Abstract
In recent years, the most significant development in the field of synthetic chemistry has been the application of biological systems to chemical reactions. Reactions catalyzed by enzymes and enzyme systems display far greater specificities than more conventional forms of organic reactions, and of all the reactions available, that which has the greatest immediate potential is microbial synthesis and transformation. We have recently been earring out studies on the development of new biocatalytic functions of microorganisms and their application for the industrial production of various biologically and chemically useful compounds: amino acids (p-hydroxyphenyl-D-glycine, L-dopa, L-carnitine, etc.), amides (acrylamide, nicotinamide, etc.) acids (acrylic acid, nicotinic acid, 6-hydroxynicotinic acid, etc.) pyrogallol, theobromine, vitamins (D-pantoyl lactone, D-pantoic acid, etc.), coenzymes (coenzyme A, adenosylmethionine adenosylhomocysteine, NADH, NADPH, etc.) and polyunsaturated fatty acids; using microbial enzymes as biocatalysts (Table I)[1].
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Yamada, H. (1992). New Biocatalytic Functions of Microorganisms and Their Industrial Applications. In: Furusaki, S., Endo, I., Matsuno, R. (eds) Biochemical Engineering for 2001. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68180-9_3
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