Biosynthesis pathways of expanding carbon chains for producing advanced biofuels

Table 3 Advanced biofuels: fatty alcohols using fatty acid intermediates

Advanced biofuels	Producing strain	Key gene from heterologous hosts		Biosynthetic pathways	Key intermediates
Long chain alcohols	E. coli [174], S. cerevisiae[175]	atfA	S. cerevisiae, Paracoccus denitrificans	Fatty alcohols using fatty intermediates	FAEES
C12–C18 fatty alcohols	E. coli [176, 177], S. cerevisiae[178]	acyl-CoA reductase	A. calcoaceticus	Fatty alcohols using fatty intermediates	Fatty aldehydes
C10–C18 fatty alcohols	E. coli [179], S. cerevisiae [180]	CER4	S. cerevisiae	Fatty alcohols using fatty intermediates	Fatty acyl-CoA
1,3-Diols	E. coli [181], S. cerevisiae [182]	acrI	S. cerevisiae	Fatty alcohols using fatty intermediates	Fatty acyl-CoA

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