Journal of inorganic biochemistryStaphylococcus aureusKineticsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemBacterial ProteinsStearic Acids
The cytochrome P450 decarboxylase from Staphylococcus aureus can produce a diene from a C18 monounsaturated fatty acid: A spectroscopic, structural and kinetic characterisation.
Lewis J Williams, Michael T Wilson, James A Birrell, Harry W Lang, Stephen G Bell, Jonathan A R Worrall
Published: 202610.1016/j.jinorgbio.2025.113117
Abstract
Certain members of the bacterial cytochrome P450 152 family (CYP152) are peroxygenases that catalyse the decarboxylation of fatty acids into terminal olefins making them attractive biocatalysts for biofuel production. To date, the characterisation of…
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