Microbial synthesis of medium-chain chemicals from renewables

Production of Odd-Carbon Dicarboxylic Acids in Escherichia coli Using an Engineered Biotin–Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathway

(2017) Robert W. Haushalter et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A systematic optimization of medium chain fatty acid biosynthesis via the reverse beta-oxidation cycle in Escherichia coli

(2017) Junjun Wu et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Dynamic control of ERG20 expression combined with minimized endogenous downstream metabolism contributes to the improvement of geraniol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2017) Jianzhi Zhao et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Expanding the product portfolio of fungal type I fatty acid synthases

(2017) Zhiwei Zhu et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Engineering fatty acid synthases for directed polyketide production

(2017) Jan Gajewski et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Engineering fungal de novo fatty acid synthesis for short chain fatty acid production

(2017) Jan Gajewski et al.   Nature Communications

Computational Redesign of Acyl-ACP Thioesterase with Improved Selectivity toward Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acids

(2017) Matthew J. Grisewood et al.   ACS Catalysis

Biological valorization of low molecular weight lignin

(2016) Omar Y. Abdelaziz et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Engineering acyl carrier protein to enhance production of shortened fatty acids

(2016) Xueliang Liu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Structure-oriented substrate specificity engineering of aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase towards aldehydes carbon chain length

(2016) Luyao Bao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Semirational Protein Engineering of CYP153AM.aq.-CPRBM3for Efficient Terminal Hydroxylation of Short- to Long-Chain Fatty Acids

(2016) Sandra Notonier et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Synthesis and characterization of polyesters derived from sebacic acid, hexanediol, and hydroquinone

(2016) Luis Cabrales et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLYMER ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Production of 1-decanol by metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica

(2016) Charles D. Rutter et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

High production of fatty alcohols in Escherichia coli with fatty acid starvation

(2016) Yilan Liu et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Energy- and carbon-efficient synthesis of functionalized small molecules in bacteria using non-decarboxylative Claisen condensation reactions

(2016) Seokjung Cheong et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

EngineeringYarrowia lipolyticaas a platform for synthesis of drop-in transportation fuels and oleochemicals

(2016) Peng Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Use of higher alcohol biofuels in diesel engines: A review

(2016) B. Rajesh Kumar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Microbial production of fatty alcohols

(2016) Sandy Fillet et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Production of fatty acid-derived oleochemicals and biofuels by synthetic yeast cell factories

(2016) Yongjin J. Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Pathway Compartmentalization in Peroxisome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Produce Versatile Medium Chain Fatty Alcohols

(2016) Jiayuan Sheng et al.   Scientific Reports

Production of FAME biodiesel in E. coli by direct methylation with an insect enzyme

(2016) Saken Sherkhanov et al.   Scientific Reports

Oxidative Decarboxylation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids to 1-Alkenes

(2015) Alexander Dennig et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Altering small and medium alcohol selectivity in the wax ester synthase

(2015) Brett M. Barney et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biosynthesis of hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds by fungi: bioengineering potential

(2015) Daniel J. Spakowicz et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of microbes for branched-chain biodiesel production with low-temperature property

(2015) Hui Tao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of fatty acid short- and branched-chain alkyl esters biodiesel

(2015) Wei Suong Teo et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Biochemical Studies of Mycobacterial Fatty Acid Methyltransferase: A Catalyst for the Enzymatic Production of Biodiesel

(2015) Nektaria Petronikolou et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Recent progress in hydrocarbon biofuel synthesis: Pathways and enzymes

(2015) Feng-Ming Lin et al.   CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

In vitro characterization of five bacterial WS/DGAT acyltransferases regarding the synthesis of biotechnologically relevant short-chain-length esters

(2015) Annika Röttig et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microbial Synthesis of Myrcene by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli

(2015) Eun-Mi Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Adding value to plant oils and fatty acids: Biological transformation of fatty acids into ω-hydroxycarboxylic, α,ω-dicarboxylic, and ω-aminocarboxylic acids

(2015) Joo-Hyun Seo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Synthesis of medium-chain length (C6–C10) fuels and chemicals via β-oxidation reversal in Escherichia coli

(2015) Seohyoung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biosynthesis of odd-chain fatty alcohols in Escherichia coli

(2015) Ying-Xiu Cao et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Combinatorial metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for terminal alkene production

(2015) Binbin Chen et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Integrated engineering of β-oxidation reversal and ω-oxidation pathways for the synthesis of medium chain ω-functionalized carboxylic acids

