Imperial College London
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Dr. Patrik R. Jones

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

Professor of Metabolic Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5213p.jones

 
 
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Location

 

503Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Sattayawat:2023:10.1007/10_2022_213,
author = {Sattayawat, P and Yunus, IS and Jones, PR},
doi = {10.1007/10_2022_213},
journal = {Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol},
pages = {145--169},
title = {Production of Fatty Acids and Derivatives Using Cyanobacteria.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10_2022_213},
volume = {183},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Fatty acids and their derivatives are highly valuable chemicals that can be produced through chemical or enzymatic processes using plant lipids. This may compete with human food sources. Therefore, there has been an urge to create a new method for synthesizing these chemicals. One approach is to use microbial cells, specifically cyanobacteria, as a factory platform. Engineering may need to be implemented in order to allow a cost-competitive production and to enable a production of a variety of different fatty acids and derivatives. In this chapter, we explain in details the importance of fatty acids and their derivatives, including fatty aldehydes, fatty alcohols, hydrocarbons, fatty acid methyl esters, and hydroxy fatty acids. The production of these chemicals using cyanobacterial native metabolisms together with strategies to engineer them are also explained. Moreover, recent examples of fatty acid and fatty acid derivative production from engineered cyanobacteria are gathered and reported. Commercial opportunities to manufacture fatty acids and derivatives are also discussed in this chapter. Altogether, it is clear that fatty acids and their derivatives are important chemicals, and with recent advancements in genetic engineering, a cyanobacterial platform for bio-based production is feasible. However, there are regulations and guidelines in place for the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and some further developments are still needed before commercialization can be reached.
AU  - Sattayawat,P
AU  - Yunus,IS
AU  - Jones,PR
DO  - 10.1007/10_2022_213
EP  - 169
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0724-6145
SP  - 145
TI  - Production of Fatty Acids and Derivatives Using Cyanobacteria.
T2  - Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10_2022_213
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36764955
VL  - 183
ER  -
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