Production of fatty alcohols from non-edible oils by enzymatic cascade reactions

Yunjian Ma; Xizhen Zhang; Yongru Li; Peilin Li; Frank Hollmann; Yonghua Wang

doi:10.1039/D0SE00848F

Production of fatty alcohols from non-edible oils by enzymatic cascade reactions†

Yunjian Ma,^a Xizhen Zhang,^b Yongru Li,^a Peilin Li,

^a Frank Hollmann

*^c and Yonghua Wang

*^a

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^a School of Food Science and Engineering, Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Center), South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
E-mail: yonghw@scut.edu.cn

^b School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

^c Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, Delft, The Netherlands
E-mail: F.Hollmann@TUDelft.nl

Abstract

A biocatalytic cascade transforming castor oil into (R,Z)-octadec-9-en-7-ol is presented by combining a lipase catalysed hydrolysis of castor oil into ricinoleic acid followed by a photoenzymatic decarboxylation into (R,Z)-octadec-9-en-7-ol. Conversion of up to 41.7% and overall product concentrations of up to 60 mM, this new bienzymatic and photocatalytic cascade exhibits significant potential for the valorisation of non-edible castor oil. The scope and limitations of the current system are described and discussed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE00848F
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 07 Jun 2020
Accepted: 13 Jun 2020
First published: 15 Jun 2020
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Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2020,4, 4232-4237

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Production of fatty alcohols from non-edible oils by enzymatic cascade reactions

Y. Ma, X. Zhang, Y. Li, P. Li, F. Hollmann and Y. Wang, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2020, 4, 4232 DOI: 10.1039/D0SE00848F

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Production of fatty alcohols from non-edible oils by enzymatic cascade reactions†

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