Print Email Facebook Twitter Photoenzymatic Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Natural Triglycerides Combining a Hydrolase and a Photodecarboxylase Title Photoenzymatic Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Natural Triglycerides Combining a Hydrolase and a Photodecarboxylase Author Ma, Yunjian (South China University of Technology) Zhang, Xizhen (South China University of Technology) Zhang, W. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Li, Peilin (South China University of Technology) Li, Yongru (South China University of Technology) Hollmann, F. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Wang, Yonghua (South China University of Technology) Date 2020 Abstract A photobiocatalytic cascade transforming natural triglycerides into alkanes/alkenes is proposed. Starting from natural triglycerides, free fatty acids have been obtained using lipases. The free fatty acids were then, in a photoenzymatic step, decarboxylated into the C1-shortened alkanes using a recently described photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A. This cascade produced alkanes from various natural (waste) oils in significant amounts (up to 24 g L−1) and may provide a basis for valorisation of waste oils into a next generation of biodiesel. Subject biocatalysisbiodieselcascade reactionsdecarboxylationphotocatalysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:673b6d1d-be70-49f2-a313-4b7a2f9774e7 DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900205 Source ChemPhotoChem, 4 (1), 39-44 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Yunjian Ma, Xizhen Zhang, W. Zhang, Peilin Li, Yongru Li, F. Hollmann, Yonghua Wang Files PDF cptc.201900205.pdf 876.67 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:673b6d1d-be70-49f2-a313-4b7a2f9774e7/datastream/OBJ/view