Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts,
optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the …

Covering: 1976 to 2020. Although constituting a limited chemical family, phytostilbenes
represent an emblematic group of molecules among natural compounds. Ever since their …

Transcription factor-based biosensors are used to identify producer strains, a critical
bottleneck in cell factory engineering. Here, we address two challenges with this …

Monolignols are important plant metabolites involved in lignin biosynthesis. Their derivatives
exhibit various physiological and pharmaceutical functions. Here, efficient enzymes were …

Plants synthesize several thousand different polyphenols of which many have the potential
to aid in preventing or treating cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases …

Plant polyphenols receive significant attention due to their anti-oxidative and health-
promoting properties, and several microorganisms are currently engineered towards …

Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies on biological activities of phytostilbenes have brought
to the fore the remarkable properties of these compounds and their derivatives, making them …

Abstract β-Oxidation is the ubiquitous metabolic strategy to break down fatty acids. In the
course of this four-step process, two carbon atoms are liberated per cycle from the fatty acid …

Background BAHD acyltransferases, named after the first four biochemically characterized
enzymes of the group, are plant-specific enzymes that catalyze the transfer of coenzyme A …

Monolignols and their derivatives exhibit various pharmaceutical and physiological
characteristics, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, they remain …