Functional screening of aldehyde decarbonylases for long-chain alkane production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract Background Low catalytic activities of pathway enzymes are often a limitation when using microbial based chemical production. Recent studies indicated that the enzyme activity of aldehyde decarbonylase (AD) is a critical bottleneck for alkane biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We the...

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Main Authors: Min-Kyoung Kang, Yongjin J. Zhou, Nicolaas A. Buijs, Jens Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2017-05-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0683-z