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An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons
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Algal enzyme driven by blue light: Microalgae make hydrocarbons. In searching for the enzyme responsible, Sorigué et al. found a glucose-methanolcholine oxidoreductase (see the Perspective by Scrutton). Expression of the enzyme in Escherichia coli showed that hydrocarbon production requires visible light. In fact, the enzyme requires a constant input of blue photons to carry out its catalytic reaction. A long hydrophobic tunnel in the enzyme stabilizes the fatty acid substrates in proximity to the flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor. Science , this issue p. 903 ; see also p. 872
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- Authors
- Sorigué, D., Légeret, B., Cuiné, S., Blangy, S., Moulin, S., Billon, E., Richaud, P., Brugière, S., Couté, Y., Nurizzo, D., Müller, P., Brettel, K., Pignol, D., Arnoux, P., Li-Beisson, Y., Peltier, G., & Beisson, F.
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- 2017-09
- Volume
- 357
- Issue
- 6354
- Pages
- 903-907
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2753103474
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- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 12.54
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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