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Rainha J, Rodrigues JL, Rodrigues LR. De Novo Biosynthesis of Curcumin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACS Synth Biol 2024; 13:1727-1736. [PMID: 38787640 PMCID: PMC11197086 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Curcumin, a natural polyphenol derived from turmeric, has attracted immense interest due to its diverse pharmacological properties. Traditional extraction methods from Curcuma longa plants present limitations in meeting the growing demand for this bioactive compound, giving significance to its production by genetically modified microorganisms. Herein, we have developed an engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce curcumin from glucose. A pathway composed of the 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-monooxygenase oxygenase complex from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella enterica, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana, feruloyl-CoA synthetase from Pseudomonas paucimobilis, and diketide-CoA synthase and curcumin synthase from C. longa was introduced in a p-coumaric acid overproducing S. cerevisiae strain. This strain produced 240.1 ± 15.1 μg/L of curcumin. Following optimization of phenylpropanoids conversion, a strain capable of producing 4.2 ± 0.6 mg/L was obtained. This study reports for the first time the successful de novo production of curcumin in S. cerevisiae.
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- João Rainha
- Centre
of Biological Engineering, University of
Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- Centre
of Biological Engineering, University of
Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
- LABBELS—Associate
Laboratory, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- Centre
of Biological Engineering, University of
Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
- LABBELS—Associate
Laboratory, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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Konzock O, Nielsen J. TRYing to evaluate production costs in microbial biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol 2024:S0167-7799(24)00119-7. [PMID: 38806369 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Microbial fermentations offer the opportunity to produce a wide range of chemicals in a sustainable fashion, but it is important to carefully evaluate the production costs. This can be done on the basis of evaluation of the titer, rate, and yield (TRY) of the fermentation process. Here we describe how the three TRY metrics impact the technoeconomics of a microbial fermentation process, and we illustrate the use of these for evaluation of different processes in the production of two commodity chemicals, 1,3-propanediol (PDO) and ethanol, as well as for the fine chemical penicillin. On the basis of our discussions, we provide some recommendations on how the TRY metrics should be reported when new processes are described.
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- Oliver Konzock
- Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE41296 Gothenburg, Sweden; BioInnovation Institute, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, DK2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Jang Y, Lee YJ, Gong G, Lee SM, Um Y, Kim KH, Ko JK. Carbon dioxide valorization into resveratrol via lithoautotrophic fermentation using engineered Cupriavidus necator H16. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:122. [PMID: 38678199 PMCID: PMC11055273 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02398-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Industrial biomanufacturing of value-added products using CO2 as a carbon source is considered more sustainable, cost-effective and resource-efficient than using common carbohydrate feedstocks. Cupriavidus necator H16 is a representative H2-oxidizing lithoautotrophic bacterium that can be utilized to valorize CO2 into valuable chemicals and has recently gained much attention as a promising platform host for versatile C1-based biomanufacturing. Since this microbial platform is genetically tractable and has a high-flux carbon storage pathway, it has been engineered to produce a variety of valuable compounds from renewable carbon sources. In this study, the bacterium was engineered to produce resveratrol autotrophically using an artificial phenylpropanoid pathway. RESULTS The heterologous genes involved in the resveratrol biosynthetic pathway-tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), 4-coumaroyl CoA ligase (4CL), and stilbene synthase (STS) -were implemented in C. necator H16. The overexpression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), disruption of the PHB synthetic pathway, and an increase in the copy number of STS genes enhanced resveratrol production. In particular, the increased copies of VvSTS derived from Vitis vinifera resulted a 2-fold improvement in resveratrol synthesis from fructose. The final engineered CR-5 strain produced 1.9 mg/L of resveratrol from CO2 and tyrosine via lithoautotrophic fermentation. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to describe the valorization of CO2 into polyphenolic compounds by engineering a phenylpropanoid pathway using the lithoautotrophic bacterium C. necator H16, demonstrating the potential of this strain a platform for sustainable chemical production.
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- Yongjae Jang
- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Energy and Environment Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Energy and Environment Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Energy and Environment Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea.
- Division of Energy and Environment Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea.
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Peng H, Darlington APS, South EJ, Chen HH, Jiang W, Ledesma-Amaro R. A molecular toolkit of cross-feeding strains for engineering synthetic yeast communities. Nat Microbiol 2024; 9:848-863. [PMID: 38326570 PMCID: PMC10914607 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01596-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Engineered microbial consortia often have enhanced system performance and robustness compared with single-strain biomanufacturing production platforms. However, few tools are available for generating co-cultures of the model and key industrial host Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we engineer auxotrophic and overexpression yeast strains that can be used to create co-cultures through exchange of essential metabolites. Using these strains as modules, we engineered two- and three-member consortia using different cross-feeding architectures. Through a combination of ensemble modelling and experimentation, we explored how cellular (for example, metabolite production strength) and environmental (for example, initial population ratio, population density and extracellular supplementation) factors govern population dynamics in these systems. We tested the use of the toolkit in a division of labour biomanufacturing case study and show that it enables enhanced and tuneable antioxidant resveratrol production. We expect this toolkit to become a useful resource for a variety of applications in synthetic ecology and biomanufacturing.
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- Huadong Peng
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Program, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Kulasekaran NT, Thilakam ML, Gopal D, Lee JK, Marimuthu J. Denovo production of resveratrol by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303-1a using pretreated Gracilaria corticata extracts. Biotechnol Lett 2024; 46:19-28. [PMID: 37987932 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-023-03441-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Assembly and construction of resveratrol production pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for denovo production of resveratrol using seaweed extract as fermentation medium. RESULTS Genes involved in the production of resveratrol from tyrosine pathway, tyrosine ammonia lyase (FTAL) gene from Flavobacterium johnsoniae (FjTAL), the 4-coumarate:CoA ligase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (4CL1) and the stilbene synthase gene from Vitis vinifera (VvSTS) were introduced into low copy, high copy and integrative vector and transformed into S. cerevisiae W303-1a. The resulting strains W303-1a/pARS-res5, W303-1a/2µ-res1 and W303-1a/IntUra-res9 produced a level of 2.39 ± 0.01, 3.33 ± 0.03 and 8.34 ± 0.03 mg resveratrol l-1 respectively. CRISPR mediated integration at the δ locus resulted in 17.13 ± 1.1 mg resveratrol l-1. Gracilaria corticata extract was tested as a substrate for the growth of transformant to produce resveratrol. The strain produced a comparable level, 13.6 ± 0.54 mg resveratrol l-1 when grown in seaweed extract medium. CONCLUSIONS The strain W303-1a/IntδC-res1 utilized Gracillaria hydrolysate and produced 13.6 ± 0.54 mg resveratrol l-1 and further investigations are being carried out focusing on pathway engineering and optimization of process parameters to enhance resveratrol yield.
