Construction of a synthetic metabolic pathway for biosynthesis of the non-natural methionine precursor 2,4-dihydroxybutyric acid

2,4-Dihydroxybutyric acid has potential to be a precursor to a range of industrially important products, however a natural metabolic pathway for its synthesis does not exist. Here the authors rationally design a synthetic pathway inE. coliby engineering enzymes from malate metabolism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Walther, Christopher M. Topham, Romain Irague, Clément Auriol, Audrey Baylac, Hélène Cordier, Clémentine Dressaire, Luce Lozano-Huguet, Nathalie Tarrat, Nelly Martineau, Marion Stodel, Yannick Malbert, Marc Maestracci, Robert Huet, Isabelle André, Magali Remaud-Siméon, Jean Marie François
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15828