yellow-beige crystalline powder
cis,cis-Muconic acid, a metabolic intermediate of Klebsiella pneumonia, can be converted to adipic acid and terephthalic acid, which are important monomers of synthetic polymers. cis,cis-Muconic acid is also a biochemical material that can be used for the production of various plastics and polymers and is particularly gaining attention as an adipic acid precursor for the synthesis of nylon-6,6[1][2].
ChEBI: The cis,cis-isomer of muconic acid. It is produced during the degradation of chlorobenzene by bacteria like Bacillus.
cis,cis-Muconic acid is a naturally-occurring organic acid. It is also referred as 2E,4E-hexa-2,4-dienedioic acid. It is used in the manufacture of several widely-used consumer plastics. Its microbial production via extending shikimate pathway has been reported.
Microbial Metabolite; Human Endogenous Metabolite
[1] Jung HM, et al. Metabolic engineering of Klebsiella pneumoniae for the production of cis,cis-muconic acid. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015;99(12):5217-5225. DOI:
10.1007/s00253-015-6442-3[2] Shin WS, et al. Characterization of a non-phosphotransferase system for cis,cis-muconic acid production in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018;499(2):279-284. DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.146
