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Background  Biogenic hydrocarbons (biohydrocarbons) are broadly accepted to be the ideal ‘drop-in’ biofuel alternative to petroleum-based fuels due to their highly similar chemical composition and physical characteristics. The biological production of aliphatic hydrocarbons is largely dependent on engineering of the complicated enzymatic network surrounding fatty acid biosynthesis.    Result  In this work, we developed a novel system for bioproduction of terminal fatty alkenes (1-alkenes) from renewable and low-cost triacylglycerols (TAGs) based on the lipase hydrolysis coupled to the P450 catalyzed decarboxylation. This artificial biosynthetic pathway was constituted using both cell-free systems including purified enzymes or cell-free extracts, and cell-based systems including mixed resting cells or growing cells. The issues of high cost of fatty acid feedstock and complicated biosynthesis network were addressed by replacement of the  de novo  biosynthesized fatty acids with the fed cheap TAGs. This recombinant tandem enzymatic pathway consisting of the  Thermomyces lanuginosus  lipase (Tll) and the P450 fatty acid decarboxylase OleT JE  resulted in the production of 1-alkenes from purified TAGs or natural oils with 6.7 to 46.0% yields.    Conclusion  Since this novel hydrocarbon-producing pathway only requires two catalytically efficient enzymatic steps, it may hold great potential for industrial application by fulfilling the large-scale and cost-effective conversion of renewable TAGs into biohydrocarbons. This work highlights the power of designing and implementing an artificial pathway for production of advanced biofuels.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0219-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

biotechnology for biofuels

Assembly of lipase and P450 fatty acid decarboxylase to constitute a novel biosynthetic pathway for production of 1-alkenes from renewable triacylglycerols and oils