BECAS
DI MAGGIO Jimena Andrea
artículos
Título:
Optimizing cyanobacteria metabolic network for ethanol production
Autor/es:
CECILIA PAULO; JIMENA ANDREA DI MAGGIO; VANINA ESTRADA; MARÍA SOLEDAD DÍAZ
Revista:
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2011 vol. 29 p. 1366 - 1370
ISSN:
1570-7946
Resumen:
This work addresses cyanobacteria Synechocystis PCC 6803 metabolic network optimization with potential gene knockouts for ethanol production as a Mixed Integer Lineal Programming problem. There is recent experimental evidence of ethanol production by fermentation of cyanobacteria, while sequestrating carbon dioxide as carbon source in photoautotrophic growth conditions. These issues make ethanol production by algae a promising alternative. The optimization of metabolic pathways gives useful insights on cellular metabolism for improving process yield by engineering cyanobacteria.
