Using photosynthesis to power fine chemical production

该项目旨在开发强大的、太阳能驱动的、基于酶的生物催化剂，以在单细胞微藻中合成复杂的代谢物和生物制药分子。这个项目的意义在于，太阳能可以通过低成本的光合作用来驱动具有挑战性的化学反应。预期的结果包括可持续的、太阳能驱动的高价值分子的生产，这些分子很难或不可能用化学方法合成。其好处包括为生物化学品、生物制药、农业和工业化学品的生产提供新的、光驱动的绿色化学工艺的原理验证，扩大了我们可以制造的分子的多样性，同时降低了生产成本和对环境的影响。

This project aims to develop robust, solar driven, enzyme-based biocatalysts to synthesise complex metabolites and biopharmaceutical molecules in single-cell micro-algae. The significance of this project is that solar energy is used to drive challenging chemical reactions inexpensively via photosynthesis. Expected outcomes include sustainable, solar driven production of high-value molecules that are difficult or impossible to synthesise chemically. Benefits include proof-of-principle demonstration of new, light-driven green-chemistry processes for the production of biochemicals, biopharmaceuticals, agricultural and industrial chemicals, extending the diversity of molecules we can make while reducing cost and environmental impact of their production.