Synthetic or Biomixing Systems

Photosynthesis converts energy from the sun into chemical energy, which provides food and oxygen for all life on Earth. As the cellular compartment that produces photosynthesis, chloroplasts are probably the most important natural engine on Earth. Many scientists believe that artificially reconstructing and controlling the photosynthesis process would mean producing clean energy and other products that can be produced by light and carbon dioxide alone.

Lifeasible offers advanced technologies in synthetic biology and continues to provide effective synthetic or biomixing system solutions for building green and efficient synthetic or biomixing systems. Our synthetic or biomixing systems are widely used in the food, energy, pharmaceutical, chemical, and livestock breeding industries. In addition to phototrophic organisms, we propose using fully synthetic or bio-hybrid systems that can use solar energy as a driving force. Examples include artificial leaves and synthetic photosynthetic cells.

Artificial leaves

• We have embedded chloroplasts from plants into silk proteins and then mixed them with algae cells with strong adsorption power to develop artificial leaves. For example, it only needs a little light and water to carry out photosynthesis, it can also purify the air, and its efficiency in generating oxygen is nearly half higher than that of ordinary leaves, which may be applied to space travel or immigration in the future to solve the problem of lack of oxygen in space. At the same time, artificial leaves will not wither; using them can also create some crafts, such as special leaf lamps or table decorations can be achieved in the lighting or viewing while releasing oxygen.
• In addition, we can combine microfluidics with the natural photosynthetic membrane of spinach for the development of "synthetic chloroplasts" that mimic the complex and realistic photosynthesis process.

Synthetic photosynthetic cells

We combined a cell-free protein synthesis system with small proteoliposomes composed of purified ATP synthase and bacterial retinoids in a giant single-cell vesicle to synthesize proteins through photosynthetic production of ATP. The ATP produced by photosynthesis is used as a substrate for transcription and energy for translation, ultimately driving the synthesis of the constituent proteins of bacterial retinoids or ATP synthases, the original basic components of proteoliposomes. The synthesized photosynthetic bacterial retinoid is integrated with part of the ATP synthase into the artificial photosynthetic organelle, enhancing its ATP photosynthetic activity through positive feedback of the product. We used the synthetic photosynthetic cell system to set the research direction for constructing a self-sufficient artificial cell.

Advantages of our services

• Experienced technical team of experts. Our expert technical team has more than ten years of experience in agricultural synthetic biology projects.
• Flexible and efficient solutions. We help you to customize the most suitable experimental solutions according to your needs.
• Perfect after-sales service. We provide professional after-sales service to minimize customers' worries.

Lifeasible proposes the use of fully synthetic or bio-hybrid systems to use solar energy as a driving force to build a production platform with greater economic value and to promote sustainable development of chemical, energy, and agriculture. If you are interested in us, please feel free to contact us.