Li, M Qi, Q Zhang, Z Xu, Y Zhang, Y Gao, Y Qi, L Qiu… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) pathway that synthesizes ethylene is
shared in seed plants, fungi and probably other organisms. However, the evolutionary …