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Wang J, Singer SD, Chen G. Biotechnological advances in the production of unusual fatty acids in transgenic plants and recombinant microorganisms. Biotechnol Adv 2024; 76:108435. [PMID: 39214484 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Certain plants and microorganisms can produce high amounts of unusual fatty acids (UFAs) such as hydroxy, conjugated, cyclic, and very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which have distinct physicochemical properties and significant applications in the food, feed, and oleochemical industries. Since many natural sources of UFAs are not ideal for large-scale agricultural production or fermentation, it is attractive to produce them through synthetic biology. Although several UFAs have been commercially or pre-commercially produced in transgenic plants and microorganisms, their contents in transgenic hosts are generally much lower than in natural sources. Moreover, reproducing this success for a wider spectrum of UFAs has remained challenging. This review discusses recent advancements in our understanding of the biosynthesis, accumulation, and heterologous production of UFAs, and addresses the challenges and potential strategies for achieving high UFA content in engineered plants and microorganisms.
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- Juli Wang
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 116 St and 85 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 116 St and 85 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2P5, Canada.
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Kanao E, Kubo T, Naito T, Sano T, Yan M, Tanaka N, Otsuka K. Tunable Liquid Chromatographic Separation of H/D Isotopologues Enabled by Aromatic π Interactions. Anal Chem 2020; 92:4065-4072. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Eisuke Kanao
- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16−2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Isotope Ratio Monitoring 13 C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry for the Analysis of Position-Specific Isotope Ratios. Methods Enzymol 2017; 596:369-401. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Ding H, Wang J, Wang C, Chu F. Synthesis of a novel phosphorus and nitrogen-containing bio-based polyols and its application in flame retardant polyurethane sealant. Polym Degrad Stab 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kim KR, Oh DK. Production of hydroxy fatty acids by microbial fatty acid-hydroxylation enzymes. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:1473-85. [PMID: 23860413 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hydroxy fatty acids are widely used in chemical, food, and cosmetic industries as starting materials for the synthesis of polymers and as additives for the manufacture of lubricants, emulsifiers, and stabilizers. They have antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activities and therefore can be applied for medicinal uses. Microbial fatty acid-hydroxylation enzymes, including P450, lipoxygenase, hydratase, 12-hydroxylase, and diol synthase, synthesize regio-specific hydroxy fatty acids. In this article, microbial fatty acid-hydroxylation enzymes, with a focus on region-specificity and diversity, are summarized and the production of mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxy fatty acids is introduced. Finally, the production methods of regio-specific and diverse hydroxy fatty acids, such as gene screening, protein engineering, metabolic engineering, and combinatory biosynthesis, are suggested.
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- Kyoung-Rok Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Serhan Z, Borgogno A, Billault I, Ferrarini A, Lesot P. Analysis of NAD 2D-NMR spectra of saturated fatty acids in polypeptide aligning media by experimental and modeling approaches. Chemistry 2011; 18:117-26. [PMID: 22162274 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The overall and detailed elucidation (including the stereochemical aspects) of enzymatic mechanisms requires the access to all reliable information related to the natural isotopic fractionation of both precursors and products. Natural abundance deuterium (NAD) 2D-NMR experiments in polypeptide liquid-crystalline solutions are a new, suitable tool for analyzing site-specific deuterium isotopic distribution profiles. Here this method is utilized for analyzing saturated C14 to C18 fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), which are challenging because of the crowding of signals in a narrow spectral region. Experiments in achiral and chiral oriented solutions were performed. The spectral analysis is supplemented by the theoretical prediction of quadrupolar splittings as a function of the geometry and flexibility of FAMEs, based on a novel computational methodology. This allows us to confirm the spectral assignments, while providing insights into the mechanism of solute ordering in liquid-crystalline polypeptide solutions. This is found to be dominated by steric repulsions between FAMEs and polypeptides.