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- Marine Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, 600100, India
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- Marine Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, 600100, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143 701, Korea
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- Marine Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, 600100, India.
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Yan Z, Pan Y, Huang M, Liu JZ. De Novo Pterostilbene Production from Glucose Using Modular Coculture Engineering in Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:516-528. [PMID: 38130104 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Pterostilbene, a derivative of resveratrol, is of increasing interest due to its increased bioavailability and potential health benefits. Sustainable production of pterostilbene is important, especially given the challenges of traditional plant extraction and chemical synthesis methods. While engineered microbial cell factories provide a potential alternative for pterostilbene production, most approaches necessitate feeding intermediate compounds. To address these limitations, we adopted a modular coculture engineering strategy, dividing the pterostilbene biosynthetic pathway between two engineered E. coli strains. Using a combination of gene knockout, atmospheric and room-temperature plasma mutagenesis, and error-prone PCR-based whole genome shuffling to engineer strains for the coculture system, we achieved a pterostilbene production titer of 134.84 ± 9.28 mg/L from glucose using a 1:3 inoculation ratio and 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide supplementation. This represents the highest reported de novo production titer. Our results underscore the potential of coculture systems and metabolic balance in microbial biosynthesis.
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- Zhibo Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Nielsen J. Engineering yeast to produce plant-derived anti-obesity agent. Nat Chem 2023; 15:1204-1205. [PMID: 37640851 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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- Jens Nielsen
- BioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Madhavan A, Arun KB, Alex D, Anoopkumar AN, Emmanual S, Chaturvedi P, Varjani S, Tiwari A, Kumar V, Reshmy R, Awasthi MK, Binod P, Aneesh EM, Sindhu R. Microbial production of nutraceuticals: Metabolic engineering interventions in phenolic compounds, poly unsaturated fatty acids and carotenoids synthesis. JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2023; 60:2092-2104. [PMID: 37273565 PMCID: PMC10232702 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-022-05482-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Nutraceuticals have attained substantial attention due to their health-boosting or disease-prevention characteristics. Growing awareness about the potential of nutraceuticals for the prevention and management of diseases affecting human has led to an increase in the market value of nutraceuticals in several billion dollars. Nevertheless, limitations in supply and isolation complications from plants, animals or fungi, limit the large-scale production of nutraceuticals. Microbial engineering at metabolic level has been proved as an environment friendly substitute for the chemical synthesis of nutraceuticals. Extensively used microbial systems such as E. coli and S. cerevisiae have been modified as versatile cell factories for the synthesis of diverse nutraceuticals. This review describes current interventions in metabolic engineering for synthesising some of the therapeutically important nutraceuticals (phenolic compounds, polyunsaturated fatty acids and carotenoids). We focus on the interventions in enhancing product yield through engineering at gene level or pathway level.
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- Aravind Madhavan
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695014 India
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- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 695014 India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, Kerala 695015 India
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- Department of Zoology, Centre for Research in Emerging Tropical Diseases (CRET‑D), University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College, Thrissur, Kerala 680121 India
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- Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR- Indian Institute for Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), 31 MG Marg, Lucknow, 226001 India
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Paryavaran Bhavan, CHH Road, Sector 10 A, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382010 India
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- Diatom Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201301 India
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- Fermentation Technology Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, J & K 180001 India
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- Department of Science and Humanities, Providence College of Engineering, Chengannur, Kerala 689122 India
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala 695019 India
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- Department of Zoology, Centre for Research in Emerging Tropical Diseases (CRET‑D), University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Food Technology, T K M Institute of Technology, Kollam, Kerala 691505 India
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Fazio NA, Russo N, Foti P, Pino A, Caggia C, Randazzo CL. Inside Current Winemaking Challenges: Exploiting the Potential of Conventional and Unconventional Yeasts. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1338. [PMID: 37317312 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11051338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Wine represents a complex matrix in which microbial interactions can strongly impact the quality of the final product. Numerous studies have focused on optimizing microbial approaches for addressing new challenges to enhance quality, typicity, and food safety. However, few studies have investigated yeasts of different genera as resources for obtaining wines with new, specific traits. Currently, based on the continuous changes in consumer demand, yeast selection within conventional Saccharomyces cerevisiae and unconventional non-Saccharomyces yeasts represents a suitable opportunity. Wine fermentation driven by indigenous yeasts, in the various stages, has achieved promising results in producing wines with desired characteristics, such as a reduced content of ethanol, SO2, and toxins, as well as an increased aromatic complexity. Therefore, the increasing interest in organic, biodynamic, natural, or clean wine represents a new challenge for the wine sector. This review aims at exploring the main features of different oenological yeasts to obtain wines reflecting the needs of current consumers in a sustainability context, providing an overview, and pointing out the role of microorganisms as valuable sources and biological approaches to explore potential and future research opportunities.
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- Nunzio A Fazio
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
- ProBioEtna Srl, Spin off University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
- ProBioEtna Srl, Spin off University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
- ProBioEtna Srl, Spin off University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
- ProBioEtna Srl, Spin off University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Meng L, Diao M, Wang Q, Peng L, Li J, Xie N. Efficient biosynthesis of resveratrol via combining phenylalanine and tyrosine pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Cell Fact 2023; 22:46. [PMID: 36890537 PMCID: PMC9996981 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02055-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Resveratrol is a commercially available stilbenoid widely used as dietary supplements, functional food ingredients, and cosmetic ingredients due to its diverse physiological activities. The production of resveratrol in microorganisms provides an ideal source that reduces the cost of resveratrol, but the titer in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was still much lower than that in other hosts. RESULTS To achieve enhanced production of resveratrol in S. cerevisiae, we constructed a biosynthetic pathway via combining phenylalanine and tyrosine pathways by introducing a bi-functional phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia lyase from Rhodotorula toruloides. The combination of phenylalanine pathway with tyrosine pathway led to a 462% improvement of resveratrol production in yeast extract peptone dextrose (YPD) medium with 4% glucose, suggesting an alternative strategy for producing p-coumaric acid-derived compounds. Then the strains were further modified by integrating multi-copy biosynthetic pathway genes, improving metabolic flux to aromatic amino acids and malonyl-CoA, and deleting by-pathway genes, which resulted in 1155.0 mg/L resveratrol in shake flasks when cultured in YPD medium. Finally, a non-auxotrophic strain was tailored for resveratrol production in minimal medium without exogenous amino acid addition, and the highest resveratrol titer (4.1 g/L) ever reported was achieved in S. cerevisiae to our knowledge. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the advantage of employing a bi-functional phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia lyase in the biosynthetic pathway of resveratrol, suggesting an effective alternative in the production of p-coumaric acid-derived compounds. Moreover, the enhanced production of resveratrol in S. cerevisiae lays a foundation for constructing cell factories for various stilbenoids.
