Improving trans-cinnamic acid production in a model cyanobacterium.

ABSTRACT: trans-Cinnamic acid (tCA) is a precursor in the synthesis of many high-value compounds with bio-active qualities useful in applications like medicine, polymers, and cosmetics. Currently tCA is produced by industrial chemical synthesis from fossil fuels or cost-prohibitive isolation from terrestrial plants. Cyanobacteria, a type of photosynthetic bacteria, can be readily engineered to convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into metabolites of interest at relatively high amounts compared to terrestrial plants. The purpose of this study is to advance the industrial and commercial value of cyanobacteria as a biological factory for renewable production of tCA. Production of tCA has previously been demonstrated in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (S. 6803) via expression of non-n

SUBMITTER: Hunstiger D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000639 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature