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• This application is related to a method for producing butadiene from one or more of several diverse feedstocks including bioderived feedstock, renewable feedstock, petrochemical feedstock and/or natural gas.
• butadiene is an important monomer for synthetic rubbers including styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), plastics including polybutadiene (PB), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylomtrile butadiene (NBR), and as a raw material for adiponitrile for Nylon-6,6 other chemicals.
• SBR styrene-butadiene rubber
• PB polybutadiene
• ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• NBR acrylomtrile butadiene
• Butadiene is typically produced as a byproduct in the steam cracking process and isolated from the cracker streams via extraction.
• On-purpose butadiene has been prepared among other methods by dehydrogenation of n- butane, dehydrogenation of ⁇ -butane, dehydration of n-butanol or butanediols..
• Industrially butadiene has been synthesized using petrochemical-based feedstocks.
• the current commercial practices for producing on-purpose butadiene have several drawbacks including high cost of production and low yield processes.
• methods for the production of on-purpose butadiene rely on petro-chemical feedstocks and on energy intensive catalytic steps.
• biotechnology offers an alternative approach in the form of biocatalysis.
• Biocatalysis is the use of natural catalysts, such as enzymes, to perform chemical transformations on organic compounds. Both enzymes that have been wholly or partially purified, and enzymes which are present in whole cells are useful catalysts in biocatalysis.
• the inventors have determined that it is possible to generate enzymes which are able to catalyse the conversion of butenols to butadiene.
• enzymes capable of introducing double bonds between carbon atoms in hydroxylated unsaturated four carbon molecules existed or could be generated.
• the inventors' discovery is particularly surprising because the reaction catalysed by the enzymes of the invention is completely contrary to the typical reaction direction observed in nature. That is, the reaction is in the reverse direction to that which is observed in nature.
• double bonds between carbon atoms in a molecule for example, in unsaturated fatty acids, tend be become saturated, for example, by an enzyme catalysed nucleophilic attack on one of the carbon atoms which is in the double bond. This is, in part, driven by the prevalent conditions of the intracellular milieu.
• the invention provides enzymes which convert butenols into butadiene.
• This conversion can be performed by a single enzyme of the invention, or may be performed by two or more enzymes of the invention, acting sequentially (that is to say that, for example, a first enzyme acts on a four carbon molecule to produce a first butenol , and that first butenol is then acted upon by a second enzyme of the invention to produce butadiene).
• the invention also provides methods of producing butadiene from a unsaturated hydroxylated four carbon molecule, comprising at least one biocatalytic step.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention include dehydration (i.e. the removal of H 2 0 from the molecule)
• the butenol is selected from the group consisting of l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l-ol,2-buten-3-ol or 2-buten-4-ol.
• the butenol can be generated in situ as the enolate of the corresponding unsaturated ketone or aldehyde such as 1 -butenal or 2-butenal or a 2-keto butene.
• a butenol is produced from four carbon molecules selected from a butanediol (1,4-butanediol, 1 ,3-butanediol, or 2,3-butanediol) or a butanol (1-butanol, or 2-butanol) or a butene (1 -butene or 2-butene) by the action of an enzyme.
• the butenol is produced from a butene such as 1 -butene or 2-butene.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention will be dehydration (i.e. the removal of 3 ⁇ 40 from the molecule), oxidoeductase (i.e. the replacement of a hydrogen with a hydroxyl group), or dehydrogenation (i.e. the removal of hydrogen from the molecule).
• dehydrogenation results in a desaturation of the carbon backbone of the molecule.
• the enzyme may be the same enzyme class as the enzyme class used for the dehydration of the butenol to butadiene or may be of another enzyme class.
• the invention provides an enzyme from the enzyme class 4.2.1.-. Enzymes in this class convert butanediols to butenol.
• the butenol or butandiol can be derived from microbial fermentation processes based on biological or non-biological feedstocks.
• the butenol or butanediol can be derived from enzymatic or bioprocesses based on biological feedstocks such as glycerol, Synthesis Gas from biomass, sugars from food stuffs such as sucrose or glucose, or sugars from non-food stocks such as cellulosic or hemicellulosic derived sugars.