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- Lijun Meng
- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NonFood Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-Refinery, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, China.
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Resveratrol Xylobioside Obtained Using a Mutagenic Variant of a GH10 Endoxylanase. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 12:antiox12010085. [PMID: 36670947 PMCID: PMC9855058 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12010085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol with antioxidant activity and numerous health benefits. However, in vivo application of this compound is still a challenge due to its poor aqueous solubility and rapid metabolism, which leads to an extremely low bioavailability in the target tissues. In this work, rXynSOS-E236G glycosynthase, designed from a GH10 endoxylanase of the fungus Talaromyces amestolkiae, was used to glycosylate resveratrol by using xylobiosyl-fluoride as a sugar donor. The major product from this reaction was identified by NMR as 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol, together with other glycosides produced in a lower amount as 4'-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol and 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylotetraosyl resveratrol. The application of response surface methodology made it possible to optimize the reaction, producing 35% of 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol. Since other minor glycosides are obtained in addition to this compound, the transformation of the phenolic substrate amounted to 70%. Xylobiosylation decreased the antioxidant capacity of resveratrol by 2.21-fold, but, in return, produced a staggering 4,866-fold improvement in solubility, facilitating the delivery of large amounts of the molecule and its transit to the colon. A preliminary study has also shown that the colonic microbiota is capable of releasing resveratrol from 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol. These results support the potential of mutagenic variants of glycosyl hydrolases to synthesize highly soluble resveratrol glycosides, which could, in turn, improve the bioavailability and bioactive properties of this polyphenol.
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Metabolic engineering of Rhodotorula toruloides for resveratrol production. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:270. [PMID: 36566171 PMCID: PMC9789595 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-02006-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Resveratrol is a plant-derived phenylpropanoid with diverse biological activities and pharmacological applications. Plant-based extraction could not satisfy ever-increasing market demand, while chemical synthesis is impeded by the existence of toxic impurities. Microbial production of resveratrol offers a promising alternative to plant- and chemical-based processes. The non-conventional oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides is a potential workhorse for the production of resveratrol that endowed with an efficient and intrinsic bifunctional phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia-lyase (RtPAL) and malonyl-CoA pool, which may facilitate the resveratrol synthesis when properly rewired. RESULTS Resveratrol showed substantial stability and would not affect the R. toruloides growth during the yeast cultivation in flasks. The heterologus resveratrol biosynthesis pathway was established by introducing the 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (At4CL), and the stilbene synthase (VlSTS) from Arabidopsis thaliana and Vitis labrusca, respectively. Next, The resveratrol production was increased by 634% through employing the cinnamate-4-hydroxylase from A. thaliana (AtC4H), the fused protein At4CL::VlSTS, the cytochrome P450 reductase 2 from A. thaliana (AtATR2) and the endogenous cytochrome B5 of R. toruloides (RtCYB5). Then, the related endogenous pathways were optimized to affect a further 60% increase. Finally, the engineered strain produced a maximum titer of 125.2 mg/L resveratrol in YPD medium. CONCLUSION The non-conventional oleaginous yeast R. toruloides was engineered for the first time to produce resveratrol. Protein fusion, co-factor channeling, and ARO4 and ARO7 overexpression were efficient for improving resveratrol production. The results demonstrated the potential of R. toruloides for resveratrol and other phenylpropanoids production.
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Design of acetylene-modified bio-based tri-functional benzoxazine and its copolymerization with bismaleimide for performance enhancement. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-022-04639-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Liu M, Wang C, Ren X, Gao S, Yu S, Zhou J. Remodelling metabolism for high-level resveratrol production in Yarrowia lipolytica. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 365:128178. [PMID: 36279979 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Resveratrol is a polyphenol with numerous applications in food, pharma, and cosmetics. Lack of precursors and low titer are the main problems hindering industrial scale resveratrol production. Based on previous prescreening, expressing the combination of FjTAL, Pc4CL1 and VvSTS achieved the best resveratrol titer. This was further improved to 235.1 mg/L through engineering the shikimic acid pathway, applying a modular enzyme assembly of Pc4CL1 and VvSTS, enhancing p-coumaric acid supply and diverting glycolytic flux toward erythrose-4-phosphate. The titer was increased to 819.1 mg/L following two rounds of multicopy integration of resveratrol biosynthesis and malonyl-CoA supply, respectively. The titer reached 22.5 g/L with a yield on glucose of 65.5 mg/g using an optimum fed-batch strategy in a 5 L bioreactor with morphology control. This research is the highest report on the de novo production of resveratrol in Yarrowia lipolytica and the findings lay a solid foundation for other producing polyphenols.
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- Mengsu Liu
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China; Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
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Liu C, Li S. Engineered biosynthesis of plant polyketides by type III polyketide synthases in microorganisms. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:1017190. [PMID: 36312548 PMCID: PMC9614166 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1017190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Plant specialized metabolites occupy unique therapeutic niches in human medicine. A large family of plant specialized metabolites, namely plant polyketides, exhibit diverse and remarkable pharmaceutical properties and thereby great biomanufacturing potential. A growing body of studies has focused on plant polyketide synthesis using plant type III polyketide synthases (PKSs), such as flavonoids, stilbenes, benzalacetones, curcuminoids, chromones, acridones, xanthones, and pyrones. Microbial expression of plant type III PKSs and related biosynthetic pathways in workhorse microorganisms, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Escherichia coli, and Yarrowia lipolytica, have led to the complete biosynthesis of multiple plant polyketides, such as flavonoids and stilbenes, from simple carbohydrates using different metabolic engineering approaches. Additionally, advanced biosynthesis techniques led to the biosynthesis of novel and complex plant polyketides synthesized by diversified type III PKSs. This review will summarize efforts in the past 10 years in type III PKS-catalyzed natural product biosynthesis in microorganisms, especially the complete biosynthesis strategies and achievements.
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Costa CE, Romaní A, Teixeira JA, Domingues L. Resveratrol production for the valorisation of lactose-rich wastes by engineered industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 359:127463. [PMID: 35710047 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Resveratrol is an antioxidant with applications in the food and cosmetic industries. Its biosynthesis can side the hindrances of its extraction from plants. The dairy industry generates tonnes of lactose-rich wastes, which can be a carbon source. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an industrial workhorse for biotechnological processes, being unable to naturally metabolise lactose. Here, an S. cerevisiae strain was engineered for de novo production of resveratrol from lactose. A resveratrol titre of 210 mg/L from 100 g/L of lactose in synthetic media was achieved. Process optimization increased by 35% the production by a two-stage process, one favouring ethanol production and a subsequent one with stronger agitation favouring ethanol and lactose consumption with conversion into resveratrol. Resveratrol production from cheese whey was further attained. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first report on resveratrol production from lactose, relevant in dairy wastes, establishing grounds for future resveratrol-producing lactose-based processes.
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- Carlos E Costa
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Vigo (Campus Ourense), As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
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Kumokita R, Bamba T, Inokuma K, Yoshida T, Ito Y, Kondo A, Hasunuma T. Construction of an l-Tyrosine Chassis in Pichia pastoris Enhances Aromatic Secondary Metabolite Production from Glycerol. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:2098-2107. [PMID: 35575690 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Bioactive plant-based secondary metabolites such as stilbenoids, flavonoids, and benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are produced from l-tyrosine (l-Tyr) and have a wide variety of commercial applications. Therefore, building a microorganism with high l-Tyr productivity (l-Tyr chassis) is of immense value for large-scale production of various aromatic compounds. The aim of this study was to develop an l-Tyr chassis in the nonconventional yeast Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffii) to produce various aromatic secondary metabolites (resveratrol, naringenin, norcoclaurine, and reticuline). Overexpression of feedback-inhibition insensitive variants of 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase (ARO4K229L) and chorismate mutase (ARO7G141S) enhanced l-Tyr titer from glycerol in P. pastoris. These engineered P. pastoris strains increased the titer of resveratrol, naringenin, and norcoclaurine by 258, 244, and 3400%, respectively, after expressing the corresponding heterologous pathways. The titer of resveratrol and naringenin further increased by 305 and 249%, resulting in yields of 1825 and 1067 mg/L, respectively, in fed-batch fermentation, which is the highest titer from glycerol reported to date. Furthermore, the resveratrol-producing strain accumulated intermediates in the shikimate pathway. l-Tyr-derived aromatic compounds were produced using crude glycerol byproducts from biodiesel fuel (BDF) production. Constructing an l-Tyr chassis is a promising strategy to increase the titer of various aromatic secondary metabolites and P. pastoris is an attractive host for high-yield production of l-Tyr-derived aromatic compounds from glycerol.
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- Ryota Kumokita
- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Biomass Engineering Program, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Nielsen J, Tillegreen CB, Petranovic D. Innovation trends in industrial biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol 2022; 40:1160-1172. [PMID: 35459568 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Microbial fermentations are used for the sustainable production of a range of products. Due to increasing trends in the food sector toward plant-based foods and meat and dairy product substitutes, microbial fermentation will have an increasing role in this sector, as it will enable a sustainable and scalable production of valuable foods and food ingredients. Microbial fermentation will also be used to advance and expand the production of sustainable chemicals and natural products. Much of this market expansion will come from new start-ups that translate academic research into novel processes and products using state-of-the art technologies. Here, we discuss the trends in innovation and technology and provide recommendations for how to successfully start and grow companies in industrial biotechnology.
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- Jens Nielsen
- BioInnovation Institute, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, DK2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark; Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE41296 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE41296 Gothenburg, Sweden; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Fessner ND, Weber H, Glieder A. Regioselective Hydroxylation of Stilbenes by White‐Rot Fungal P450s Enables Preparative‐Scale Synthesis of Stilbenoids. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nico Dennis Fessner
- Technische Universitat Graz Fakultät für Technische Chemie, Verfahrenstechnik und Biotechnologie Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz AUSTRIA
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- Graz University of Technology: Technische Universitat Graz Institute of Organic Chemistry 8010 Graz AUSTRIA
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- Graz University of Technology: Technische Universitat Graz Institute of Molecular Biotechnology 8010 Graz AUSTRIA
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Misa J, Billingsley JM, Niwa K, Yu RK, Tang Y. Engineered Production of Strictosidine and Analogues in Yeast. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:1639-1649. [PMID: 35294193 PMCID: PMC9171786 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) are an expansive class of plant natural products, many of which have been named on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Low production from native plant hosts necessitates a more reliable source of these drugs to meet global demand. Here, we report the development of a yeast-based platform for high-titer production of the universal MIA precursor, strictosidine. Our fed-batch platform produces ∼50 mg/L strictosidine, starting from the commodity chemicals geraniol and tryptamine. The microbially produced strictosidine was purified to homogeneity and characterized by NMR. Additionally, our approach enables the production of halogenated strictosidine analogues through the feeding of modified tryptamines. The MIA platform strain enables rapid access to strictosidine for reconstitution and production of downstream MIA natural products.
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- Joshua Misa
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Xiao F, Lian J, Tu S, Xie L, Li J, Zhang F, Linhardt RJ, Huang H, Zhong W. Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for High-Level Production of Chlorogenic Acid from Glucose. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:800-811. [PMID: 35107250 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chlorogenic acid (CGA), a major dietary phenolic compound, has been increasingly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries because of its ready availability and extensive biological and pharmacological activities. Traditionally, extraction from plants has been the main approach for the commercial production of CGA. This study reports the first efficient microbial production of CGA by engineering the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, on a simple mineral medium. First, an optimized de novo biosynthetic pathway for CGA was reconstructed in S. cerevisiae from glucose with a CGA titer of 36.6 ± 2.4 mg/L. Then, a multimodule engineering strategy was employed to improve CGA production: (1) unlocking the shikimate pathway and optimizing carbon distribution; (2) optimizing the l-Phe branch and pathway balancing; and (3) increasing the copy number of CGA pathway genes. The combination of these interventions resulted in an about 6.4-fold improvement of CGA titer up to 234.8 ± 11.1 mg/L in shake flask cultures. CGA titers of 806.8 ± 1.7 mg/L were achieved in a 1 L fed-batch fermenter. This study opens a route to effectively produce CGA from glucose in S. cerevisiae and establishes a platform for the biosynthesis of CGA-derived value-added metabolites.
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- Feng Xiao
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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Lyu X, Lyu Y, Yu H, Chen W, Ye L, Yang R. Biotechnological advances for improving natural pigment production: a state-of-the-art review. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2022; 9:8. [PMID: 38647847 PMCID: PMC10992905 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-022-00497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In current years, natural pigments are facing a fast-growing global market due to the increase of people's awareness of health and the discovery of novel pharmacological effects of various natural pigments, e.g., carotenoids, flavonoids, and curcuminoids. However, the traditional production approaches are source-dependent and generally subject to the low contents of target pigment compounds. In order to scale-up industrial production, many efforts have been devoted to increasing pigment production from natural producers, via development of both in vitro plant cell/tissue culture systems, as well as optimization of microbial cultivation approaches. Moreover, synthetic biology has opened the door for heterologous biosynthesis of pigments via design and re-construction of novel biological modules as well as biological systems in bio-platforms. In this review, the innovative methods and strategies for optimization and engineering of both native and heterologous producers of natural pigments are comprehensively summarized. Current progress in the production of several representative high-value natural pigments is also presented; and the remaining challenges and future perspectives are discussed.
