PHB is Produced from Glycogen Turn-over during Nitrogen Starvation in <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803

PHB is Produced from Glycogen Turn-over during Nitrogen Starvation in <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a polymer of great interest as a substitute for conventional plastics, which are becoming an enormous environmental problem. PHB can be produced directly from CO<sub>2</sub> in photoautotrophic cyanobacteria. The model cyanobacterium <i>Synechocystis<...

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Main Authors: Moritz Koch, Sofía Doello, Kirstin Gutekunst, Karl Forchhammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
cyanobacteria
bioplastic
PHB
sustainable
glycogen
metabolic engineering
Synechocystis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/8/1942

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