Enhanced substrate tolerance of l-amino acid deaminase by reshaping substrate binding pocket for phenylpyruvic acid production

Keywords

Phenylpyruvate / Substrate tolerance / l-amino acid deaminase / Binding pocket remodeling / Whole-cell biocatalysis

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Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant JUSRP202504023)

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