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 ## License
 Copyright © 2023 Germann, Nakielski, Dietsch, Petzel, Moser, Triesch, Westhoff and Axmann. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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-## Data availability
-The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
-
-## ARC structure
-
-``` mermaid
-%%{
-  init: {
-    'theme': 'base',
-    'themeVariables': {
-      'background': '#fff',
-      'lineColor': '#2d3e50',
-      'primaryTextColor': '#2d3e50'
-    }
-  }
-}%%
-
-flowchart TD
-
-subgraph Legend
-l1(Sample)
-l2>Process]
-l3(Material)
-l4(Data)
-end
-
-subgraph Studies
-subgraph study\*Synechocystis*
-s1(*Synechocystis* mutants)---pr1>growth]-->cl1(mutant cultures)
-end
-
-subgraph study\Englund-2014
-nz1(Pia Lindberg)---pr9>gift]-->nz2(plasmid pEERM4 Cm)
-end
-
-subgraph study\PlasmidAndStrainConstruction
-nz2---pr10>cloning of genes]-->s2(Plasmid Constructs)
-nz3(replicative plasmid pSHDY)---pr11>cloning of rhamnoze activator]-->s3(plasmid for promoter induction)
-s2---pr12>transformation of *Synechocystis*]
-s3---pr12-->s1
-end
-
-subgraph study\KnoopAndSteuer-2015
-nz4(Ralf Steuer)---pr15>send]-->nz5(extended version of a genome-scale stoichiometric network model of *Synechocystis*)
-end
-end
-
-subgraph Assays
-subgraph assay\AbsorptionSpectraAndODMeasurements
-cl1---pr2>measurement of Absorption Spectra and OD]-->d1(Absorption Spectra and OD values)
-end
-
-subgraph assay\DCWMeasurements
-cl1---pr3>measurement of DCW]-->d2(DCW values)
-end
-
-subgraph assay\PigmentQuantification
-cl1---pr5>sampling and measurement of absorbance maximum]-->a2(Pigment Quantification)
-end
-
-d1-->|normalization|a2
-d2-->|normalization|a2
-
-subgraph assay\GC-MSMeasurementsForTheQuantificationOfSqualene
-cl1---pr4>GC-MS measurement]-->a1(Quantification of Squalene)
-end
-
-subgraph assay\qPCR
-cl1---pr6>RNA extraction]-->a3(RNA)---pr7>cDNA synthesis]-->a4(cDNA)---pr8>qRT-PCR]-->a5(qRT-PCR results)
-end
-
-subgraph assay\cPCR
-s1---pr13>cPCR]-->a6(cPCR results)---pr14>gel electrophoresis]-->a7(gel results) 
-end
-
-subgraph assay\MetabolicModeling
-nz5---pr16>metabolic modeling and simulations]-->a8(amplification targets)---pr10
-end
-
-%% Defining node styles
-  classDef S fill:#b4ce82, stroke:#333;
-  classDef M fill:#ffc000;
-  classDef D fill:#c21f3a,color:white;
-  classDef P stroke-width:0px;  
-
-%% Assigning styles to nodes
-  class s1,l1,cl1 S;
-  class l3,nz2,s2,nz3,s3,a3,a4 M;
-  class l4,nz5,d1,d2,a1,a2,a5,a6,a7,a8 D;
-  class l2,pr1,pr2,pr3,pr4,pr5,pr6,pr7,pr8,pr9,pr10,pr11,pr12,pr13,pr14,pr15,pr16 P;
-
-%% Box style
-style Studies fill:#fff, stroke-width:2px, stroke:#333;
-style Assays fill:#fff, stroke-width:2px, stroke:#333;
-end