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Research is on for the organic production of isobutene (isobutylene). Thomas Bobik, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and David Gogerty, a doctoral student are doing pioneer research for producing isobutylene with the help of a new but natural enzyme rather than through the traditional petroleum-based products. The enzyme is awaiting patent process completion.
Role of isobutene:
Isobutene is generally used as fuel additive and also for producing some chemicals like plastics,
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Converting glucose to isobutene:
The research has been focused on identifying a new natural enzyme. This new enzyme – called Bobik’s enzyme – is capable of converting glucose found in plants to produce isobutene. Actually this is an enzyme found to occur naturally in fifty percent of all organisms found all over the world.
Positive influence of the enzyme:
The impact of this enzyme – identified as capable of aiding in producing fuel additive organically – can be tremendous in the bio-fuel manufacturing field. Though it is still initial stages,
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The advantages of bioconversion:
Bio-fuel market will benefit greatly cost-wise with this biological process to manufacture isobutene. This will be an eco-friendly process, beneficial to the surroundings. In the traditional ethanol creation, cost of separating ethanol from water is quite prohibitively high. But the new conversion process produces isobutene in the gas form and so biofuel purification process will be cheaper and a lot more efficient.
Current limitations:
Presently, the enzyme will take a lot of time for conversion of glucose into isobutene and so commercially not very cost competitive. The research is on for creating the enzyme expedite the manufacturing of isobutene.
Directed enzyme evolution:
Directed enzyme evolution is an effort to contrive a speedy and cost-effective manufacturing of isobutene with the help of the enzyme. Science is giving nature a helping hand in production of isobutene.
Future prospects:
According to Bobic,
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