New fatty acid decarboxylase and its uses
AssigneesCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite D'Aix-Marseille
InventorsFREDERIC BEISSON, DAMIEN SORIGUE, BERTRAND LEGERET, STEPHAN CUINE, STEPHANIE BLANGY, GILLES PELTIER
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of a new class of fatty acid decarboxylases and its uses, in particular for producing alkanes/alkenes from fatty acids.
Claims19
1-21. (canceled)
A method for producing alkanes and/or alkenes from fatty acids comprising contacting a polypeptide having fatty acid decarboxylase activity and comprising a sequence having at least 40% of identity with SEQ ID NO:
- 1 with fatty acids and light with a wavelength between 300 and 540 nm.
A recombinant host cell comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having fatty acid decarboxylase activity and comprising a sequence having at least 40% of identity with SEQ ID NO:
- 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.