Production of curcuminoids from tyrosine by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli using caffeic acid as an intermediate

This work was supported by FEDER funds through the COMPETE and ON2 program and through National funds of FCT in the scope of the project FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027462, PEst-OE/EQB/LA0023/2013, NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000028, and NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000027. Financial support for this work was provided by FCT grant SFRH/BD/51187/2010 and SYNBIOBACTHER project (PTDC/EBB-BIO/102863/2008).