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A synthetic cell-free pathway for biocatalytic upgrading of formate from electrochemically reduced CO2 - Nature Chemical Engineering Cost-effective, environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient ways to address rising atmospheric CO2 levels are urgently needed. Here the authors combine electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate with biosynthetic conversion of formate to the universal building block acetyl-CoA using a synthetic metabolic pathway called ReForm. http://spklr.io/63322BhLnp