Methods for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid and other products

A method for producing an acrylic acid-based consumer product, said method comprising:

• i) combining a carbon source, a microorganism, and cell culture to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, wherein:
• a) said cell culture comprises an inhibitor of fatty acid synthase or said microorganism is genetically modified to comprise a deletion of an enzyme, or a substitution of an enzyme with a mutated version of said enzyme, wherein said enzyme selected from the group consisting of:
• malonyl-CoA-ACP transacylase, beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase I, beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II, and enoyl-ACP reductase, thereby providing for reduced conversion of malonyl-CoA to fatty acids;
• and
• b) wherein said microorganism is genetically modified for increased enzymatic activity in the microorganism's malonyl-CoA reductase (mcr) pathway by introduction of a heterologous nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide having mono- or bi-functional malonyl-CoA reductase activity;
• ii) converting said 3-hydroxypropionic acid to acrylic acid;
• and
• iii) processing said acrylic acid into a consumer product.