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- Zeinab Serhan
- RMN en Milieu Orienté, ICMMO, UMR-CNRS 8182, Université de Paris Sud 11, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Botosoa EP, Blumenstein C, MacKenzie DA, Silvestre V, Remaud GS, Kwiecień RA, Robins RJ. Quantitative isotopic 13C nuclear magnetic resonance at natural abundance to probe enzyme reaction mechanisms via site-specific isotope fractionation: The case of the chain-shortening reaction for the bioconversion of ferulic acid to vanillin. Anal Biochem 2009; 393:182-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Qiu X, Meesapyodsuk D. Biosynthesis of Unusual Fatty Acids in Microorganisms and Their Production in Plants. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420077070.ch10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Baillif V, Robins RJ, Le Feunteun S, Lesot P, Billault I. Investigation of fatty acid elongation and desaturation steps in Fusarium lateritium by quantitative two-dimensional deuterium NMR spectroscopy in chiral oriented media. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:10783-92. [PMID: 19213728 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807826200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The origin of hydrogen atoms during fatty acid biosynthesis in Fusarium lateritium has been quantified by isotope tracking close to natural abundance. Methyl linoleate was isolated from F. lateritium grown in natural abundance medium or in medium slightly enriched with labeled water, glucose, or acetate, and the (2)H incorporation was determined by quantitative (2)H-{(1)H} NMR in isotropic and chiral oriented solvents. Thus, the individual ((2)H/(1)H)(i) ratio at each pro-R and pro-S hydrogen position of the CH(2) groups along the chain can be analyzed. These values allow the isotope redistribution coefficients (a(ij)) that characterize the specific source of each hydrogen atom to be related to the nonexchangeable hydrogen atoms in glucose and to the medium water. In turn, these can be related to the stereoselectivity that operates during the introduction or removal of hydrogens along the fatty acid chain. First, at even CH(2) the pro-S hydrogen comes only from water by protonation, whereas the pro-R hydrogen is introduced partly via acetate but principally from water. Second, the nonexchangeable hydrogens of glucose (positions H-6,6 and H-1) are shown to be introduced to the odd CH(2) via the NAD(P)H pool used by both reductases involved in the elongation steps of the fatty acid chain. Third, it is proved that hydrogens removed at sites 9,10 and 12,13 during desaturation by Delta(9)- and Delta(12)-desaturases are pro-R, and that during these desaturation steps alpha-secondary kinetic isotope effects occur at the 9 and 12 positions and not at the 10 and 13 positions.
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- Vincent Baillif
- Université de Nantes, CNRS, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Chimie et Interdisciplinarité Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, 2 Rue de la Houssiniere, BP 92208 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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Lesot P, Baillif V, Billault I. Combined Analysis of C-18 Unsaturated Fatty Acids Using Natural Abundance Deuterium 2D NMR Spectroscopy in Chiral Oriented Solvents. Anal Chem 2008; 80:2963-72. [DOI: 10.1021/ac702443b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Philippe Lesot
- Université de Paris-Sud (XI), ICMMO, UMR CNRS 8182, Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Organique, Equipe de RMN en Milieu Orienté, UFR des sciences d'Orsay, Bât. 410, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and Université de Nantes, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Université de Paris-Sud (XI), ICMMO, UMR CNRS 8182, Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Organique, Equipe de RMN en Milieu Orienté, UFR des sciences d'Orsay, Bât. 410, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and Université de Nantes, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Université de Paris-Sud (XI), ICMMO, UMR CNRS 8182, Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Organique, Equipe de RMN en Milieu Orienté, UFR des sciences d'Orsay, Bât. 410, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and Université de Nantes, CEISAM, Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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Baillif V, Robins RJ, Billault I, Lesot P. Assignment of Absolute Configuration of Natural Abundance Deuterium Signals Associated with (R)- and (S)-Enantioisotopomers in a Fatty Acid Aligned in a Chiral Liquid Crystal: Enantioselective Synthesis and NMR Analysis. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:11180-7. [PMID: 16925436 DOI: 10.1021/ja0617892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous experimental natural abundance deuterium (NAD) NMR results have shown an odd/even-related alternation in the ((2)H/(1)H) ratio of the methylene groups of fatty acids (ChemBioChem 2001, 2, 425) and, by NAD NMR in CLC, a marked difference between enantiotopic deuterons for each methylenic site (Anal. Chem. 2004, 76, 2827). However, to date, the assignment of the absolute configuration for each deuterium has not been possible. To investigate further the origin of these effects, the assignment of NAD quadrupolar doublets observed in chiral oriented solvent is required. Here we describe the assignment of R- and S-isomers resulting from the isotopic substitution in positions 4 and 5 in the aliphatic chain of 1,1'-bis(thiophenyl)hexane 1 (BTPH) derived from natural linoleic acid of plant origin. This was achieved using an optimized synthetic strategy to obtain separately four regio- and stereoselectively deuterated enantiomers of BTPH. By reference to the deuterium spectra of these isotopically labeled reference compounds, we demonstrate that, on both 4 and 5 positions of BTPH, the isotopic enantiomers of S configuration are depleted relative to those of R configuration. This finding effectively explains the observed low ((2)H/(1)H) ratio in NAD of some ethylenic sites of unsaturated fatty acids.
