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Thursday, February 23, 20125.30 pm
Alampi Room, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences,71 Dudley Road, Cook Campus, New Brunswick, NJ
Microbial Synthesis of Hydrocarbons: Mechanisms and Applications
Lawrence P. Wackett
Department of Biochemistry and BioTechnology Institute University of Minnesota
Research is being conducted to elucidate and exploit the microbial enzymes and metabolic pathways involved in hydrocarbon biosynthesis. Biohydrocarbons are of interest as renewable sources of fuels and specialty chemicals. One class of hydrocarbons arise from the head-to-head condensation of fatty acids, metabolism that is encoded by the ole gene cluster. We have demonstrated that the genes oleA, oleC and oleD are required for hydrocarbon biosynthesis. The ole genes are found in 70 phylogeneticially-divergent, bacterial species. The Ole proteins have been purified and characterized. Their specific roles, mechanisms and structures will be discussed. We have explored possible routes for the inexpensive synthesis of biohydrocarbons from readily available precursors.
2011-2012 Meeting Schedule
December 1st Three Speaker Meeting Feb -March Joint Meeting with SIM April 30th, 2012 Meeting In MiniatureJuneBusiness Meeting and Picnic
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