Isoprene

Isoprene

Category
Industrial and Speciality Chemicals

Origins:

Volatile organic compound from vegetation and marine ecosystems; traditionally from petroleum sources (Wang et al., 2023; Wennberg et al., 2018; Hrebien, Deschaseaux and Eyre, 2021; Li et al., 2018; Gao et al., 2016).

Key Features:

Used in synthetic rubber, pesticides, medicines, fragrances; influences atmospheric chemistry and climate dynamics (Li et al., 2018; Yao et al., 2018; Wennberg et al., 2018; Wells et al., 2020). Crucial platform chemical; contributes to secondary organic aerosols.

Sustainability:

Biosynthetic production uses renewable resources; although challenges in scaling and economic viability (Yang et al., 2023; Gao et al., 2016; Li et al., 2018).

bio:drive - intelligent microbe design

Here’s what bio:drive says about Isoprene:

  • Viable pathways recommended / (generated) 2 / (54)
  • Median pathway length 6 biochemical reactions
  • Max free energy change -27.9 KJ.mol-1
  • Max theoretical yield 82.1 %
  • Predicted pathway bottlenecks 4 reactions
  • Enzyme variants recommended / (generated) 20 / (7,891)
  • Predicted enzyme reactivity improvement 4.1x
  • Predicted host microbe bottlenecks 4 genetic edits
  • Predicted host microbe flux improvement 7x
  • Continuous fermentation enabled
  • Number of microbe versions designed for grow:bot build 20,736,000,720
  • Overall potential improvement with bio:drive 14x
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