Arizona State University

Willem Vermaas

Ana L Moore

Thomas A Moore

Cesar Torres

Justin Flory

Petra Fromme

Bruce Rittman

Hatem Mohammed

Tyson Burch

Provided herein are compositions and methods for expression of functional bacterial type I fatty acid synthase in photosynthetic hosts for production of activated acyl-CoAs and for use in biofuel production.

Expression of functional bacterial type I fatty acid synthase in photosynthetic hosts

The disclosure relates to the production of methyl laurate by genetically engineered photosynthetic microorganisms. In particular, provided herein are methods and compositions for producing methyl laurate from carbon dioxide and water in genetically engineered cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic microorganisms.

Light-powered, biological methyl laurate production from COand water

Methods and apparatus for growing photosynthetic organisms lacking Photosystem II (PSII) function using externally supplied electrons shuttled into the organism using redox mediators to improve photosynthetic output and to produce and recover chemicals of interest. By removing PSII, all PAR photons are funneled toward Photosystem I, thereby significantly increasing the theoretical photon utilization efficiency for COfixation, energy storage and the capacity to synthesize valuable chemicals. Additional genetic modification can be performed to insert or enhance specific metabolic pathways to generate products of commercial interest.

Microbial electro-photosynthesis

The present invention provides reagents and methods for biomaterial production from cyanobacteria.

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Tempe, AZ, United States of America

Willem Vermaas