Speeding up sugar's conversion into fuel

17 Jan 2023
Sugarcane
The research has accelerated the production rate and yield of isobutanol from sugar. Image: Adobe

University of Queensland researchers have found a way to more efficiently convert sugarcane into a building block of aviation fuel and other products.

By zeroing in on a specific enzyme, a UQ team working in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has sped up the slowest step in processing sugar into a chemical called isobutanol.

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