This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for converting biomass to various chemical intermediates and final products including fuels. Aspects include the depolymerization of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose to a wide slate of depolymerization compounds that can be subsequently metabolized by genetically modified bacterium, and converted to cis,cis-muconic acid. Other aspects include the use of monometallic catalysts for converting the cis,cis-muconic acid to commodity chemicals and fuels, for example adipic acid and/or nylon.

The present invention discloses a genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid by taking glucose as a substrate and applications thereof, and belongs to the technical field of genetic recombination and metabolic engineering. The genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid (MA) by taking glucose as the substrate disclosed in the present invention is modified with chassis microbes, and includes recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum for a cis,cis-muconic acid pathway construction module and an intermediate high-yield module. Production capacity of strains is greatly improved; MA of 90.2 g/L is finally obtained in fermentation liquor; and possibilities are provided for green and low-cost production of numerous chemicals such as adipic acid and nylon-66.

Presented herein are biocatalysts and methods for converting C1-containing materials to organic acids such as muconic acid or adipic acid.

Recombinant microorganisms configured for enhanced production of cis,cis-muconic acid and methods of using the recombinant microorganisms for the production of same.

A method for producing methacrylic acid, comprising: decarboxylating mesaconic acid or an isomer thereof in the presence of protocatechuate decarboxylase.

The present invention discloses a genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid by taking glucose as a substrate and applications thereof, and belongs to the technical field of genetic recombination and metabolic engineering. The genetic engineering bacterium for de novo synthesis of cis,cis-muconic acid (MA) by taking glucose as the substrate disclosed in the present invention is modified with chassis microbes, and includes recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum for a cis,cis-muconic acid pathway construction module and an intermediate high-yield module. Production capacity of strains is greatly improved; MA of 90.2 g/L is finally obtained in fermentation liquor; and possibilities are provided for green and low-cost production of numerous chemicals such as adipic acid and nylon-66.

Described is a recombinant organism or microorganism which is capable of enzymatically converting acetyl-CoA into isobutene, (A) wherein in said organism or microorganism: (i) acetyl-CoA is enzymatically converted into acetoacetyl-CoA, (ii) acetoacetyl-CoA is enzymatically converted into 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA, (iii) 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA is enzymatically converted into 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA, (iv) 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA is enzymatically converted into 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, and (v) wherein said 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA is converted into isobutene by: (a) enzymatically converting 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA into 3-methylcrotonic acid which is then further enzymatically converted into said isobutene; or (b) enzymatically converting 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA into 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyryl-CoA which is then further enzymatically converted into 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid which is then further enzymatically converted into 3-phosphonoxy-3-methylbutyric acid which is then further enzymatically converted into said isobutene; (B) wherein said recombinant organism or microorganism has an increased pool of coenzyme A (CoA) over the organism or microorganism from which it is derived due to: (i) an increased uptake of pantothenate; and/or (ii) an increased conversion of pantothenate into CoA. Moreover, described is the use of such a recombinant organism or microorganism for the production of isobutene. Further, described is a method for the production of isobutene by culturing such a recombinant organism or microorganism in a suitable culture medium under suitable conditions.