(2015) James M. Clomburg et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

New insights into the toxicity mechanism of octanoic and decanoic acids onSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2015) Anna Borrull et al.   YEAST

Integrative genomic mining for enzyme function to enable engineering of a non-natural biosynthetic pathway

(2015) Wai Shun Mak et al.   Nature Communications

Discovery of a Family of Desaturase-Like Enzymes for 1-Alkene Biosynthesis

(2015) Zhe Rui et al.   ACS Catalysis

Engineering Escherichia coli for Conversion of Glucose to Medium-Chain ω-Hydroxy Fatty Acids and α,ω-Dicarboxylic Acids

(2015) Christopher H. Bowen et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

GPCR-Based Chemical Biosensors for Medium-Chain Fatty Acids

(2015) Kuntal Mukherjee et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Volatile Organic Compounds from Native Potato-associated Pseudomonas as Potential Anti-oomycete Agents

(2015) Mout De Vrieze et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Production of fatty acids inRalstonia eutrophaH16 by engineeringβ-oxidation and carbon storage

(2015) Janice S. Chen et al.   PeerJ

Enhancing fatty acid ethyl ester production inSaccharomyces cerevisiaethrough metabolic engineering and medium optimization

(2014) R. Adam Thompson et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Microbial production of amino acids and derived chemicals: Synthetic biology approaches to strain development

(2014) Volker F Wendisch   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A newly identified fatty alcohol oxidase gene is mainly responsible for the oxidation of long-chain ω-hydroxy fatty acids inYarrowia lipolytica

(2014) Michael Gatter et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

Structure and Biochemical Properties of the Alkene Producing Cytochrome P450 OleTJE(CYP152L1) from theJeotgalicoccussp. 8456 Bacterium

(2014) James Belcher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Reversal of the β-Oxidation Cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Production of Fuels and Chemicals

(2014) Jiazhang Lian et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Expression and Characterization ofCYP52Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Sophorolipid and Alkane Metabolism from Starmerella bombicola

(2013) Fong-Chin Huang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The damaging effects of short chain fatty acids on Escherichia coli membranes

(2013) Liam A. Royce et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaefor the synthesis of short chain fatty acids

(2013) Christopher Leber et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Directed evolution of an E. coli inner membrane transporter for improved efflux of biofuel molecules

(2013) Jee Foo et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Production of Propane and Other Short-Chain Alkanes by Structure-Based Engineering of Ligand Specificity in Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenase

(2013) Basile Khara et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Production of medium chain length fatty alcohols from glucose in Escherichia coli

(2013) J. Tyler Youngquist et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Microbial production of short-chain alkanes

(2013) Yong Jun Choi et al.   NATURE

Structural and Functional Characterisation of TesA - A Novel Lysophospholipase A from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2013) Filip Kovačić et al.   PLoS One

Tailored fatty acid synthesis via dynamic control of fatty acid elongation

(2013) J. P. Torella et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial CYP153A monooxygenases for the synthesis of omega-hydroxylated fatty acids

(2012) Sumire Honda Malca et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Design of a dynamic sensor-regulator system for production of chemicals and fuels derived from fatty acids

(2012) Fuzhong Zhang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering Escherichia coli for Biodiesel Production Utilizing a Bacterial Fatty Acid Methyltransferase

(2011) Parwez Nawabi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Engineering of Bacterial Methyl Ketone Synthesis for Biofuels

(2011) Ee-Been Goh et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Oxygen-Independent Alkane Formation by Non-Heme Iron-Dependent Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Decarbonylase: Investigation of Kinetics and Requirement for an External Electron Donor

(2011) Bekir E. Eser et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Engineered reversal of the β-oxidation cycle for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals

(2011) Clementina Dellomonaco et al.   NATURE

Synthesis of three advanced biofuels from ionic liquid-pretreated switchgrass using engineered Escherichia coli

(2011) G. Bokinsky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria

(2011) X. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A process for microbial hydrocarbon synthesis: Overproduction of fatty acids inEscherichia coliand catalytic conversion to alkanes

(2010) Rebecca M. Lennen et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Identification and Characterization ofEscherichia coliThioesterase III That Functions in Fatty Acid β-Oxidation†

(2008) Lina Nie et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

“Designer” Biodiesel: Optimizing Fatty Ester Composition to Improve Fuel Properties†

(2008) Gerhard Knothe   ENERGY & FUELS

Juvenile hormone acid O-methyltransferase in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Ryusuke Niwa et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY