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AMB Express
Fig. 1 | AMB Express

Fig. 1

From: Alkane biosynthesis by Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 through heterologous expression of Synechococcus elongatus acyl-ACP/CoA reductase and aldehyde deformylating oxygenase genes

Fig. 1

Fatty acid metabolism and heterologous alkane production in fungi. The S. elongatus FAR and FADO genes were heterologously expressed in A. carbonarius. The introduced alkane biosynthetic pathway is marked with green arrows. The FADO enzyme requires ferredoxin (Fdx), ferredoxin reductase (Fpr) and NADPH as cofactor. The endogenous source supplying these cofactors is not known. The fatty acid metabolism involves the ATP-citrate lyase (ACL), acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC), fatty acid synthase (FAS) and palmitoyl-ACP thioesterase (PAT). Fatty aldehydes are potentially converted into free fatty acids by the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH)

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