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ArticleAMB Express2017

Alkane biosynthesis by Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 through heterologous expression of Synechococcus elongatus acyl-ACP/CoA reductase and aldehyde deformylating oxygenase genes.

Malavika Sinha, István Weyda, Annette Sørensen, Kenneth S Bruno, Birgitte K Ahring

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Article in AMB Express, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Malavika SinhaBioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
István WeydaSection for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, AC Meyers Vaenge 15, 2450, Copenhagen SV, Denmark.
Annette SørensenBioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
Kenneth S BrunoChemical and Biological Process Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, USA.
Birgitte K AhringBioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, USA. bka@wsu.edu.
Washington State University · USAalborg University · DKPacific Northwest National Laboratory · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study we describe the heterologous expression of the recently identified cyanobacterial pathway for long chain alkane biosynthesis, involving the reduction of fatty acyl-ACP to fatty aldehyde and the subsequent conversion of this into alkanes, in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010. Genes originating from Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC7942, encoding acyl-ACP/CoA reductase and aldehyde deformylating oxygenase enzymes, were successfully expressed in A. carbonarius, which lead to the production of pentadecane and heptadecane, alkanes that have not been previously produced by this fungus. Titers of 0.2, 0.5 and 2.7 mg/l pentadecane and 0.8, 1.6 and 10.2 mg/l heptadecane were achieved using glucose, Yeast malt and oatmeal media, respectively. Besides producing alkanes, we found elevated levels of internal free fatty acids and triglycerides in the alkane producing transformant. These findings can indicate that a yet unidentified, native fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase channels back the fatty aldehydes into the fatty acid metabolism, thus competing for substrate with the heterologously expressed fatty aldehyde deformylating oxygenase. These findings will potentially facilitate the future application of robust, fungal cell factories for the production of advanced biofuels from various substrates.

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Advanced biofuelsAlkane biosynthesisAspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010Fungal transformation

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