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- Xiaomei Lyu
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People's Republic of China.
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Feng C, Chen J, Ye W, Liao K, Wang Z, Song X, Qiao M. Synthetic Biology-Driven Microbial Production of Resveratrol: Advances and Perspectives. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:833920. [PMID: 35127664 PMCID: PMC8811299 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.833920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Resveratrol, a bioactive natural product found in many plants, is a secondary metabolite and has attracted much attention in the medicine and health care products fields due to its remarkable biological activities including anti-cancer, anti-oxidation, anti-aging, anti-inflammation, neuroprotection and anti-glycation. However, traditional chemical synthesis and plant extraction methods are impractical for industrial resveratrol production because of low yield, toxic chemical solvents and environmental pollution during the production process. Recently, the biosynthesis of resveratrol by constructing microbial cell factories has attracted much attention, because it provides a safe and efficient route for the resveratrol production. This review discusses the physiological functions and market applications of resveratrol. In addition, recent significant biotechnology advances in resveratrol biosynthesis are systematically summarized. Furthermore, we discuss the current challenges and future prospects for strain development for large-scale resveratrol production at an industrial level.
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- Chao Feng
- Department of Urology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaofei Song, ; Mingqiang Qiao,
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaofei Song, ; Mingqiang Qiao,
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Otto M, Liu D, Siewers V. Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Heterologous Host for Natural Products. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2489:333-367. [PMID: 35524059 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2273-5_18] [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] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cell factories can provide a sustainable supply of natural products with applications as pharmaceuticals, food-additives or biofuels. Besides being an important model organism for eukaryotic systems, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used as a chassis for the heterologous production of natural products. Its success as a cell factory can be attributed to the vast knowledge accumulated over decades of research, its overall ease of engineering and its robustness. Many methods and toolkits have been developed by the yeast metabolic engineering community with the aim of simplifying and accelerating the engineering process.In this chapter, a range of methodologies are highlighted, which can be used to develop novel natural product cell factories or to improve titer, rate and yields of an existing cell factory with the goal of developing an industrially relevant strain. The addressed topics are applicable for different stages of a cell factory engineering project and include the choice of a natural product platform strain, expression cassette design for heterologous or native genes, basic and advanced genetic engineering strategies, and library screening methods using biosensors. The many engineering methods available and the examples of yeast cell factories underline the importance and future potential of this host for industrial production of natural products.
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- Maximilian Otto
- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Kobayashi Y, Inokuma K, Matsuda M, Kondo A, Hasunuma T. Resveratrol production from several types of saccharide sources by a recombinant Scheffersomyces stipitis strain. Metab Eng Commun 2021; 13:e00188. [PMID: 34888140 PMCID: PMC8637140 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2021.e00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a plant-derived aromatic compound with a wide range of beneficial properties including antioxidant and anti-aging effects. The resveratrol currently available on the market is predominantly extracted from certain plants such as grape and the Japanese knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum. Due to the unstable harvest of these plants and the low resveratrol purity obtained, it is necessary to develop a stable production process of high-purity resveratrol from inexpensive feedstocks. Here, we attempted to produce resveratrol from a wide range of sugars as carbon sources by a using the genetically-engineered yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis (formerly known as Pichia stipitis), which possesses a broad sugar utilization capacity. First, we constructed the resveratrol producing strain by introducing genes coding the essential enzymes for resveratrol biosynthesis [tyrosine ammonia-lyase 1 derived from Herpetosiphon aurantiacus (HaTAL1), 4-coumarate: CoA ligase 2 derived from Arabidopsis thaliana (At4CL2), and stilbene synthase 1 derived from Vitis vinifera (VvVST1)]. Subsequently, a feedback-insensitive allele of chorismate mutase was overexpressed in the constructed strain to improve resveratrol production. The constructed strain successfully produced resveratrol from a broad range of biomass-derived sugars [glucose, fructose, xylose, N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc), galactose, cellobiose, maltose, and sucrose] in shake flask cultivation. Significant resveratrol titers were detected in cellobiose and sucrose fermentation (529.8 and 668.6 mg/L after 120 h fermentation, respectively), twice above the amount obtained with glucose (237.6 mg/L). Metabolomic analysis revealed an altered profile of the metabolites involved in the glycolysis and shikimate pathways, and also of cofactors and metabolites of energy metabolisms, depending on the substrate used. The levels of resveratrol precursors such as L-tyrosine increased in cellobiose and sucrose-grown cells. The results indicate that S. stipitis is an attractive microbial platform for resveratrol production from broad types of biomass-derived sugars and the selection of suitable substrates is crucial for improving resveratrol productivity of this yeast.
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- Yuma Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Biomass Engineering Program, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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Yao Y, Wang W, Shi W, Yan R, Zhang J, Wei G, Liu L, Che Y, An C, Gao SS. Overproduction of medicinal ergot alkaloids based on a fungal platform. Metab Eng 2021; 69:198-208. [PMID: 34902590 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Privileged ergot alkaloids (EAs) produced by the fungal genus Claviceps are used to treat a wide range of diseases. However, their use and research have been hampered by the challenging genetic engineering of Claviceps. Here we systematically refactored and rationally engineered the EA biosynthetic pathway in heterologous host Aspergillus nidulans by using a Fungal-Yeast-Shuttle-Vector protocol. The obtained strains allowed the production of diverse EAs and related intermediates, including prechanoclavine (PCC, 333.8 mg/L), chanoclavine (CC, 241.0 mg/L), agroclavine (AC, 78.7 mg/L), and festuclavine (FC, 99.2 mg/L), etc. This fungal platform also enabled the access to the methyl-oxidized EAs (MOEAs), including elymoclavine (EC), lysergic acid (LA), dihydroelysergol (DHLG), and dihydrolysergic acid (DHLA), by overexpressing a P450 enzyme CloA. Furthermore, by optimizing the P450 electron transfer (ET) pathway and using multi-copy of cloA, the titers of EC and DHLG have been improved by 17.3- and 9.4-fold, respectively. Beyond our demonstration of A. nidulans as a robust platform for EA overproduction, our study offers a proof of concept for engineering the eukaryotic P450s-contained biosynthetic pathways in a filamentous fungal host.
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- Yongpeng Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China.
