Citation: Feng-Ming Lin, E. Neil G. Marsh, Xiaoxia Nina Lin. Recent progress in hydrocarbon biofuel synthesis: Pathways and enzymes[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(4): 431-434. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.018 shu

Recent progress in hydrocarbon biofuel synthesis: Pathways and enzymes

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a State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;
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c Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;
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d Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Corresponding author: Feng-Ming Lin,
Received Date: 12 January 2015
Available Online: 28 February 2015

Biofuels derived from hydrocarbon biosynthetic pathways have attracted increasing attention. Routes to hydrocarbon biofuels are emerging and mainly fall into two categories based on the metabolic pathways utilized: Fatty acid pathway-based alkanes/alkenes and isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway based terpenes. The primary focus of this review is on recent progress in the application of hydrocarbon biosynthetic pathways for hydrocarbon biofuel production, together with studies on enzymes, including efforts to engineering them for improved performance.
- Biofuel,
- Fatty acid biosynthesis pathway,
- Isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway,
- Metabolic engineering
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