title: Engineering self-sufficient aldehyde deformylating oxygenases fused to alternative electron transfer systems for efficient conversion of aldehydes into alkanes.
abstract: Self-sufficient aldehyde deformylating oxygenases (ADOs) from Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 fused to alternative electron transfer systems were successfully designed, constructed, characterized and used for efficient conversion of aldehydes into alkanes for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China. lijj@qibebt.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xuenian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shengying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D004583:Electrons; D007700:Kinetics; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015202:Protein Engineering; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000473:Alkanes; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010105:Oxygenases