Biotransformation of limonene by bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and plants

The past 5 years have seen significant progress in the field of limonene biotransformation, especially with regard to the regiospecificity of microbial biocatalysts. Whereas earlier only regiospecific biocatalysts for the 1,2 position (limonene-1,2-diol) and the 8-position (alpha-terpineol) were ava...

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Published in:Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2003-05, Vol.61 (4), p.269-277
Main Authors: DUETZ, W. A, BOUWMEESTER, H, VAN BEILEN, J. B, WITHOLT, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Alcohol
bacillus-stearothermophilus
Bacteria
Bacteria - enzymology
Bacteria - metabolism
Biocatalysts
bioconversion
Biodegradation, Environmental
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Biotransformation
Carbon
Chemical properties
Chemical reactions
Cloning
Cyclohexenes
degradation pathway
Enzymes
escherichia-coli
Flowers & plants
functional expression
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fungi
Fungi - enzymology
Fungi - metabolism
Identification and classification
Limonene
Microbiological chemistry
microbiological transformations
Oxidation
perillic acid
Physiological aspects
Plants - enzymology
Plants - metabolism
pseudomonas-putida
selenium dioxide
soil pseudomonad
Studies
Terpenes - metabolism
Yeast
Yeasts
Yeasts - enzymology
Yeasts - metabolism
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Summary:The past 5 years have seen significant progress in the field of limonene biotransformation, especially with regard to the regiospecificity of microbial biocatalysts. Whereas earlier only regiospecific biocatalysts for the 1,2 position (limonene-1,2-diol) and the 8-position (alpha-terpineol) were available, recent reports describe microbial biocatalysts specifically hydroxylating the 3-position (isopiperitenol), 6-position (carveol and carvone), and 7-position (perillyl alcohol, perillylaaldehyde, and perillic acid). The present review also includes the considerable progress made in the characterization of plant P-450 limonene hydroxylases and the cloning of the encoding genes.
ISSN:0175-7598
1432-0614
DOI:10.1007/s00253-003-1221-y