Nature Communications (Oct 2020)
One-pot biocatalytic route from cycloalkanes to α,ω‐dicarboxylic acids by designed Escherichia coli consortia
Abstract
Aliphatic α,ω-dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) are widely used chemicals that are synthesised by multistage chemical oxidations. Here, the authors report an artificially designed biocatalytic cascade for the oxidation of cycloalkanes or cycloalkanols to DCAs in the form of microbial consortia, composed of three Escherichia coli cell modules.