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Yan ZB, Liang JL, Niu FX, Shen YP, Liu JZ. Enhanced Production of Pterostilbene in Escherichia coli Through Directed Evolution and Host Strain Engineering. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:710405. [PMID: 34690954 PMCID: PMC8530161 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.710405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Pterostilbene is a derivative of resveratrol with a higher bioavailability and biological activity, which shows antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antiaging activities. Here, directed evolution and host strain engineering were used to improve the production of pterostilbene in Escherichia coli. First, the heterologous biosynthetic pathway enzymes of pterostilbene, including tyrosine ammonia lyase, p-coumarate: CoA ligase, stilbene synthase, and resveratrol O-methyltransferase, were successively directly evolved through error-prone polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Four mutant enzymes with higher activities of in vivo and in vitro were obtained. The directed evolution of the pathway enzymes increased the pterostilbene production by 13.7-fold. Then, a biosensor-guided genome shuffling strategy was used to improve the availability of the precursor L-tyrosine of the host strain E. coli TYR-30 used for the production of pterostilbene. A shuffled E. coli strain with higher L-tyrosine production was obtained. The shuffled strain harboring the evolved pathway produced 80.04 ± 5.58 mg/l pterostilbene, which is about 2.3-fold the highest titer reported in literatures.
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- Zhi-Bo Yan
- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Center, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Center, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,College of Light Industry and Food Science, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Center, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Center, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Biomedical Center, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Liu Q, Liu Y, Li G, Savolainen O, Chen Y, Nielsen J. De novo biosynthesis of bioactive isoflavonoids by engineered yeast cell factories. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6085. [PMID: 34667183 PMCID: PMC8526750 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26361-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Isoflavonoids comprise a class of plant natural products with great nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and agricultural significance. Their low abundance in nature and structural complexity however hampers access to these phytochemicals through traditional crop-based manufacturing or chemical synthesis. Microbial bioproduction therefore represents an attractive alternative. Here, we engineer the metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to become a platform for efficient production of daidzein, a core chemical scaffold for isoflavonoid biosynthesis, and demonstrate its application towards producing bioactive glucosides from glucose, following the screening-reconstruction-application engineering framework. First, we rebuild daidzein biosynthesis in yeast and its production is then improved by 94-fold through screening biosynthetic enzymes, identifying rate-limiting steps, implementing dynamic control, engineering substrate trafficking and fine-tuning competing metabolic processes. The optimized strain produces up to 85.4 mg L-1 of daidzein and introducing plant glycosyltransferases in this strain results in production of bioactive puerarin (72.8 mg L-1) and daidzin (73.2 mg L-1). Our work provides a promising step towards developing synthetic yeast cell factories for de novo biosynthesis of value-added isoflavonoids and the multi-phased framework may be extended to engineer pathways of complex natural products in other microbial hosts.
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- Quanli Liu
- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Chalmers Mass Spectrometry Infrastructure, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. .,BioInnovation Institute, Ole Maaløes vej 3, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Kulagina N, Besseau S, Godon C, Goldman GH, Papon N, Courdavault V. Yeasts as Biopharmaceutical Production Platforms. FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY 2021; 2:733492. [PMID: 37744146 PMCID: PMC10512354 DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2021.733492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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- Natalja Kulagina
- Université de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Tours, France
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- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Angers, France
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- Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Université d'Angers, EA3142 Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Angers, France
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- Université de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Tours, France
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Raihan T, Rabbee MF, Roy P, Choudhury S, Baek KH, Azad AK. Microbial Metabolites: The Emerging Hotspot of Antiviral Compounds as Potential Candidates to Avert Viral Pandemic Alike COVID-19. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:732256. [PMID: 34557521 PMCID: PMC8452873 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.732256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The present global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the noble pleomorphic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created a vulnerable situation in the global healthcare and economy. In this pandemic situation, researchers all around the world are trying their level best to find suitable therapeutics from various sources to combat against the SARS-CoV-2. To date, numerous bioactive compounds from different sources have been tested to control many viral diseases. However, microbial metabolites are advantageous for drug development over metabolites from other sources. We herein retrieved and reviewed literatures from PubMed, Scopus and Google relevant to antiviral microbial metabolites by searching with the keywords "antiviral microbial metabolites," "microbial metabolite against virus," "microorganism with antiviral activity," "antiviral medicine from microbial metabolite," "antiviral bacterial metabolites," "antiviral fungal metabolites," "antiviral metabolites from microscopic algae' and so on. For the same purpose, the keywords "microbial metabolites against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2" and "plant metabolites against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2" were used. Only the full text literatures available in English and pertinent to the topic have been included and those which are not available as full text in English and pertinent to antiviral or anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity were excluded. In this review, we have accumulated microbial metabolites that can be used as antiviral agents against a broad range of viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Based on this concept, we have included 330 antiviral microbial metabolites so far available to date in the data bases and were previously isolated from fungi, bacteria and microalgae. The microbial source, chemical nature, targeted viruses, mechanism of actions and IC50/EC50 values of these metabolites are discussed although mechanisms of actions of many of them are not yet elucidated. Among these antiviral microbial metabolites, some compounds might be very potential against many other viruses including coronaviruses. However, these potential microbial metabolites need further research to be developed as effective antiviral drugs. This paper may provide the scientific community with the possible secret of microbial metabolites that could be an effective source of novel antiviral drugs to fight against many viruses including SARS-CoV-2 as well as the future viral pandemics.
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- Topu Raihan
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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An integrated in vivo/in vitro framework to enhance cell-free biosynthesis with metabolically rewired yeast extracts. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5139. [PMID: 34446711 PMCID: PMC8390474 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25233-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell-free systems using crude cell extracts present appealing opportunities for designing biosynthetic pathways and enabling sustainable chemical synthesis. However, the lack of tools to effectively manipulate the underlying host metabolism in vitro limits the potential of these systems. Here, we create an integrated framework to address this gap that leverages cell extracts from host strains genetically rewired by multiplexed CRISPR-dCas9 modulation and other metabolic engineering techniques. As a model, we explore conversion of glucose to 2,3-butanediol in extracts from flux-enhanced Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. We show that cellular flux rewiring in several strains of S. cerevisiae combined with systematic optimization of the cell-free reaction environment significantly increases 2,3-butanediol titers and volumetric productivities, reaching productivities greater than 0.9 g/L-h. We then show the generalizability of the framework by improving cell-free itaconic acid and glycerol biosynthesis. Our coupled in vivo/in vitro metabolic engineering approach opens opportunities for synthetic biology prototyping efforts and cell-free biomanufacturing.
