… Ducat, unpublished). Although biological hydrogen production remains an exciting possibility,
substantial improvements must be made for cyanobacterial hydrogen to be a viable fuel …

A recent resurgence in basic and applied research on photosynthesis has been driven in
part by recognition that fulfilling future food and energy requirements will necessitate …

Cyanobacteria are promising microorganisms for sustainable biotechnologies, yet unlocking
their potential requires radical re-engineering and application of cutting-edge synthetic …

The bioindustrial production of fuels, chemicals, and therapeutics typically relies upon
carbohydrate inputs derived from agricultural plants, resulting in the entanglement of food and …

Eukaryotic sugar transporters of the MFS and SWEET superfamilies consist of 12 and 7 α-helical
transmembrane domains (TMs), respectively. Structural analyses indicate that MFS …

Hydrogenases catalyze the reversible reaction 2H + + 2e - ↔H 2 with an equilibrium constant
that is dependent on the reducing potential of electrons carried by their redox partner. To …

Background The engineering of metabolism holds tremendous promise for the production of
desirable metabolites, particularly alternative fuels and other highly reduced molecules. …

Cyanobacteria must prevent imbalances between absorbed light energy (source) and the
metabolic capacity (sink) to utilize it to protect their photosynthetic apparatus against damage. …

Background Microbial consortia composed of autotrophic and heterotrophic species abound
in nature, yet examples of synthetic communities with mixed metabolism are limited in the …

… We would like to thank the whole Ducat Lab, especially members Jingcheng Huang, for
16S-sequencing identification of the contaminating heterotroph, Bradley Abramson, for many …