Fatty acid photodecarboxylase (original) (raw)

Fatty acid photodecarboxylase (FAP) is an enzyme able to decarboxylate saturated and unsaturated free fatty acids into alkane and alkene respectively( carbon dioxide being the co-product) . FAP uses continuous blue light to catalyze decarboxylation, making it a photoenzyme( The third well described). The photoenzyme FAP has been initially discovered in the chloroplast membrane of a microalgae called Chlorella variabilis NC64A; The enzyme was also shown to be well conserved in microalgae in general. Others photoenzymes examples include flavin‐dependent DNA‐repair enzyme and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductases.