Whole-cell biocatalysis for selective and productive C–O functional group introduction and modification

M Schrewe, MK Julsing, B Bühler… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
During the last decades, biocatalysis became of increasing importance for chemical and
pharmaceutical industries. Regarding regio-and stereospecificity, enzymes have shown to …

Bioconversion of p-coumaric acid to p-hydroxystyrene using phenolic acid decarboxylase from B. amyloliquefaciens in biphasic reaction system

DH Jung, W Choi, KY Choi, E Jung, H Yun… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Phenolic acid decarboxylase (PAD) catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of p-
coumaric acid (p CA) to p-hydroxystyrene (p HS). PAD from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens …

Microbial production of the aromatic building‐blocks (S)‐styrene oxide and (R)‐1,2‐phenylethanediol from renewable resources

R McKenna, S Pugh, B Thompson… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract (S)‐Styrene oxide and (R)‐1, 2‐phenylethanediol are chiral aromatic molecular
building blocks used commonly as precursors to pharmaceuticals and other specialty …

The oxidation of alkylaryl sulfides and benzo [b] thiophenes by Escherichia coli cells expressing wild-type and engineered styrene monooxygenase from …

J Nikodinovic-Runic, L Coulombel, D Francuski… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Nine different sulfur-containing compounds were biotransformed to the corresponding
sulfoxides by Escherichia coli Bl21 (DE3) cells expressing styrene monooxygenase (SMO) …

Subtoxic product levels limit the epoxidation capacity of recombinant E. coli by increasing microbial energy demands

D Kuhn, FSO Fritzsch, X Zhang, VF Wendisch… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The utilization of the cellular metabolism for cofactor regeneration is a common motivation
for the application of whole cells in redox biocatalysis. Introduction of an active …