Synthetic Pathway to Fix CO2

Image Source : Google 3/1/2024 Author: Shivam

Scientists have created a synthetic pathway to capture CO2 from air more efficiently than nature.

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This technique can help in making biofuels and other sustainable products.

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It uses 17 different biocatalysts to produce a molecule called acetyl-CoA and this process is called THETA cycle.

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The cycle is built with two fastest known CO2 fixing enzymes- crotonyl CoA carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.

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Each of these enzymes can capture CO2 10 times faster than the primary enzyme plants use.

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The team created the THETA cycle in test tubes to validate its fuctionality.

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They incorporated the cycle into living cells named E.coli.

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