Photoenzymatic Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Natural Triglycerides Combining a Hydrolase and a Photodecarboxylase | Zendy

Ma Yunjian | Zendy; Zhang Xizhen | Zendy; Zhang Wuyuan | Zendy; Li Peilin | Zendy; Li Yongru | Zendy; Hollmann Frank | Zendy; Wang Yonghua | Zendy

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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.

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