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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue 1, Pages 27-33Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.05.017
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hydrogen; sun light; photosynthesis; glucose transporter; Chlamydomonas
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Phototrophic organisms use photosynthesis to convert solar energy into chemical energy. In nature, the chemical energy is stored in a diverse range of biopolymers. These sunlight-derived, energy-rich biopolymers can be converted into environmentally clean and CO, neutral fuels. A select group of photosynthetic microorganisms have developed the ability to extract and divert protons and electrons derived from water to chloroplast hydrogenase(s) to produce molecular H, fuel. Here, we describe the development and characterization of C. rcinhardtii strains, derived from the high H, production mutant Stm6, into which the HUP1 (hexose uptake protein) hexose symporter from Chlorella kessleri was introduced. The isolated cell lines can use externally supplied glucose for heterotrophic growth in the dark. More importantly, external glucose supply (1mM) was shown to increase the H-2 production capacity in strain Stm6Glc4 to similar to 150% of that of the high-H-2 producing strain, Stm6. This establishes the foundations for a new fuel production process in which H2O and glucose can simultaneously be used for H, production. It also opens new perspectives on future strategies for improving bio-H-2 production efficiency under natural day/night regimes and for using sugar waste material for energy production in green algae as photosynthetic catalysts. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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