Coryneform bacterium transformant and process for producing phenol using the same

摘要

Provided is a phenol-producing transformant constructed by transferring a gene which encodes an enzyme having 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase activity into Corynebacterium glutamicum as a host. Also provided is a process for producing phenol, which comprises a step of allowing the transformant to react in a reaction mixture containing 4-hydroxybenzoate or a salt thereof under reducing conditions, and a step of collecting phenol from the reaction mixture.

主权项

1. An isolated phenol-producing transformant constructed by transferring a gene which encodes an enzyme having 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase activity into Corynebacterium glutamicum as a host, wherein the gene which encodes an enzyme having 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase activity is the DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:35.