Stable Chiral Carboxymuconolactone Production from a Lignin-Related Aromatic Compound, Protocatechuic Acid

Susumu Kondo1, Kosuke Sugimura1, Yuta Okamura1, Kohei Mase1, Kanna Sato-Izawa1, Yuichiro Otsuka2, Shinya Kajita1, Eiji Masai3, Masaya Nakamura2, Tomonori Sonoki4* and Yoshihiro Katayama1,5 1Graduate School of Bio-Application and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan 2Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 3Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan 4Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan 5Department of Forest Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan *Corresponding author: Tomonori Sonoki, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. Tel: +81-172-39-3585; E-mail: [email protected]