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Table 2 Production of 5-HTP by microorganisms

From: Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient production of L-5-hydroxytryptophan from glucose

Host

Hydroxylases

Cofactors

Cultivation mode

medium type

Titer (g/L)

Reference

E. coli

Phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase form Chromobacterium violaceum with mutations of L101Y and W180F

BH4

Shake flask; Supplementation of 5 mM L-Trp

-

0.55

Hara et al., 2013 [11]

E. coli

Phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase from Xanthomonas campestris with a mutation of W179F

MH4

Shake flask; Supplementation of

2 g/L L-Trp

M9 minimal medium

1.1–1.2

Lin et al.,. 2014 [16]

E. coli

Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase from Cupriavidus taiwanensis with a mutation of W179F

BH4

Supplementation of 1 g/L L-Trp

Mineral medium

0.55

Mora-Villalobos et al., 2017 [44]

E. coli

Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase from Cupriavidus taiwanensis with mutations of F197 L and E219C

MH4

Fed-batch

Mineral medium

0.962

Mora-Villalobos et al., 2018 [17]

E. coli

Human TPH2 mutant with a deletion of first 145 N-terminal and 24 C-terminal aminoacids (TPH2, NΔ145/CΔ24)

BH4

Fed-batch; Glycerol as carbon source

Mineral medium

5.1

Wang et al., 2018 [12]

E. coli

Truncated human TPH2 (NΔ145/CΔ24)

BH4

Shake flask; Glycerol as carbon source

Mineral medium

1.61

Xu et al., 2020 [43]

E. coli

Truncated human TPH2 (NΔ145/CΔ24) with mutations of E2K, N97I and P99C

BH4

Fed-batch; Glucose as carbon source

Mineral medium

8.58

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