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

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

doi:10.1002/cptc.201900205

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

Yunjian Ma, Xizhen Zhang, Wuyuan Zhang, Peilin Li, Yongru Li, Frank Hollmann, Yonghua Wang^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-44
Journal	ChemPhotoChem
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900205
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

biocatalysis
biodiesel
cascade reactions
decarboxylation
photocatalysis

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