Metabolic engineering for production of cis, cis-muconic acid
from glucose
The synthesis of adipic acid from renewable carbon sources such
as glucose derived from starch or cellulose is a promising alternative
route to this important commodity chemical. Conversion
of d-glucose into cis, cis-muconic acid and subsequent chemocatalytic
hydrogenation to adipic acid was first reported by Frost
and co-workers. Using E. coli as host, they created an artificial
biosynthetic route in which 3-dehydroshikimic acid (DHS), an
intermediate in aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, was converted