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http://dx.doi.org/10.48022/mbl.2102.02004

Evaluation of Photosynthetic Squalene Production of Engineered Cyanobacteria Using the Chemical Inducer-Free Expression System  

Choi, Sun Young (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU))
Woo, Han Min (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU))
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.49, no.3, 2021 , pp. 298-304 More about this Journal
Abstract
Photosynthetic conversion through cyanobacteria and microalgae is an increasingly serious concern in the global warming crisis. Many value-added substances are produced through strain improvement, and much research and development is being conducted to determine its potential as an actual industrial strain. Economic barriers throughout processing production can be overcome to produce value-added chemicals by microalgal strains. In this study, we engineered cyanobacteria strains for the photosynthetic production of squalene and confirmed the continuous cultivation of CO2 and light conditions. The free-inducer system of gene expression was developed at the cyanobacterial strains. Then, the squalene production level and growth of the recombinant cyanobacteria were analyzed and discussed. For bio solar-cell factories, the ability to regulate genes based on the free-inducer gene expression system promotes metabolic engineering research and construction to produce value-added chemicals.
Keywords
Cyanobacteria; squalene; IPTG free-inducer; Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942;
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