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Rerouting nitrogen flux in bacteria allows renewable production of biofuels from proteins.

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Figure 1: Altering the flow of nitrogen in bacteria allows conversion of proteins to biofuels.

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  1. Jonathan R. Mielenz is at the Bioenergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. e-mail: mielenzjr@ornl.gov,

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Mielenz, J. Biofuels from protein. Nat Biotechnol 29, 327–328 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1838

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