• the butenol or butandiol can be derived from bioprocesses based on non-biological feedstocks such as Synthesis Gas from coal, natural gas, combustion off-gases, and municipal waste or petrochemical derived feedstocks such as hydrocarbons.
• non-biological feedstocks such as Synthesis Gas from coal, natural gas, combustion off-gases, and municipal waste or petrochemical derived feedstocks such as hydrocarbons.
• the butenol or butanediol can be derived from non-enzymatic processes based on petrochemical feedstocks.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention will be dehydration (i.e. the removal of ]3 ⁇ 40 from the molecule).
• the invention provides an enzyme which converts butenes to butenols.
• the butenol may be produced from four carbon molecules selected from the group consisting of a butene such as 1-butene or 2-butene. Further, the butenol may be selected from the group consisting of l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l-ol,2-buten-3-ol or 2-buten-4-ol.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention will be oxidoeductase (i.e. the replacement of a hydrogen with a hydroxyl group).
• the invention provides an enzyme or series of enzymes which converts butanols to butenols.
• a butenol is produced from four carbon molecules selected from the group consisting of a butanol such as 1 -butanol or 2-butanol. Additionally, the butenol may be selected from the group consisting of l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l -ol,2-buten-3-ol or 2-buten-4-ol.
• the butenol is produced directly from the butanol by action of a Cytochrome P450 type enzyme or other desaturase enzymes such as enzyme class 1.14.99.- or 1.3.1.- or directly from a butanediol by the action of a dehydratase
• the butanol is formed via multiple enzymatic steps from oxidized intermediates such as 1-butanal, butyric acid, or butyric acid CoA prior to reaction with the desaturase enzyme resulting in a desaturaton of the carbon molecule.
• oxidized intermediates such as 1-butanal, butyric acid, or butyric acid CoA
• the unsaturated oxidized intermediates are thus reduced to a butenol.
• the butanols and butanediols can be derived from enzymatic processes based on biological or non-biological feedstocks.
• the butanols and butanediols can be derived from enzymatic processes based on biological feedstocks such as glycerol, Synthesis Gas from biomass, sugars from food stuffs such as sucrose or glucose, or sugars from non-food stocks such as cellulosic or hemicellulosic derived sugars.
• the butanols and butanediols can be derived from enzymatic processes based on non-biological feedstocks such as Synthesis Gas from coal, natural gas, combustion off- gases, and municipal waste or petrochemical derived feedstocks such as hydrocarbons. Further, the butanols and butanediols can be derived from non-enzymatic processes based on petrochemical feedstocks.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention will be dehydrogenation of butanols (i.e. the removal of H 2 from the molecule)or dehydration of butanediols by a dehydratase.
• dehydrogenation results in a desaturation of the carbon backbone of the molecule and dehydration results in the removal of a water molecule.
• the invention provides an enzyme or series of enzymes to produce butadiene from a non-hydroxylated four carbon molecule selected from the group n- butane, 1-butene, or 2-butene.
• the reactions performed by the enzymes of the invention will be hydroxylation by a CytP450 enzyme.
• the method of the invention can be used with any source of unsaturated hydroxylated four carbon molecule or its precursor, and therefore is suitable for integration into any known method for synthesising unsaturated hydroxylated four carbon molecules that can then be converted into butadiene.
• the hydroxylated four carbon molecule may be generated by chemical synthesis or it may be produced biocatalytically. Methods of synthesising hydroxylated four carbon molecules are known in the art.
• the invention provides a method of synthesising butadiene from substrates including: syngas, glycerol, CO2/H 2 O, CO2/H2, municipal solid waste (MSW), corn, wood pulp, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, macroalgae sugars or sugar, butane, 1 -butene, 2-butene, ⁇ -butanol, iso- butanol, butyric acid,3-butanediol,2,3-butanediol, 1 ,4-butanediol, or butenals or 2-keto butene, comprising at least one enzyme-catalysed step, wherein one enzyme-catalysed step is the conversion of a butenol to butadiene.
• substrates including: syngas, glycerol, CO2/H 2 O, CO2/H2, municipal solid waste (MSW), corn, wood pulp, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, macroalgae sugars or sugar, butan
• the invention involves a method for producing butadiene by fermentation of a fermentable feedstock.
