scholarly journals Phenolic Biotransformations during Conversion of Ferulic Acid to Vanillin by Lactic Acid Bacteria

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baljinder Kaur ◽  
Debkumar Chakraborty ◽  
Balvir Kumar

Vanillin is widely used as food additive and as a masking agent in various pharmaceutical formulations. Ferulic acid is an important precursor of vanillin that is available in abundance in cell walls of cereals like wheat, corn, and rice. Phenolic biotransformations can occur during growth of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and their production can be made feasible using specialized LAB strains that have been reported to produce ferulic acid esterases. The present study aimed at screening a panel of LAB isolates for their ability to release phenolics from agrowaste materials like rice bran and their biotransformation to industrially important compounds such as ferulic acid, 4-ethyl phenol, vanillic acid, vanillin, and vanillyl alcohol. Bacterial isolates were evaluated using ferulic acid esterase, ferulic acid decarboxylase, and vanillin dehydrogenase assays. This work highlights the importance of lactic acid bacteria in phenolic biotransformations for the development of food grade flavours and additives.

3 Biotech ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abha Sharma ◽  
Anamika Sharma ◽  
Jyoti Singh ◽  
Pushpendra Sharma ◽  
Govind Singh Tomar ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 5572-5576 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Stephanie Mertens ◽  
Daniel F. Sauer ◽  
Ulrich Markel ◽  
Johannes Schiffels ◽  
Jun Okuda ◽  
...  

We report a chemoenzymatic cascade reaction for stilbene production combining decarboxylation and olefin metathesis with efficient removal of metal contamination.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 7733-7742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Tian ◽  
Yongjun Liu

QM/MM calculations reveal the cofactor prFMNiminiumto be the catalytically relevant species compared with prFMNketamine. The protonation of the intermediate is the rate-limiting step, and the prolonged leaving of the generated CO2can facilitate this process.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e16262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Gu ◽  
Jinkui Yang ◽  
Zhiyong Lou ◽  
Lianming Liang ◽  
Yuna Sun ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 1797-1805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Gu ◽  
Xuemei Li ◽  
Jingwen Huang ◽  
Yanqing Duan ◽  
Zhaohui Meng ◽  
...  

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