Whole-cell biotransformation of fatty acids to obtain fatty aldehydes shortened by one carbon atom

摘要

The present invention relates to the area of producing aliphatic aldehydes with 5 to 31 carbon atoms, in particular by microbial conversion of corresponding aliphatic fatty acids with 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to enzymes for catalyzing a conversion reaction of this type and nucleic acids coding for this.