An artificial synthetic pathway for acetoin, 2,3-butanediol, and 2-butanol production from ethanol using cell free multi-enzyme catalysis

• DOI: 10.1039/c7gc02898a
• Publication Date: 2017-11-23T10:32:51Z
• Authors: Liaoyuan Zhang; Raushan Singh; Sivakumar D; Zewang Guo; Jiahuan Li; Fanbing Chen; Yuanzhi He; Xiong Guan; Yun Chan Kang; Jung-Kul Lee
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences

Upgrading ethanol to higher order alcohols is desired but difficult using current biotechnological methods.