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An In Vitro Model to Study the Effect of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-mediated Photodynamic Therapy on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm
Published on: April 16, 2018
[Advances in microbial production of 5-aminolevulinic acid]
Zhen Kang1, Junli Zhang1, Sen Yang1
1Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract:
5-Aminolevulinic acid is the key intermediate of the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway in organisms and has broad application potentials. This review summarized and discussed recent progress in microbial production of 5-aminolevulinic acid, including screening, isolation and mutation of microbes to produce 5-aminolevulinic acid; microbial whole-cell transformation to synthesize 5-aminolevulinic acid depending on the C4 pathway; construction of high-yield 5-aminolevulinic acid producing strains by metabolic engineering. Finally, future research directions in microbial production of 5-aminolevulinic acid were addressed.
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