Covering: 2005 to 2015 Although natural products are best known for their use in medicine
and agriculture, a number of fatty acid-derived and isoprenoid natural products are being …

Highlights•Biological lipids are naturally energy-dense and several make good
biofuels.•Metabolic pathways to produce these biofuels have been engineered in microbial …

The steadily increasing demand on transportation fuels calls for renewable fuel
replacements. This has attracted a growing amount of research to develop advanced …

Ketosynthases (KSs) catalyze carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions in fatty acid synthases
(FASs) and polyketide synthases (PKSs). KSs utilize a two-step ping-pong kinetic …

Neo acids are highly branched carboxylic acids currently produced from fossil fuels. In this
work, we produce renewable neo acids from lignocellulosic biomass-derived furan and keto …

Highlights•Four major metabolic pathways that lead to biofuel production are reviewed.•The
production of branched-chain fatty acid improved biofuel cold-flow properties.•Non …

Research on renewable biofuels produced by microorganisms has enjoyed considerable
advances in academic and industrial settings. As the renewable ethanol market approaches …

Fueled by a variety of industrial applications ranging from bioplastics to cosmetics and
pharmaceuticals, the global demand for unsaturated fatty acids is steadily rising. Most of …

Microorganisms build fatty acids with biocatalytic assembly lines, or fatty acid synthases
(FASs), that can be repurposed to produce a broad set of fuels and chemicals. Despite their …

The microbial production of free fatty acids (FFAs) has gained great attention from the
scientific community due to its significant environmental and economic benefits. FFAs can …