Pathway engineering of Escherichia coli for one-step fermentative production of L-theanine from sugars and ethylamine

L-theanine is the most abundant free amino acid in tea that offers various favorable physiological and pharmacological effects. Bacterial enzyme of γ-glutamylmethylamide synthetase (GMAS) can catalyze the synthesis of theanine from glutamate, ethylamine and ATP, but the manufacturing cost is uncompe...

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Main Authors: Xiaoguang Fan, Tong Zhang, Yuanqing Ji, Jie Li, Keyi Long, Yue Yuan, Yanjun Li, Qingyang Xu, Ning Chen, Xixian Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Metabolic Engineering Communications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030120300511