New pathways and metabolic engineering strategies for microbial synthesis of diols

• Published in: Current opinion in biotechnology Vol. 78; p. 102845
• Main Authors: Cen, Xuecong, Dong, Yang, Liu, Dehua, Chen, Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Biosynthetic Pathways; Butylene Glycols - metabolism; Metabolic Engineering

Diols are important bulk chemicals that are widely used in polymer, cosmetics, fuel, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The development of bioprocess to produce diols from renewable feedstocks has gained much interest in recent years and is contributing to reducing the carbon footprint of the chem...