Switchable photosystem-II designer algae for photobiological hydrogen production

Lee, James Weifu

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Title: Switchable photosystem-II designer algae for photobiological hydrogen production

Abstract

A switchable photosystem-II designer algae for photobiological hydrogen production. The designer transgenic algae includes at least two transgenes for enhanced photobiological H.sub.2 production wherein a first transgene serves as a genetic switch that can controls photosystem II (PSII) oxygen evolution and a second transgene encodes for creation of free proton channels in the algal photosynthetic membrane. In one embodiment, the algae includes a DNA construct having polymerase chain reaction forward primer (302), a inducible promoter (304), a PSII-iRNA sequence (306), a terminator (308), and a PCR reverse primer (310). In other embodiments, the PSII-iRNA sequence (306) is replaced with a CF.sub.1-iRNA sequence (312), a streptomycin-production gene (314), a targeting sequence (316) followed by a proton-channel producing gene (318), or a PSII-producing gene (320). In one embodiment, a photo-bioreactor and gas-product separation and utilization system produce photobiological H.sub.2 from the switchable PSII designer alga.

Inventors:

Lee, James Weifu ^[1]

Knoxville, TN

Issue Date:: 2010-01-05

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1015190

Patent Number(s):: 7642405

Application Number:: 11/748,550

Assignee:: Lee, James Weifu (Knoxville, TN)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07K - PEPTIDES

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES

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C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07K - PEPTIDES
C07K14/405 - from algae

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
C12N15/8257 - {for the production of primary gene products, e.g. pharmaceutical products, interferon}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Improvement of Photosynthetic CO2 Fixation at High Light Intensity Through Reduction of Chlorophyll Antenna Size journal, January 2002

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Oxygen Tolerance of the H 2 -sensing [NiFe] Hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 Is Based on Limited Access of Oxygen to the Active Site journal, April 2005

Cloning of a streptomycin-production gene directing synthesis of N-methyl-l-glucosamine journal, January 1986

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Functional and Structural Organization of Chlorophyll in the Developing Photosynthetic Membranes of Euglena gracilis Z: II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LATE FORMATION OF ACTIVE PHOTOSYSTEM II REACTION CENTERS DURING FIRST STAGES OF GREENING journal, January 1981

Coordinate Copper- and Oxygen-responsive Cyc6 and Cpx1 Expression in Chlamydomonas Is Mediated by the Same Element journal, February 2000

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Temperature effect on production of hydrogen and oxygen byChlamydomonas cold strain CCMP1619 and wild-type 137c: Scientific note
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Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
journal, February 1998

Assembly of Photosystem II
book,

Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression
journal, June 2003

Photoinhibition in indica and japonica subspecies of rice (Oryza sativa) and their reciprocal F1 hybrids
journal, January 2001

Oxygen sensitivity of algal H2- production
journal, March 1997

Improvement of Photosynthetic CO₂ Fixation at High Light Intensity Through Reduction of Chlorophyll Antenna Size
journal, January 2002

Solar Photobiochemistry: Simultaneous Photoproduction of Hydrogen and Oxygen in a Confined Bioreactor
journal, May 2001

Oxygen Tolerance of the H ₂ -sensing [NiFe] Hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 Is Based on Limited Access of Oxygen to the Active Site
journal, April 2005

Cloning of a streptomycin-production gene directing synthesis of N-methyl-l-glucosamine
journal, January 1986

A New Oxygen Sensitivity and Its Potential Application in Photosynthetic H2 Production
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Functional and Structural Organization of Chlorophyll in the Developing Photosynthetic Membranes of Euglena gracilis Z: II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LATE FORMATION OF ACTIVE PHOTOSYSTEM II REACTION CENTERS DURING FIRST STAGES OF GREENING
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Coordinate Copper- and Oxygen-responsive Cyc6 and Cpx1 Expression in Chlamydomonas Is Mediated by the Same Element
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