• the method includes steps of fermenting the fermentable feedstock in the presence of an organism to produce a fermentation broth comprising a C4-precursor, the precursor including butanol, butanediol, or both.
• the C4- precursor is fermented in the presence of the organism to convert at least a portion of the C4- precursor in the fermentation broth to produce butenol by a pathway comprising: (a) converting butanediol to butenol, or (b) converting butanol to butenol.
• the butenol is fermented in the presence of the organism to produce 1,3-butadiene in the fermentation broth.
• the 1,3-butadiene is then isolated from the broth.
• the invention in another embodiment, involves a method for biocatalytically producing butadiene from feedstock.
• the feedstock is converted in the presence of a biocatalyst into at least a portion of a C4-precursor, the C4-precursor being butanol, butanediol, or both.
• the C4-precursor is then reacted with a biocatalyst to convert at least a portion of the C4-precursor in the fermentation broth to produce butenol by a pathway comprising: (a) converting butanediol to butenol, or (b) converting butanol to butenol.
• the butenol is converted to 1 ,3-butadiene with a second biocatalyst and then isolated.
• the invention in another embodiment, involves a method for producing butadiene from fermentation of a petrochemical feedstock.
• the process includes obtaining butane or butene from the petrochemical feedstock.
• the butane or butene is then fermented in the presence of an organism to produce 1,3 -butadiene in the fermentation broth, which is then isolated.
• the invention in another embodiment, involves a method of biocatalytically producing butadiene from a petrochemical feedstock.
• Butane is obtained from the petrochemical feedstock.
• the butane is contacted with a first biocatalyst to produce butene.
• the butene is contacted with a second biocatalyst to produce 1,3-butadiene.
• Fig. 1 is a chart showing pathways for enzymatic butadiene production according to the present invention.
• Fig. 2 is a chart showing detailed enzymatic pathways for butadiene production from fatty acid, glycerol, and sugar according to the present invention.
• Fig. 3 is a chart showing showing detailed enzymatic pathways for butadiene production according to the present invention.
• the method of the invention uses one or more enzymes for a specific chemical reaction: the catalysis of the conversion of butenol to butadiene, the catalysis of the conversion of butanediol to butenol, the catalysis of the conversion of butene to butenol, the catalyst of conversion of butanol to butenol, the catalyst of conversion of unsaturated butyric acid to butadiene, or the catalysis of the conversion of nonhydroxylated four carbon molecules to butadiene.
• Catalysis by enzymes is highly specific, and thus it is common that a single enzyme will catalyse only a single reaction, and frequently will catalyse this reaction with only a low number of substrates.
• Figure 1 illustrates several catalytic pathways for enzymatic production of butadiene according to the present invention.
• the catalytic pathway for production of butadiene from fatty acid, glycerol, and sugars is illustrated in Fig. 2.
• fatty acids, glycerols, and sugars may undergo glycolysis and/or fatty acid metabolism to produce acetyl-CoA.
• Acetyl-CoA may be converted to Acetoacetyl-CoA through E.C.2.3.1.9.
• the Acetoacetyl-CoA may then be converted to (S)-3-Hydroxybutanoyl-CoA by E.C.I.1.1.157.
• 1,2-butanediol may be converted to 3-hydroxybutanal through EC 1.1.3.41 and then to (S)-3- Hydroxybutanoyl-CoA through EC 6.2.1.-.
• the conversion of (S)-3-Hydroxybutanoyl-CoA to Crotonyl-CoA may proceed via EC 4.3.1.17.
• the Crotonyl-CoA may be converted to vinylacetyl-CoA through EC 5.3.3.3, and conversion of vinylacetyl-CoA to 4- Hydroxybutyryl-CoA through EC 4.2.1.120.
• 4-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA may be converted to 4-Hydroxybutanal through EC 3.2.1-abtT.
• fatty acid, glycerol, and or sugar may be converted to Succinate and/or 2-Oxoglutarate through the tricarboxilic acid cycle (TCA cycle) as shown in Fig. 2.
• the succinate may be converted to via EC 6.2.1.5 and the 2-Oxoglutarate may be converted via EC 1.2.1.52 to succinyl-CoA.
