Ángel Baca-Porcel

This study functionally characterizes algal CER1/3 proteins in yeast, showing they can mediate hydrocarbon biosynthesis and that mutations impair this function, supporting the evolution of plant CER1/CER3 complexes from algal bifunctional enzymes.

This paper describes an E. coli strain engineered to produce heptane using FAP and a thioesterase, achieving a productivity of 22 mg.L-1.day-1 under blue light.