Engineering salt tolerance in photosynthetic microorganisms
AssigneeSapphire Energy, Inc.
InventorsMICHAEL MENDEZ, SU-CHIUNG FANG, STEPHANE RICHARD
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Abstract
Provided herein are compositions and methods for engineering salt tolerance and producing products by photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms can be genetically modified to be salt tolerant as compared to an unmodified organism and to produce useful products. The methods and compositions of the disclosure are useful in many therapeutic and industrial applications.
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A non-vascular photosynthetic organism transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a protein of SEQ ID NO. 36 or at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO. 36, wherein said transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organism has a greater salt tolerance than said organism not transformed with said exogenous polynucleotide.
A method of increasing the salt tolerance of a non-vascular photosynthetic organism comprising transforming said organism with a polynucleotide encoding a protein of SEQ ID NO. 36 or at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO. 36, and expressing said protein, wherein said non-vascular photosynthetic organism has an increased salt tolerance as compared to said organism not transformed with said polynucleotide.
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