• the succinyl-CoA may be converted via EC 1.2.1.76 to succinate semialdehyde, which may be converted to 4-hydroxybutanoate and optionally to 4-Hydroxybutanal through EC 1.1.1.-.
• 4- hydroxybutanoate may be converted to 4-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA via EC 6.2.1.-, and then to 4- Hydroxybutanal through EC 3.2.1-abtT.
• 4-Hydroxybutanal may be converted to 1,4-butanediol through EC 1.1.1.202.
• the 1,4-butanediol may then be converted to 1,3-butadiene through EC 4.2.1.-, adh.
• the 1,4-butanediol may then be isolated from the reaction medium.
• the reactions shown in Fig. 2 may be modified to include pathways shown in Fig. 1.
• 1,4-butanediol may be converted to butenol via a dehydratase enzyme alternatively or in addition to direct coversion to 1,4-butanediol as shown in Fig. 2.
• any of the intermediate steps within the reaction chain shown may for the starting point for a commercially relevant production of 1,4-butadiene depending on the available feedstock.
• Fig. 3 illustrates additional pathways for conversion of various starting materials to butadiene.
• These starting materials include isobutanol, butane, 2-oxoglutarate, valine, leucine, isoleucine, butanoylphosphate, and/or t-butene.
• These pathways include the conversion of source materials from a petrochemical and/or natural gas feedstock such as butane.
• the pathways shown in Fig. 3 may be integrated with other pathways described herein.
• n-butanol may be converted to a butenol through the action of a desaturase enzyme as illustrated in Fig. 1, or may proceed via the pathway illustrated in Fig. 3 that results in formation of 1,4,-butanediol, which is then converted to 1,4-butadiene.
• the enzymes of the invention catalyse reactions in the conversion of hydroxylated four carbon molecules to butadiene.
• the reactions catalysed by the enzymes of the invention include the dehydration of butenol such as l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l-ol,2-buten-3-ol or 2-buten-4-ol.to butadiene.
• butenol such as l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l-ol,2-buten-3-ol or 2-buten-4-ol.to butadiene.
• the reactions catalysed by the enzymes of the invention include the dehydration of butanediol, such as 1,4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, and 2,3- butanediol, to butenols such as l-buten-3-ol, l-buten-4-ol, 2-buten-l-ol,2-buten-3-ol or
• 2- buten-4-ol These enzymes may be the same enzymes capable of converting the butenols to butadiene or different enzymes or enzyme classes.
• the dehydratase enzyme may act first on the butanediol to produce butenol, which is then acted upon by the same or different dehydration enzyme to produce butadiene.
• a hydrolyase enzyme can be used to introduce a hydroxyl group into a non-hydroxylated four carbon molecule, Typically the substrate for this reaction will be 1-butene or 2-butene.
• a hydroxyl group is introduced either on the terminal carbon or the allylic carbon to produce a butenol.
• 1-butene is converted to l-buten-4-ol or 1-buten-
• 2-buten-l-ol also known as crotonic alcohol
• the 1- butene produced by the desaturation of butane will in turn be acted upon again by the enzyme to produced 1,3-butadiene.
• l-butene-3-ol and l-butene-4-ol may be dehydrated, using an enzyme as detailed above, to produce 1,3-butadiene.
• the hydrolase enzyme may act first on the butene to produce butenol, which is then acted upon by the dehydration enzyme to produce butadiene.
• the substrate for this reaction will be butan- l-ol, butan-2-ol, butane or 1-butene.
• butan-l-ol, butan-2-ol, butane 1 or 1-butene is converted to l-butene-4-ol, l-butene-3-ol, 1-butene or 1,3 -butadiene, respectively.
• the 1- butene produced by the desaturation of butane will in turn be acted upon again by the enzyme to produced 1,3-butadiene.
• l-butene-3-ol and l-butene-4-ol may be dehydrated, using an enzyme as detailed above, to produce 1,3-butadiene.
• the dehydratase enzyme may act first on the butanol to produce 1-butene, which is then acted upon by the desaturase to produce butadiene.
• the desaturase may act first to produce l-buten-3-ol or l-buten-4- ol, which is then reacted to produce butadiene by the dehydratase enzyme.
