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Photoenzymatic Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Natural Triglycerides Combining a Hydrolase and a Photodecarboxylase
Author(s) -
Ma Yunjian,
Zhang Xizhen,
Zhang Wuyuan,
Li Peilin,
Li Yongru,
Hollmann Frank,
Wang Yonghua
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemphotochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 2367-0932
DOI - 10.1002/cptc.201900205
Subject(s) - biofuel , chemistry , biomass (ecology) , valorisation , lipase , cascade , biodiesel , food science , organic chemistry , pulp and paper industry , waste management , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , chromatography , catalysis , ecology , engineering
A photobiocatalytic cascade transforming natural triglycerides into alkanes/alkenes is proposed. Starting from natural triglycerides, free fatty acids have been obtained using lipases. The free fatty acids were then, in a photoenzymatic step, decarboxylated into the C1‐shortened alkanes using a recently described photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A. This cascade produced alkanes from various natural (waste) oils in significant amounts (up to 24 g L −1 ) and may provide a basis for valorisation of waste oils into a next generation of biodiesel.