Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of vitamin C from D-glucose

Abstract Background Production of vitamin C has been traditionally based on the Reichstein process and the two-step process. However, the two processes share a common disadvantage: vitamin C cannot be directly synthesized from D-glucose. Therefore, significant effort has been made to develop a one-s...

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Main Authors: Yong-Sheng Tian, Yong-Dong Deng, Wen-Hui Zhang, Yu-Wang, Jing Xu, Jian-Jie Gao, Bo-Wang, Xiao-Yan Fu, Hong-Juan Han, Zhen-Jun Li, Li-Juan Wang, Ri-He Peng, Quan-Hong Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02184-0