Improved fatty aldehyde and wax ester production by overexpression of fatty acyl-CoA reductases
Abstract Background Fatty aldehydes are industrially relevant compounds, which also represent a common metabolic intermediate in the microbial synthesis of various oleochemicals, including alkanes, fatty alcohols and wax esters. The key enzymes in biological fatty aldehyde production are the fatty a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Microbial Cell Factories |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-0869-z |