A biocatalytic cascade for the conversion of fatty acids to fatty amines

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Authors

Sasha R. Derrington · University of Manchester

James L. Galman · Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology

Han Bevinakatti · AkzoNobel (United States)

Nicholas J. Turner · Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology

Abstract

A mild, biocatalytic alternative to the conventional amination of fatty acids through a one-pot tandem cascade performed by a carboxylic acid reductase (CAR) and a transaminase (ω-TA).

Topics & Keywords

Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Biofuel production and bioconversion

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Green Chemistry

Volume 21, Issue 18, pp. 4932-4935

DOI: 10.1039/c9gc02260k

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