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- Vincent Baillif
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Isotopique et Electrochimique de Métabolismes, CNRS UMR 6006, Université de Nantes, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes, France
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Billault I, Duan JR, Guiet S, Robins RJ. Quantitative deuterium isotopic profiling at natural abundance indicates mechanistic differences for delta 12-epoxidase and delta 12-desaturase in Vernonia galamensis. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:17645-51. [PMID: 15722338 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500909200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Quantitative (2)H NMR spectroscopy can determine the natural abundance ((2)H/(1)H) ratio at each site of a molecule. In natural products, variation in these values is related to the reaction mechanisms in the pertinent biosynthetic pathway. For the first time, this novel approach has been exploited to probe for mechanistic differences in the introduction of different functionalities into a long-chain fatty acid. Vernolic acid, a major component of the seed oil of Vernonia galamensis, contains both an epoxide and a desaturation. The site-specific isotopic distribution ((2)H/(1)H)(i) has been determined for both vernolic acid and linoleic acid isolated from the same V. galamensis oil. It is found that the ((2)H/(1)H) ratio of vernolic acid shows a pattern along the entire length of the chain, consistent with linoleic acid being its immediate precursor. Notably, the C13 relates to the C13 of linoleic acid but not to the C13 of oleic acid. Furthermore, the C12 and C13 positions in vernolic acid are less depleted, consistent with a change in hybridization state from sp(2) to sp(3). However, the C11 position shows a marked relative enrichment in the vernolic acid, implying that it plays a role in the epoxidase but not the desaturase mechanism. Thus, although it can be concluded that the catalytic mechanisms for the epoxidase and desaturase activities are similar, marked differences in the residual ((2)H/(1)H) patterns indicate that the reaction mechanisms are not identical.
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- Isabelle Billault
- Groupe de Fractionnement Isotopique de Métabolismes, Laboratoire d'Analyse Isotopique et Electrochimique de Métabolismes, CNRS UMR6006, Université de Nantes, BP 99208, F-44322 Nantes, France.
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Pauli GF, Jaki BU, Lankin DC. Quantitative 1H NMR: development and potential of a method for natural products analysis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2005; 68:133-49. [PMID: 15679337 DOI: 10.1021/np0497301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Based on a brief revision of what constitutes state-of-the-art "quantitative experimental conditions" for (1)H quantitative NMR (qHNMR), this comprehensive review contains almost 200 references and covers the literature since 1982 with emphasis on natural products. It provides an overview of the background and applications of qHNMR in natural products research, new methods such as decoupling and hyphenation, and analytical potential and limitations, and compiles information on reference materials used for and studied by qHNMR. The dual status of natural products, being single chemical entities and valuable biologically active agents that need to be purified from complex matrixes, results in an increased analytical demand when testing their deviation from the singleton composition ideal. The outcome and versatility of reported applications lead to the conclusion that qHNMR is currently the principal analytical method to meet this demand. Considering both 1D and 2D (1)H NMR experiments, qHNMR has proved to be highly suitable for the simultaneous selective recognition and quantitative determination of metabolites in complex biological matrixes. This is manifested by the prior publication of over 80 reports on applications involving the quantitation of single natural products in plant extracts, dietary materials, and materials representing different metabolic stages of (micro)organisms. In summary, qHNMR has great potential as an analytical tool in both the discovery of new bioactive natural products and the field of metabolome analysis.
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- Guido F Pauli
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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