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US 2020/0239796 A1Published application
Host cells and methods for producing tricyclic sesquiterpenes, aviation and missile fuel precursors
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorTaek Soon Lee
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a fuel compositions are provided comprising a hydrogenation product of a tricyclic sesquiterpene (epi-isozizaene, pentalenene, or α-isocomene) and a fuel additive. Methods of making and using the fuel compositions are also disclosed.
Claims19
A genetically modified host cell capable of producing one or more tricyclic sesquiterpenes, said genetically modified host cell comprising one or more tricyclic sesquiterpenes synthase.
A fuel composition comprising:
- (a) a tricyclic sesquiterpene or a hydrogenation product of a tricyclic sesquiterpene;
- and (b) a fuel additive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.