Introduction of a green algal squalene synthase enhances squalene accumulation in a strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Squalene is a triterpene which is produced as a precursor for a wide range of terpenoid compounds in many organisms. It has commercial use in food and cosmetics but could also be used as a feedstock for production of chemicals and fuels, if generated sustainably on a large scale. We have engineered...

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Main Authors: Bagmi Pattanaik, Elias Englund, Nicholas Nolte, Pia Lindberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Metabolic Engineering Communications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030119300306