Metabolic modification of <i>Sphingobium lignivorans</i> SYK-6 for lignin valorization through the discovery of an unusual transcriptional repressor of lignin-derived dimer catabolism
Ryo Kato, Eugene Kuatsjah, Masaya Fujita, Alissa Bleem, Shojiro Hishiyama, Rui Katahira, Toshiya Senda, Gregg T. Beckham, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai
Abstract
An engineered bacterial strain rapidly producing a polymer building block from lignin-derived aromatic dimers was obtained by studying an unusual transcriptional repressor of lignin-derived aromatic dimer catabolism.
Topics & Concepts
LigninChemistryRepressorCatabolismDimerSykBiochemistryOrganic chemistryGeneMetabolismTranscription factorSignal transductionTyrosine kinaseLignin and Wood ChemistryEnzyme-mediated dye degradationPlant Gene Expression Analysis