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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2025

Regulation of nucleus-encoded trans-acting factors allows orthogonal fine-tuning of multiple transgenes in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Pawel Mateusz Mordaka, Kitty Clouston, Aleix Gorchs-Rovira, Catherine Sutherland, Daniel Qingyang Zhang, Katrin Geisler, Payam Mehrshahi, Alison Gail Smith

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Harnessing microalgae for bioproducts: innovations in synthetic biology.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025
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Authors and funding

8 authors.

Pawel Mateusz Mordaka *Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2989-8224
Kitty Clouston *Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-7028
Aleix Gorchs-Rovira *Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Catherine SutherlandDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8467-1903
Daniel Qingyang ZhangDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7105-4048
Katrin GeislerDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7630-1868
Payam MehrshahiDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-0942
Alison Gail SmithDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6511-5704

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L002957/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011194/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M018180/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R01860X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R021694/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/W003538/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a promising host organism for the production of valuable compounds. Engineering the Chlamydomonas chloroplast genome offers several advantages over the nuclear genome, including targeted gene insertion, lack of silencing mechanisms, potentially higher protein production due to multiple genome copies and natural substrate abundance for metabolic engineering. Tuneable expression systems can be used to minimize competition between heterologous production and host cell viability. However, complex gene regulation and a lack of tight regulatory elements make this a challenge in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast. In this work, we develop two synthetic tuneable systems to control the expression of genes on the chloroplast genome, taking advantage of the properties of the vitamin B

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Cell NucleusChlamydomonas reinhardtiiChloroplastsTransgenesGene Expression Regulation, PlantMetabolic EngineeringPromoter Regions, GeneticRiboswitchThiamineRiboswitchThiaminechloroplast engineeringditerpenoid biosynthesisgene expressionmetabolic engineeringvitamin‐responsive regulatory elements

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PMID39731747
PMCPMC11869193

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