Patent ID: 8183027
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: C10L,C12N,C12P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engineered cyanobacterium, wherein said engineered cyanobacterium comprises a recombinant acyl-ACP reductase enzyme and a recombinant alkanal decarboxylative monooxygenase enzyme, wherein at least one of said recombinant enzymes is heterologous with respect to said engineered cyanobacterium; and wherein said cyanobacterium, when cultured in the presence of light and an inorganic carbon source, produces n-alkanes, wherein at least one of said n-alkanes is selected from the group consisting of n-tridecane, n-tetradecane, n-pentadecane , n-hexadecane, and n-heptadecane, and wherein the amount of said n-alkanes produced is at least 0.1% dry cell weight and at least two times the amount produced by an otherwise identical cyanobacterium, cultured under identical conditions, but lacking said recombinant acyl-ACP reductase and alkanal decarboxylative monooxygenase enzymes.