Article History
Received: 3 July 2021
Accepted: 2 March 2022
First Online: 24 March 2022
Competing interests
: A patent application (no. LU101726) based on this work has been filed. This patent covers the verifications of IPDO, 1,3-PDO, 1,3-BDO, 1,4-BDO,1,4-PTD, MPO, 2-M-1,4-BDO, 2-M-1,3-BDO, 2-E-1,3-PDO, and 1,3-PTD productions from different BCAAs via the proposed general diol biosynthetic route. Yongfei Liu and An-Ping Zeng are listed as inventors of the patent. Other author claims no competing interest.