Publication Date:
2013-02-20
Description:
Biologically produced alkanes represent potential renewable alternatives to petroleum-derived chemicals. A cyanobacterial pathway consisting of acyl–Acyl Carrier Protein reductase and an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) converts acyl–Acyl Carrier Proteins into corresponding n-1 alkanes via aldehyde intermediates in an oxygen-dependent manner (Km for O2, 84 ± 9 µM). In vitro, ADO turned...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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