Byosynthetic Production of Acyl Amino Acids

A cell for producing acyl glycinates, wherein said cell is genetically modified to comprise:

• a) at least a first genetic mutation that, relative to the wild type cell, increases the expression of an amino acid-N-acyl-transferase;
• b) at least a second genetic mutation that, relative to the wild type cell, increases the expression of an acyl-CoA synthetase;
• and
• c) at least a third genetic mutation that, relative to the wild type cell, decreases the expression of at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of:
• an enzyme of the glycine cleavage system;
• glycine hydroxymethyltransferase (GlyA);
• threonine aldolase (LtaE);
• threonine dehydrogenase (Tdh);
• 2-Amino-3-Ketobutyrate CoA-Ligase (Kbl);
• and allothreonine dehydrogenase (YdfG).