• a desaturase enzyme can be used to introduce a double bond into a saturated four carbon carboxylic acid or aldehyde.
• the substrate for this reaction will be butyric acid or butyraldehyde.
• butyric acid or butyraldahyde is converted to 3- butene-carboxylic acid, 2-butene-carboxylic acid, 4-oxo-but-l-ene or 4-oxo-but-2-ene, respectively.
• the resultant unsaturated butyric acid or butyraldehyde will in turn be acted upon again by an enzyme or series of enzymes to produce the corresponding butenol.
• 2-butene-4-ol or l-butene-4-ol may be dehydrated, using an dehydratase as detailed above, to produce 1,3-butadiene.
• the butyric acid and the butyraldahyde can be produced enzymatically from 1 -butanol by action of an oxidase enzyme.
• 1 -butanol can be converted to butadiene.
• Dehydratases in EC 4.2.1.- can be used to catalyse a number of steps of reactions which convert butenols to butadiene and/or butanediols to butenols. See Figs. 2-3.
• Dehydratses according to the invention comprises enzymes which are capable of: a) dehydrating l-butene-3-ol to produce butadiene;
• Desaturase enzymes of the invention introduce a double bond into n-butanol or iso- butanol at the saturated terminal carbon. Desaturases have been demonstrated in the prior art to introduce double bonds at specific positions in fatty acids. Furthermore, it is possible to modify the substrate- and regio-specificities of these enzymes. See Wang et al, "Alteration of Product Specificity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Phytoene Desaturase by Direct Evolution," J. Biolog.Chem., Vol. 27, No. 44, Issue of November 2, pp. 41 161-41164 (2001).
• enzymes in the class EC 1.14.19.- have been found to be useful in performing the methods of the invention.
• Other enzymes that are capable of introducing double bonds into four carbon molecules include members of EC 1.14.99.-, such as 1.14.99.19/30/31/32/33.
• Enzymes in the class EC 1.3.1.35 are also capable of introducing double bonds.
• the enzyme is in class EC 1.14.19.-, 1.14.99.-, for example 1.14.99.19, 1.14.99.30, 1.14.99.31, 1.14.99.32, 1.14.99.33, or 1.3.1.35.
• Aliphatic desaturation can also be catalysed by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Accordingly, in some embodiments of the invention the enzyme is a cytochrome P450.
• the CYP4 isozyme had been reported to catalyse terminal desaturation of valproic acid to form the 4-ene acid with high activity compared to CYP2. See Rettie et al., "CYP4 Isozyme Specificity and the Relationship between ⁇ -Hydroxylation and Terminal Desaturation of Valproic Acid," Biochemistry, 34 , 7889-7895 (1995).
• clavaminate synthase 2 can switch between hydroxylation and desaturation, depending on the substrate.
• 2-Oxogluterate—dependent non-heme iron enzymes of the clavaminate superfamily are thus also capable of introducing terminal double bonds in alkanes, alkenes, alkenols and alkenoic acids.
• clavaminate synthases of the class EC 1.14.11.22 are capable of converting hydroxylated four carbon molecules to butadiene. Accordingly, in some embodiments of the invention, the enzyme is in class EC 1.14.11.22.
• the enzymes used to perform conversions in the method of the invention are non-naturally occurring. That is to say the DNA encoding them has been mutated from the wild type sequence in order to improve one or more of the enzyme's properties.
• Methods for mutagenesis of proteins are well known in the art. Random and or combinatorial mutagenic approaches may alternatively or additionally be used for the creation of libraries of mutations, including approaches such as DNA shuffling, STEP and error prone PCR, molecular evolution and mutator strains.
• a non-limiting list of mutagenic changes includes deletions, insertions, substitutions, rearrangements, point mutations and suppressor mutations. The products of the mutagenic methods should then be screened for the desired activity.
• the enzyme of the invention is derived from an enzyme as described in sections.
• derived is meant that the enzyme contains one or more amino acid changes compared to the sequence of the wildtype enzyme, wherein the one or more changes includes deletions, insertions, substitutions, rearrangements, point mutations.
