Photobiocatalytic synthesis of chiral secondary fatty alcohols from renewable unsaturated fatty acids

Natural fatty acids are important starting materials in bio-based chemical production. Here, the authors developed a two-enzyme cascade to produce enantiomerically pure secondary fatty alcohols from natural unsaturated fatty acids in one pot.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wuyuan Zhang, Jeong-Hoo Lee, Sabry H. H. Younes, Fabio Tonin, Peter-Leon Hagedoorn, Harald Pichler, Yoonjin Baeg, Jin-Byung Park, Robert Kourist, Frank Hollmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16099-7