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Costa CE, Møller-Hansen I, Romaní A, Teixeira JA, Borodina I, Domingues L. Resveratrol Production from Hydrothermally Pretreated Eucalyptus Wood Using Recombinant Industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:1895-1903. [PMID: 34304554 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Resveratrol is a phenolic compound with strong antioxidant activity, being promising for several applications in health, food, and cosmetics. It is generally extracted from plants or chemically synthesized, in both complex and not sustainable processes, but microbial biosynthesis of resveratrol can counter these drawbacks. In this work, resveratrol production by microbial biosynthesis from lignocellulosic materials was assessed. Three robust industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains known for their thermotolerance and/or resistance to inhibitory compounds were identified as suitable hosts for de novo resveratrol production from glucose and ethanol. Through the CRISPR/Cas9 system, all industrial strains, and a laboratory one, were successfully engineered with the resveratrol biosynthetic pathway via the phenylalanine intermediate. All strains were further screened at 30 °C and 39 °C to evaluate thermotolerance, which is a key feature for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation processes. Ethanol Red RBP showed the best performance at 39 °C, with more than 2.6-fold of resveratrol production in comparison with the other strains. This strain was then used to assess resveratrol production from glucose and ethanol. A maximum resveratrol titer of 187.07 ± 19.88 mg/L was attained from a medium with 2% glucose and 5% ethanol (w/v). Lastly, Ethanol Red RBP produced 151.65 ± 3.84 mg/L resveratrol from 2.95% of cellulose from hydrothermally pretreated Eucalyptus globulus wood, at 39 °C, in a Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation process. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of lignocellulosic resveratrol production, establishing grounds for the implementation of an integrated lignocellulose-to-resveratrol process in an industrial context.
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- Carlos E. Costa
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Li CQ, Lei HM, Hu QY, Li GH, Zhao PJ. Recent Advances in the Synthetic Biology of Natural Drugs. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:691152. [PMID: 34395399 PMCID: PMC8358299 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.691152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Natural drugs have been transformed and optimized during the long process of evolution. These compounds play a very important role in the protection of human health and treatment of human diseases. Sustainable approaches to the generation of raw materials for pharmaceutical products have been extensively investigated in drug research and development because chemical synthesis is costly and generates pollution. The present review provides an overview of the recent advances in the synthetic biology of natural drugs. Particular attention is paid to the investigations of drugs that may be mass-produced by the pharmaceutical industry after optimization of the corresponding synthetic systems. The present review describes the reconstruction and optimization of biosynthetic pathways for nine drugs, including seven drugs from plant sources and two drugs from microbial sources, suggesting a new strategy for the large-scale preparation of some rare natural plant metabolites and highly bioactive microbial compounds. Some of the suggested synthetic methods remain in a preliminary exploration stage; however, a number of these methods demonstrated considerable application potential. The authors also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the application of synthetic biology and various expression systems for heterologous expression of natural drugs. Thus, the present review provides a useful perspective for researchers attempting to use synthetic biology to produce natural drugs.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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Resveratrol Production in Yeast Hosts: Current Status and Perspectives. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11060830. [PMID: 34199540 PMCID: PMC8226833 DOI: 10.3390/biom11060830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a plant secondary metabolite known for its therapeutic applications as an antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, cardio-protective, and neuroprotective agent. Topical formulas of resveratrol are also used for skin disease management and in cosmetic industries. Due to its importance, high resveratrol production is urgently required. Since the last decade, intensive efforts have been devoted to obtaining resveratrol from microorganisms by pathway and metabolic engineering. Yeasts were proven to be excellent host candidates for resveratrol production. In addition to the similar intracellular compartments between yeasts and plants, yeasts exhibit the ability to express genes coding for plant-derived enzymes and to perform post-translational modification. Therefore, this review summarizes the attempts to use yeasts as a platform for resveratrol synthesis as the next promising route in producing high titers of resveratrol from genetically engineered strains.
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Liu T, Liu Y, Li L, Liu X, Guo Z, Cheng J, Zhu X, Lu L, Zhang J, Fan G, Xie N, Lu J, Jiang H. De Novo Biosynthesis of Polydatin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:5917-5925. [PMID: 34018734 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polydatin, with better structural stability and biological activities than resveratrol, is mainly extracted from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant Polygonum cuspidatum. In this study, based on the transcriptome analysis of P. cuspidatum, we identified the key glycosyltransferase of resveratrol and achieved the biosynthesis of polydatin from glucose by incorporation with the resveratrol biosynthesis module, UDP-glucose supply module, and glycosyltransferase expression module. Through metabolic engineering and fermentation optimization, the production of polydatin reached 545 mg/L, and the dry cell weight was 27.83 mg/g DCW, which was about twice that of extracted from the P. cuspidatum root (11.404 mg/g DCW). Therefore, it is possible to replace the production mode of polydatin from plant extraction to microbial chassis in the future.
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- Tian Liu
- Life Science and Technology College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Translational Research of TCM Prescription and Syndrome, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, Hubei 430023, China
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- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Translational Research of TCM Prescription and Syndrome, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Biomass Engineering Technology Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
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- Life Science and Technology College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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Darbani B. Genome Evolutionary Dynamics Meets Functional Genomics: A Case Story on the Identification of SLC25A44. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22115669. [PMID: 34073512 PMCID: PMC8199184 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gene clusters are becoming promising tools for gene identification. The study reveals the purposive genomic distribution of genes toward higher inheritance rates of intact metabolic pathways/phenotypes and, thereby, higher fitness. The co-localization of co-expressed, co-interacting, and functionally related genes was found as genome-wide trends in humans, mouse, golden eagle, rice fish, Drosophila, peanut, and Arabidopsis. As anticipated, the analyses verified the co-segregation of co-localized events. A negative correlation was notable between the likelihood of co-localization events and the inter-loci distances. The evolution of genomic blocks was also found convergent and uniform along the chromosomal arms. Calling a genomic block responsible for adjacent metabolic reactions is therefore recommended for identification of candidate genes and interpretation of cellular functions. As a case story, a function in the metabolism of energy and secondary metabolites was proposed for Slc25A44, based on its genomic local information. Slc25A44 was further characterized as an essential housekeeping gene which has been under evolutionary purifying pressure and belongs to the phylogenetic ETC-clade of SLC25s. Pathway enrichment mapped the Slc25A44s to the energy metabolism. The expression of peanut and human Slc25A44s in oocytes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains confirmed the transport of common precursors for secondary metabolites and ubiquinone. These results suggest that SLC25A44 is a mitochondrion-ER-nucleus zone transporter with biotechnological applications. Finally, a conserved three-amino acid signature on the cytosolic face of transport cavity was found important for rational engineering of SLC25s.
