CPC C12P 7/40 (2013.01) [C07C 67/00 (2013.01); C08F 120/06 (2013.01); C08F 120/14 (2013.01); C12N 9/001 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12P 5/026 (2013.01); C12P 7/62 (2013.01); C12Y 103/03006 (2013.01); C12Y 203/01084 (2013.01); C12Y 301/02023 (2013.01); Y02E 50/30 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A process of producing methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof comprising the following steps:
(a) biologically converting isobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the action of a short chain acyl-CoA oxidase from Arthrobacter nicotianae; and
(b) converting methacrylyl-CoA into methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof.
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