A photodecarboxylase from Micractinium conductrix active on medium and short-chain fatty acids

作者：Ma, Yunjian; Zhong, Xuanru; Wu, Bin; Lan, Dongming; Zhang, Hao; Hollmann, Frank^*; Wang, Yonghua^*

来源：CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 2023, 44: 160-170.

DOI：10.1016/S1872-2067(22)64173-1

• Photodecarboxylase
• McFAP
• Heterologous expression
• Fatty acids
• Hydrocarbon biofuel

Hydrocarbons are essential base chemicals as energy carriers and starting materials for chemical manufacture. So-called fatty acid photodecarboxylases (FAPs) represent interesting catalysts for the conversion of natural fatty acids into hydrocarbons thereby giving access to alkanes from renewa-ble feedstock. Today, however, only few FAPs are known. In the current study we report a new FAP from the marine organism Micractinium conductrix (McFAP). In contrast to currently known FAPs McFAP exhibits high catalytic activity towards short and medium fatty acids. Recombinant expres-sion and basic biochemical characterisation of this new member of the FAP family is reported.