Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates [Chemistry]

Amino acids are the building blocks for protein biosynthesis and find use in myriad industrial applications including in food for humans, in animal feed, and as precursors for bio-based plastics, among others. However, the development of efficient chemical methods to convert abundant and renewable feedstocks into amino acids has been...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - May 15, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Weiping Deng, Yunzhu Wang, Sui Zhang, Krishna M. Gupta, Max J. Hulsey, Hiroyuki Asakura, Lingmei Liu, Yu Han, Eric M. Karp, Gregg T. Beckham, Paul J. Dyson, Jianwen Jiang, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Ye Wang, Ning Yan Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research