• the EC classification system discussed in relation to the enzymes as described is highly specific, and depends on the specific substrates catalysed by an enzyme. Accordingly, an enzyme of the invention derived from one of the enzymes as described may be classified in a different EC category to wild type enzyme.
• Whole cells that express one or more of the enzymes of the invention may be used as the biocatalyst.
• the whole cells that are used typically possess a number of properties: they may be easily genetically modified, are tolerant of the conditions used in the method of the invention, and grow to cells densities which are industrially useful.
• the whole cell is a prokaryote. In another alternative it is a eukaryote. Typically single celled microorganisms are used.
• prokaryotic cell includes gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
• gram negative bacteria which may be used with the methods of the invention include: Escherichia coli, Rhodopseudomonas ⁇ a «5im,sphingomonads, pseudomonads, and other bacteria belonging to Salmonella, Burkholderia, Mo axella, Acaligenes, Psychrobacter, Thermotoga, Acinetobacteria, Rhodobacter, Azoarcus, and Rhodospirillum genera.
• Examples of gram positive bacteria which may be used with the methods of the invention include: streptococci, lactobacilli, and other bacteria belonging to Nocardia, Bacillus, Rhodococcus, Clostridium, Streptomyces, and Arthobacter genera.
• Eukaryotic host cells include those from yeast and other fungi.
• Examples of eukaryotic host cells which may be used with the methods of the invention include: Yarrowia lipolytica, Candida genera such as Candida tropicalis, C. albicans, C. cloacae, C. guillermondii, C. intermedia, C. maltosa, C.
• the biocatalysts used in the methods of the invention may be unmodified whole cells of the species in which the enzyme naturally occurs. Typically, however, it is necessary to modify genetically the host cell.
• the genetic modification is the introduction of a nucleic acid into the genome of the cell.
• the nucleic acid introduced into the cell may comprise a nucleic acid sequence from another species or organism, for example a DNA sequence that is not present in the wildtype genome of the whole cell.
• the introduced DNA sequence may be a further copy of a DNA sequence in the genome of the whole cell.
• the genetic modification is the deletion of DNA sequence from the genome of the whole cell.
• the genetic modification is the modification of the genome of the cell.
• Nucleic acids encoding the enzymes of the invention can be placed into known host cells which are capable of producing hydroxylated four carbon molecules, either as a product or an intermediate in the production of other compounds.
• known host cells capable of producing hydroxylated four carbon molecules, either as a product or an intermediate in the production of other compounds.
• Metabolic engineering is the process of optimising the parameters in a whole cell in order to increase the ability of a cell to produce a compound.
• the whole cells used in the method of the present invention optionally have been engineered to optimise the output of the butadiene.
• whole cell biocatalysts are used which are growing (i.e. dividing) at the time the whole cells perform the conversions in the method of the invention.
• the cells are cultured under conditions which optimise the production of desired product (i.e. butadiene) or precursor (butonol or buitanediol).
• desired product i.e. butadiene
• precursor butonol or buitanediol
• culture is equivalent with fermentor and bioreactor.
• the butadiene can be derived from enzymatic processes based on biological or non-biological feedstocks.
• the butadiene can be derived from enzymatic processes based on biological feedstocks such as glycerol, Synthesis Gas from biomass, sugars from food stuffs such as sucrose or glucose, or sugars from non-food stocks such as cellulosic or hemicellulosic derived sugars.
• biological feedstocks such as glycerol, Synthesis Gas from biomass, sugars from food stuffs such as sucrose or glucose, or sugars from non-food stocks such as cellulosic or hemicellulosic derived sugars.
• the butadiene can be derived from enzymatic processes based on non-biological feedstocks such as Synthesis Gas from coal, natural gas, combustion off- gases, and municipal waste or petrochemical derived feedstocks such as hydrocarbons.
• non-biological feedstocks such as Synthesis Gas from coal, natural gas, combustion off- gases, and municipal waste or petrochemical derived feedstocks such as hydrocarbons.
• the butadiene can be derived from non-enzymatic processes based on petrochemical feedstocks.
• the invention also provides compositions comprising an enzyme of the invention and a four carbon molecule.
• the invention further provides compositions comprising an enzyme of the invention and 1,3-butadiene.

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