Oxygen??Independent Decarbonylation of Aldehydes by Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Decarbonylase: A New Reaction of Diiron Enzymes

D Das, BE Eser, J Han, A Sciore…

Index: Das, Debasis; Eser, Bekir E.; Han, Jaehong; Sciore, Aaron; Marsh, E. Neil G. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2011 , vol. 50, # 31 p. 7148 - 7152

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Abstract

The search for new biofuels has generated increased interest in biochemical pathways that produce hydrocarbons.[1] Although hydrocarbons are simple molecules, the biosynthesis of molecules that lack any chemical functional groups is surprisingly challenging.[2] Biochemical reactions that remove functionality, such as decarboxylations, dehydrations and reduction of double bonds, invariably rely on the presence of adjacent functional groups to ...