Biotransformation of limonene by bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and plants
- 15 March 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Vol. 61 (4), 269-277
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-003-1221-y
Abstract
The past 5 years have seen significant progress in the field of limonene biotransformation, especially with regard to the regiospecificity of microbial biocatalysts. Whereas earlier only regiospecific biocatalysts for the 1,2 position (limonene-1,2-diol) and the 8-position (α-terpineol) were available, recent reports describe microbial biocatalysts specifically hydroxylating the 3-position (isopiperitenol), 6-position (carveol and carvone), and 7-position (perillyl alcohol, perillylaaldehyde, and perillic acid). The present review also includes the considerable progress made in the characterization of plant P-450 limonene hydroxylases and the cloning of the encoding genes.Keywords
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