Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

One-pot biocatalytic route from cycloalkanes to α,ω‐dicarboxylic acids by designed Escherichia coli consortia

  • Fei Wang,
  • Jing Zhao,
  • Qian Li,
  • Jun Yang,
  • Renjie Li,
  • Jian Min,
  • Xiaojuan Yu,
  • Gao-Wei Zheng,
  • Hui-Lei Yu,
  • Chao Zhai,
  • Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha,
  • Lixin Ma,
  • Aitao Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18833-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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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.