A wish list for synthetic biology in photosynthesis research

Zhu, X.-G. and Ort, D.R. and Parry, M.A.J. and Von Caemmerer, S. (2020) A wish list for synthetic biology in photosynthesis research. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71 (7). pp. 2219-2225. ISSN 0022-0957

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Abstract

This perspective summarizes the presentations and discussions at the "International Symposium on Synthetic Biology in Photosynthesis Research", which was held in Shanghai in 2018. Leveraging the current advanced understanding of photosynthetic systems, the symposium brain-stormed about the redesign and engineering of photosynthetic systems for translational goals and evaluated available new technologies/tools for synthetic biology as well as technological obstacles and new tools that would be needed to overcome them. Four major research areas for redesigning photosynthesis were identified: (i) mining natural variations of photosynthesis; (ii) coordinating photosynthesis with pathways utilizing photosynthate; (iii) reconstruction of highly efficient photosynthetic systems in non-host species; and (iv) development of new photosynthetic systems that do not exist in nature. To expedite photosynthesis synthetic biology research, an array of new technologies and community resources need to be developed, which include expanded modelling capacities, molecular engineering toolboxes, model species, and phenotyping tools. © 2020 The Author(s).

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Experimental Botany
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? artificial photosynthesisc4 engineeringcarboxysomefluorescence marker proteinsnatural variationphotosynthesissynthetic biologyplant sciencephysiology ??
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144002
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Deposited On:
19 May 2020 09:05
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Yes
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Published
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