Metabolic overview of 4-hydroxybenzoate production by an engineered P. taiwanensis VLB120. Overexpressed genes are shown as green arrows, deleted genes as red arrows with a cross. The dashed red arrow symbolizes a point mutation resulting in a flux decrease. 6PGL, 6-phosphogluconate; G6P, glucose-6-phosphate; KDPG, 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate; GA3P, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate; F6P, fructose-6-phosphate; S7P, sedoheptulose-7-phosphate; E4P, erythrose-4-phosphate; P5P, pentose-5-phosphate; 1,3bPG, 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate; 3PG, 3-phosphoglycerate; 2PG, 2-phosphoglycerate; PEP, phosphoenolpyruvate; Pyr, pyruvate; DAHP, 3-Deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate; 3DQ, 3-dehydroquinate; 3DHS, 3-dehydroshikimate; S3P, shikimate-3-phosphate; 5O3PS, 5-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate; 4HPP, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate; PP, phenylpyruvate; Aro, arogenate; HG, homogentisate; HPHP-CoA, 4-Hydroxyphenyl-β-hydroxypropionyl-CoA; Genes: pgi, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase; ppsA, phosphoenolpyruvate synthase; tktA, transketolase; aroG, DAHP synthase; tyrA, prephenate dehydrogenase; quiC, 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase; trpE, anthranilate synthase; hpd, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase; tal, tyrosine ammonia-lyase; pal, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase; fcs, feruloyl-CoA synthetase; ech, enoyl-CoA dehydratase; vdh, vanillin dehydrogenase; pobA, p-hydroxybenzoic acid hydroxylase.