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SUBMITTER: Osanai T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3859321 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Osanai Takashi T Numata Keiji K Oikawa Akira A Kuwahara Ayuko A Iijima Hiroko H Doi Yoshiharu Y Tanaka Kan K Saito Kazuki K Hirai Masami Yokota MY
DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes 20130715 6
Because cyanobacteria directly harvest CO2 and light energy, their carbon metabolism is important for both basic and applied sciences. Here, we show that overexpression of the sigma factor sigE in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 widely changes sugar catabolism and increases production of the biodegradable polyester polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) during nitrogen starvation. sigE overexpression elevates the levels of proteins implicated in glycogen catabolism, the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, and po ...[more]