Production of p-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid from tyrosine by Peptostreptococcus anaerobius.
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius was found to metabolize tyrosine to p-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid [3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid]. This acid was detected in spent growth media by gas-liquid chromatography, and its identity was confirmed by mass spectrometry.
D003470:Culture Media; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D010666:Phenylpropionates / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D010666:Phenylpropionates; D014443:Tyrosine; C008869:phloretic acid