| Chapter title |
Cyanobacterial Enzymes for Bioalkane Production
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 6 |
| Book title |
Synthetic Biology of Cyanobacteria
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| Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-981-13-0854-3_6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-9-81-130853-6, 978-9-81-130854-3
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| Authors |
Munehito Arai, Yuuki Hayashi, Hisashi Kudo, Arai, Munehito, Hayashi, Yuuki, Kudo, Hisashi |
| Abstract |
Cyanobacterial biosynthesis of alkanes is an attractive way of producing substitutes for petroleum-based fuels. Key enzymes for bioalkane production in cyanobacteria are acyl-ACP reductase (AAR) and aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO). AAR catalyzes the reduction of the fatty acyl-ACP/CoA substrates to fatty aldehydes, which are then converted into alkanes/alkenes by ADO. These enzymes have been widely used for biofuel production by metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria and other organisms. However, both proteins, particularly ADO, have low enzymatic activities, and their catalytic activities are desired to be improved for use in biofuel production. Recently, progress has been made in the basic sciences and in the application of AAR and ADO in alkane production. This chapter provides an overview of recent advances in the study of the structure and function of AAR and ADO, protein engineering of these enzymes for improving activity and modifying substrate specificities, and examples of metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria and other organisms using AAR and ADO for biofuel production. |
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