Fatty aldehydes are industrially relevant compounds， which also represent a common metabolic intermediate in the microbial synthesis of various oleochemicals， including alkanes， fatty alcohols and wax esters. The key enzymes in biological fatty aldehyde production are the fatty acyl-CoA/ACP reductases (FARs) which reduce the activated acyl molecules to fatty aldehydes. Due to the disparity of FARs， identification and in vivo characterization of reductases with different properties are needed for the construction of tailored synthetic pathways for the production of various compounds.
Fatty aldehydes are industrially relevant compounds， which also represent a common metabolic intermediate in the microbial synthesis of various oleochemicals， including alkanes， fatty alcohols and wax esters. The key enzymes in biological fatty aldehyde production are the fatty acyl-CoA/ACP reductases (FARs) which reduce the activated acyl molecules to fatty aldehydes. Due to the disparity of FARs， identification and in vivo characterization of reductases with different properties are needed for the construction of tailored synthetic pathways for the production of various compounds.
