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Inside Back Cover: Remodeling of the Photosynthetic Chain Promotes Direct CO 2 Conversion into Valuable Aromatic Compounds (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49/2018)
Author(s) -
Ni Jun,
Liu HongYu,
Tao Fei,
Wu YuTong,
Xu Ping
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201812727
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , chemistry , autotroph , cover (algebra) , chain (unit) , carbon fibers , biochemistry , materials science , biology , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , genetics , astronomy , composite number , bacteria , composite material
Photosynthetic chain remodeling permits direct conversion of CO 2 into valuable aromatic compounds. In their Communication on page 15990 ff., P. Xu et al. demonstrate that redirection of the carbon flux toward the shikimate pathway enables 2‐phenylethanol to be produced from CO 2 and solar energy. Their findings also provide novel insights into the plasticity of the cyanobacterial photosynthetic chain, which could be valuable for improving the photosynthetic efficiency of plants and the design of synthetic autotrophs.