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- Behrooz Darbani
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; or ; Tel.: +45-(53)-578055
- Research Center Flakkebjerg, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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Arcopilus aureus MaC7A as a New Source of Resveratrol: Assessment of Amino Acid Precursors, Volatiles, and Fungal Enzymes for Boosting Resveratrol Production in Batch Cultures. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11104583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The chemical factors that regulate the synthesis of resveratrol (RV) in filamentous fungi are still unknown. This work reports on the RV production by Arcopilus aureus MaC7A under controlled conditions and the effect of amino acid precursors (PHE and TYR), monoterpenes (limonone, camphor, citral, thymol, menthol), and mixtures of hydrolytic enzymes (Glucanex) as elicitors for boosting fungal RV. Batch cultures with variable concentrations of PHE and TYR (50–500 mg L−1) stimulated RV production from 127.9 ± 4.6 to 221.8 ± 5.2 mg L−1 in basic cultures developed in PDB (pH 7) added with 10 g L−1 peptone at 30 °C. Maximum levels of RV and biomass were maintained during days 6–8 under these conditions, whereas a dramatic RV decrease was observed from days 10–12 without any loss of biomass. Among the tested volatiles, citral (50 mg L−1) enhanced RV production until 187.8 ± 2.2 mg L−1 in basic cultures, but better results were obtained with Glucanex (100 mg L−1; 198.3 ± 7.6 mg L−1 RV). Optimized batch cultures containing TYR (200 mg L−1), citral (50 mg L−1), thymol (50 mg L−1), and Glucanex (100 mg L−1) produced up to 237.6 ± 4.7 mg L−1 of RV. Our results suggest that low concentrations of volatiles and mixtures of isoenzymes with β-1, 3 glucanase activity increase the biosynthesis of fungal RV produced by A. aureus MaC7A in batch cultures.
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Rational Design of Resveratrol O-methyltransferase for the Production of Pinostilbene. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094345. [PMID: 33919396 PMCID: PMC8122247 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Pinostilbene is a monomethyl ether analog of the well-known nutraceutical resveratrol. Both compounds have health-promoting properties, but the latter undergoes rapid metabolization and has low bioavailability. O-methylation improves the stability and bioavailability of resveratrol. In plants, these reactions are performed by O-methyltransferases (OMTs). Few efficient OMTs that monomethylate resveratrol to yield pinostilbene have been described so far. Here, we report the engineering of a resveratrol OMT from Vitis vinifera (VvROMT), which has the highest catalytic efficiency in di-methylating resveratrol to yield pterostilbene. In the absence of a crystal structure, we constructed a three-dimensional protein model of VvROMT and identified four critical binding site residues by applying different in silico approaches. We performed point mutations in these positions generating W20A, F24A, F311A, and F318A variants, which greatly reduced resveratrol's enzymatic conversion. Then, we rationally designed eight variants through comparison of the binding site residues with other stilbene OMTs. We successfully modified the native substrate selectivity of VvROMT. Variant L117F/F311W showed the highest conversion to pinostilbene, and variant L117F presented an overall increase in enzymatic activity. Our results suggest that VvROMT has potential for the tailor-made production of stilbenes.
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Yang D, Jang WD, Lee SY. Production of Carminic Acid by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5364-5377. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Dongsoo Yang
- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 plus program), Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- BioProcess Engineering Research Center and BioInformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 plus program), Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 plus program), Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Systems Metabolic Engineering and Systems Healthcare Cross-Generation Collaborative Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- BioProcess Engineering Research Center and BioInformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Perrin J, Kulagina N, Unlubayir M, Munsch T, Carqueijeiro I, Dugé de Bernonville T, De Craene JO, Clastre M, St-Pierre B, Giglioli-Guivarc’h N, Gagneul D, Lanoue A, Courdavault V, Besseau S. Exploiting Spermidine N-Hydroxycinnamoyltransferase Diversity and Substrate Promiscuity to Produce Various Trihydroxycinnamoyl Spermidines and Analogues in Engineered Yeast. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:286-296. [PMID: 33450150 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Trihydroxycinnamoyl spermidines (THCSpd) are plant specialized metabolites with promising pharmacological activities as antifungals, antibacterial, antiviral, and antidepressant drugs. However, their characterization and potential pharmaceutical exploitation are greatly impaired by the sourcing of these compounds, restricted to the pollen of core Eudicot plant species. In this work, we developed a precursor-directed biosynthesis of THCSpd in yeast using a dual enzymatic system based on 4-coumarate-CoA ligases (4CL) and spermidine N-hydroxycinnamoyltransferases (SHT). The system relies on the yeast endogenous spermidine pool and only requires hydroxycinnamic acids as exogenous precursors. By exploring 4CL isoforms and SHT diversity among plants, we have driven the production of 8 natural THCSpd, using single or mixed hydroxycinnamic acid precursors. Substrate promiscuities of 4CL and SHT were genuinely exploited to produce 8 new-to-nature THCSpd from exotic hydroxycinnamic and dihydrohydroxycinnamic acids, together with 3 new-to-nature THCSpd containing halogenated hydroxycinnamoyl moieties. In this work, we established a versatile and modular biotechnological production platform allowing the tailor-made THCSpd synthesis, constituting pioneer metabolic engineering for access to these valuable natural products.
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- Jennifer Perrin
- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- UMR Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro No. 1158, Univ. Lille, INRAE, Univ. Liège, UPJV, ISA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ICV − Institut Charles Viollette, F-59000 Lille, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, F-37200, Tours, France
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Kim J, Hoang Nguyen Tran P, Lee SM. Current Challenges and Opportunities in Non-native Chemical Production by Engineered Yeasts. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:594061. [PMID: 33381497 PMCID: PMC7767886 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.594061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yeasts are promising industrial hosts for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. Apart from efficient bioethanol production, yeasts have recently demonstrated their potential for biodiesel production from renewable resources. The fuel-oriented product profiles of yeasts are now expanding to include non-native chemicals with the advances in synthetic biology. In this review, current challenges and opportunities in yeast engineering for sustainable production of non-native chemicals will be discussed, with a focus on the comparative evaluation of a bioethanol-producing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain and a biodiesel-producing Yarrowia lipolytica strain. Synthetic pathways diverging from the distinctive cellular metabolism of these yeasts guide future directions for product-specific engineering strategies for the sustainable production of non-native chemicals on an industrial scale.
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- Jiwon Kim
- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea.,Division of Energy and Environment Technology, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, South Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea.,Division of Energy and Environment Technology, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, South Korea.,Green School, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Jeandet P, Vannozzi A, Sobarzo-Sánchez E, Uddin MS, Bru R, Martínez-Márquez A, Clément C, Cordelier S, Manayi A, Nabavi SF, Rasekhian M, El-Saber Batiha G, Khan H, Morkunas I, