
Palmitic Acid
- Category
- Cosmetics and Personal Care, Food and Agriculture
Origins:
Saturated fatty acid in animals, plants, and microorganisms; predominant dietary saturated fatty acid; synthesized via de novo lipogenesis (Annevelink et al., 2023; Smith and Bazinet, 2024; Yu et al., 2020).
Key Features:
Supports membrane phospholipids, provides energy, regulates protein stability; critical for infant development (Smith and Bazinet, 2024; Innis, 2016). Predominant dietary saturated fatty acid; important in brain function.
Sustainability:
Use of palm oil residues (PFAD) aims to reduce waste; environmental impact of palm oil production is a concern (Pramana et al., 2024; Annevelink et al., 2023).
bio:drive - intelligent microbe design
Here’s what bio:drive says about Palmitic Acid:
- Viable pathways recommended / (generated) 1 / (1,122)
- Median pathway length 6 biochemical reactions
- Max free energy change 67.2 KJ.mol-1
- Max theoretical yield 26.1 %
- Predicted pathway bottlenecks 1 reactions
- Enzyme variants recommended / (generated) 5 / (74)
- Predicted enzyme reactivity improvement 1.2x
- Predicted host microbe bottlenecks 5 genetic edits
- Predicted host microbe flux improvement 5x
- Continuous fermentation enabled
- Number of microbe versions designed for grow:bot build 663,552,000
- Overall potential improvement with bio:drive 3x
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