Chapter title |
Rewiring of Cyanobacterial Metabolism for Hydrogen Production: Synthetic Biology Approaches and Challenges
|
---|---|
Chapter number | 8 |
Book title |
Synthetic Biology of Cyanobacteria
|
Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
|
DOI | 10.1007/978-981-13-0854-3_8 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-81-130853-6, 978-9-81-130854-3
|
Authors |
Anagha Krishnan, Xiao Qian, Gennady Ananyev, Desmond S. Lun, G. Charles Dismukes, Krishnan, Anagha, Qian, Xiao, Ananyev, Gennady, Lun, Desmond S., Dismukes, G. Charles |
Abstract |
With the demand for renewable energy growing, hydrogen (H2) is becoming an attractive energy carrier. Developing H2 production technologies with near-net zero carbon emissions is a major challenge for the "H2 economy." Certain cyanobacteria inherently possess enzymes, nitrogenases, and bidirectional hydrogenases that are capable of H2 evolution using sunlight, making them ideal cell factories for photocatalytic conversion of water to H2. With the advances in synthetic biology, cyanobacteria are currently being developed as a "plug and play" chassis to produce H2. This chapter describes the metabolic pathways involved and the theoretical limits to cyanobacterial H2 production and summarizes the metabolic engineering technologies pursued. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 33 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 21% |
Professor | 4 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
Researcher | 3 | 9% |
Other | 2 | 6% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Unknown | 11 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 24% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 9% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 9% |
Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 3% |
Other | 4 | 12% |
Unknown | 12 | 36% |