Patent ID: 9663799
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: C12N,C12P,C12Y

Claim:
1. A method for producing a hydrocarbon, said method comprising incubating together: a protein having an activity of synthesizing, from an aldehyde compound, a hydrocarbon with a carbon number one less than that of the aldehyde compound, wherein said protein is selected from the group consisting of (a) and (b): a coenzyme involved in said activity of said protein, wherein the coenzyme is reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, and an aldehyde compound that serves as a substrate for said activity of said protein, to thereby synthesize a hydrocarbon with a carbon number one less than that of the aldehyde compound.