Production of industrial chemicals using renewable biomass feedstock is becoming
increasingly important to address limited fossil resources, climate change and other …

Ectoine and hydroxyectoine as typical representatives of compatible solutes are not only
essential for extremophiles to survive in extreme environments, but also widely used in …

Microbial production of chemicals and materials from renewable carbon sources is
becoming increasingly important to help establish sustainable chemical industry. In this …

Abstract β-Alanine is an important β-amino acid with a growing demand in a wide range of
applications in chemical and food industries. However, current industrial production of β …

Ammonia-lyases and aminomutases are mechanistically and structurally diverse enzymes
which catalyze the deamination and/or isomerization of amino acids in nature by cleaving or …

Metabolic engineering allows for the rewiring of basic metabolism to overproduce both
native and non-native metabolites. Among these biomolecules, nutraceuticals have received …

The l-aspartate amino acids (AFAAs) are constituted of l-aspartate, l-lysine, l-methionine, l-
threonine and l-isoleucine. Except for l-aspartate, AFAAs are essential amino acids that …

Inducible gene expression systems are vital tools for the advancement of synthetic biology.
Their application as genetically encoded biosensors has the potential to contribute to …

L-Homoserine is a nonessential chiral amino acid and the precursor of L-threonine and L-
methionine. It has great potential to be used in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, cosmetic …

Polyamides, also known as nylons, are important industrial polymers with repeating amide
bonds. With the growing concern about climate change, technologies that can establish the …