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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2017

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

Min-Kyoung Kang, Yongjin J Zhou, Nicolaas A Buijs, Jens Nielsen

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Recent trends in microbial production of alkanes.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025
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  6. Insights into cyanobacterial alkane biosynthesis.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Min-Kyoung KangDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Yongjin J ZhouDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Nicolaas A BuijsDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jens NielsenDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden. nielsenj@chalmers.se.
Chalmers University of Technology · SEDalian Institute of Chemical Physics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow 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 therefore performed functional screening to identify efficient ADs that can improve alkane production by S. cerevisiae.

resultsA comparative study of ADs originated from a plant, insects, and cyanobacteria were conducted in S. cerevisiae. As a result, expression of aldehyde deformylating oxygenases (ADOs), which are cyanobacterial ADs, from Synechococcus elongatus and Crocosphaera watsonii converted fatty aldehydes to corresponding C

conclusionsWe demonstrated in vivo enzyme activities of ADs by displaying profiles of alkanes and fatty alcohols in S. cerevisiae. Among the AD enzymes evaluated, cyanobacteria ADOs were found to be suitable for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae. This work will be helpful to decide an AD candidate for alkane biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae and it will provide useful information for further investigation of AD enzymes with improved activities.

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Metabolic EngineeringAldehyde-LyasesAldehydesAlkanesAlkenesBiofuelsBiosynthetic PathwaysCyanobacteriaEscherichia coliFatty AcidsFatty AlcoholsOxygenasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaealdehyde decarbonylaseAldehyde-LyasesAldehydesAlkanesAlkenesBiofuelsFatty AcidsFatty Alcoholsfatty aldehydeOxygenasesAldehyde decarbonylaseAlkane biosynthesisBiofuelsMetabolic engineeringSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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