Formation of alkenes through enzymatic dehydration of alkanols

A recombinant microorganism capable of producing one or more primary alkenes, each primary alkene having a structure as shown in Structure B, from one or more saturated primary or secondary alcohols, each primary or secondary alcohol having a structure as shown in Structure A,

• wherein R1=CnH2n+1 with 1≤n≤11;
• R2=CmH2m+1 with 0≤m≤10 and n+m≤11;
• and
• wherein the recombinant microorganism expresses one or more heterologous nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more linalool dehydratases/isomerases that catalyzes the conversion of the one or more saturated primary or secondary alcohols to one or more corresponding primary alkenes, the linalool dehydratase/isomerase comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
• 2, 5, and 26,
• wherein the recombinant microorganism further expresses one or more exogenous nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more enzymes for the production of the one or more saturated primary or secondary alcohols from a renewable feedstock, and
• wherein the renewable feedstock is one or more sugars.