Synthetic Biology Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (5): 833-846.DOI: 10.12211/2096-8280.2022-042

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Biological carbon fixation: from natural to synthetic

Lu XIAO1,2, Yin LI1   

  1. 1.CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources,Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
    2.Institute of Synthetic Biology,Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology,Chinese Academey of Science,Shenzhen 518055,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2022-08-03 Revised:2022-09-19 Online:2022-11-16 Published:2022-10-31
  • Contact: Yin LI

生物固碳:从自然生物到人工合成

肖璐1,2, 李寅1   

  1. 1.中国科学院微生物研究所 中国科学院微生物生理与代谢工程重点实验室 微生物资源前期开发国家重点实验室,北京 100101
    2.中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院合成生物学研究所,广东,深圳 518055
  • 通讯作者: 李寅
  • 作者简介:肖璐(1994—),女,博士后。研究方向为生物固碳与酶工程。E-mail:xiaolu314@126.com
    李寅(1974—),男,研究员,博士生导师。研究方向为微生物分子生理学与系统生物技术。E-mail:yli@im.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    中国科学院B类先导科技专项培育项目(XDPB18)

Abstract:

In recent years, the increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 has caused serious environmental problems such as climate change, and carbon neutrality is presently a topic of global interest. Achieving carbon neutrality means to convert the atmospheric CO2 into carbon-based compounds. Converting CO2 into organics that can be used by humans is one of the effective ways to utilize CO2. Among them, biological carbon fixation has received great interest. In nature, plants and microbes can fix CO2 through carbon fixation pathways. Researchers have also designed several novel artificial carbon fixation pathways for CO2 fixation. Research on biological carbon fixation has mainly focused on the modification of natural carbon fixation pathways and the design and synthesis of artificial carbon fixation pathways. Since the carbon atom in the CO2 is in the highest oxidation state and the reduction of CO2 into organics requires energy input, the input of reducing power and energy is one of the key factors determining the efficiency of carbon biofixation. This review summarizes the advances achieved in recent years in the engineering of natural carbon fixation pathways and the design and construction of artificial carbon fixation pathways. The efficiencies of the artificial carbon fixation pathways, including the utilization of CO2-derived one carbon compounds, and the natural carbon fixation pathways are compared. Subsequently, we highlight the importance of reducing power and energy supply in the process of artificial biological carbon fixation, including chemical energy such as ATP and reducing power, light energy and electric energy. Finally, we analyze the challenges and trends of biological carbon fixation in terms of pathways and energy, and propose strategies for future research on biological carbon fixation.

Key words: biological carbon fixation, natural carbon fixation pathway, artificial carbon fixation pathway, energy, reducing equivalent

摘要:

近年来,大气中二氧化碳浓度上升引起了气候变化等一系列环境问题,“碳中和”成为各国发展目标之一。实现碳中和,意味着要将空气中的二氧化碳固定下来,作为生产碳基化合物的原料。将二氧化碳转化为人类可以利用的有机物是利用二氧化碳的有效途径之一,这使得二氧化碳的生物固定和转化成为当前研究热点,重点聚焦在天然固碳途径的改造和人工固碳途径的设计合成。由于二氧化碳中的碳原子处于最高氧化态,二氧化碳还原成有机物需要能量输入,如何输入还原力和能量是决定生物固碳效率的关键因素。本文总结了近年来天然固碳途径改造、人工固碳途径设计合成方面取得的进展,对天然固碳途径和人工固碳途径进行了比较分析,并重点讨论了人工生物固碳过程中的还原力和能量输入问题,包括还原力、ATP等化学能、光能和电能等。最后,从途径和能量两方面分析了生物固碳面临的问题和发展趋势,并据此提出了一些可能的研究方向。

关键词: 生物固碳, 天然固碳途径, 人工固碳途径, 能量, 还原力

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