Japanese Researchers Enhance Triacylglycerols Production in Algae
Researchers from Japan have performed genetic manipulation method in Nannochloropsis algal strain
NIES-2145 to enhance the production of triacylglycerols from the algae. When Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is cultivated in a phosphorus deficient medium, TAGs accumulate rapidly due to the overexpression of an enzyme called CrDGTT4, which in turn is triggered by gene promoter SQD2.
Researchers genetically manipulated both the enzyme and its promoter into NIES-2145 to analyse its effects on TAG production. Results showed that the SQD2 promoter was able to drive CrDGTT4 expression in NIES-2145 under phosphorus deficient condition, thus increasing the production of TAGs.
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