COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF VANILLIN OR VANILLIN BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE

摘要

Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a mutant AROM polypeptide and/or mutant catechol- O -methyltransferase polypeptide alone or in combination with one or more vanillin biosynthetic enzymes or UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce vanillin or vanillin beta-D-glucoside.