Method of producing a low molecular weight organic compound in a cell

A method of producing a low molecular weight organic aglycon compound comprising following steps:

• a) fermenting a microorganism cell in a suitable medium where the microorganism is capable of growing, the microorganism comprising:
• a gene encoding a product involved in the biosynthesis pathway leading to a low molecular weight organic aglycon compound;
• and,
• a glycosyltransferase gene encoding a glycosyltransferase capable of glycosylating the produced aglycon;
• wherein the cell produces the aglycon, the glycolsyltransferase and, by interaction of gylcosyltransferase with aglycon, the cell also produces the corresponding glycosylated form of the aglycon;
• b) deglycosylating the glycosylated form of the aglycon;
• and
• c) recovering the aglycon compound;
• (i) wherein the low molecular weight organic aglycon compound has a molecular weight from 50 to 3000, and (ii) wherein the glycosyltransferase is a glycosyltransferase capable of conjugating a sugar to the aglycon compound;
• and
• wherein the microorganism cell is a yeast cell;
• and
• wherein the low molecular weight organic aglycon compound is vanillin.