ABSTRACT
Progresses in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology boost the engineering of microbes to produce advanced biofuels [1-3]. Among the biobased fuels, terpenes, which are derived from the head-to-tail condensation of dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) and isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), and traditionally used in flavorings, fragrances [4], medicines and fine chemicals [5,6], have the potentials to serve as advanced biofuel precursors [7-9].
