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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Modifying the Cyanobacterial Metabolism as a Key to Efficient Biopolymer Production in Photosynthetic Microorganisms.

Maciej Ciebiada, Katarzyna Kubiak, Maurycy Daroch

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Bioremediation Potential of a Non-Axenic CyanobacteriumBiotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maciej CiebiadaSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, 2199 Lishui Rd., Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2349-1407
Katarzyna KubiakInstitute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology, 4/40 Stefanowskiego Str, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3815-1712
Maurycy DarochSchool of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, 2199 Lishui Rd., Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8183-8854

Funding

Shenzhen Knowledge and Innovation Basic Research Grant JCYJ20180302153648993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic bacteria commonly found in the natural environment. Due to the ecological benefits associated with the assimilation of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and utilization of light energy, they are attractive hosts in a growing number of biotechnological processes. Biopolymer production is arguably one of the most critical areas where the transition from fossil-derived chemistry to renewable chemistry is needed. Cyanobacteria can produce several polymeric compounds with high applicability such as glycogen, polyhydroxyalkanoates, or extracellular polymeric substances. These important biopolymers are synthesized using precursors derived from central carbon metabolism, including the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Due to their unique metabolic properties, i.e., light harvesting and carbon fixation, the molecular and genetic aspects of polymer biosynthesis and their relationship with central carbon metabolism are somehow different from those found in heterotrophic microorganisms. A greater understanding of the processes involved in cyanobacterial metabolism is still required to produce these molecules more efficiently. This review presents the current state of the art in the engineering of cyanobacterial metabolism for the efficient production of these biopolymers.

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BiotechnologyBiopolymersCarbon DioxideCyanobacteriaGlycogenPhotosynthesisPolyhydroxyalkanoatesBiopolymersCarbon DioxideGlycogenPolyhydroxyalkanoatescellulosecyanobacteriaextracellular polymeric substancesmetabolismpolyhydroxyalkanoatespolymers

Identifiers

PMID33003478
PMCPMC7582838

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