| abstract |
The present invention relates to a compound of general formula I The present invention also relates to a method of producing N-acetyl homoserine and/or derivatives thereof, the method comprising -tcontacting at least one recombinant cell in an aqueous medium with acetate wherein the recombinant cell comprises an increased activity relative to a wild type cell of (a)tan enzyme E1,a homoserine dehydrogenase (EC1.1.1.3) and/or an enzyme E5, an aspartokinase (EC2.7.2.4); and (b)tan enzyme E2, a homoserine O-acetyl transferase (EC2.3.1.31) and the acetate is maintained at a concentration of at least about 0.001 g/L in the aqueous medium. |