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Table 3 Valorization of CO2 into valuable chemicals by engineered C. necator H16

From: Carbon dioxide valorization into resveratrol via lithoautotrophic fermentation using engineered Cupriavidus necator H16

Target product

Pathway used

Titer (mg/L)

Reference

Resveratrol

Phenylpropanoid pathway

1.9

This study

Lycopene

Isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP)-dependent pathway

1.7

[13]

1,3-butanediol

3-hydroxybutyraldehyde-CoA-(3HB-CoA) and pyruvate-dependent pathway

2,970

[15]

Isopropanol

Acetoacetyl-CoA based pathway

250

[1]

Humulene*

Mevalonate pathway and humulene synthase

10.8

[10]

Methyl ketone

TesA thioesterase dependent pathway

50–180

[12]

Alkene

Acyl-ACP reductase (AAR) and alde-

hyde deformylating oxygenase (ADO)

4.4

[9]

Trehalose

Expression of transport proteins for secretion

470

[11]

Glucose

Blocking the glucose catabolic pathway via deletion of glk

250

[47]

  1. *Chemicals produced electroautotrophically via microbial electrosynthesis (MES)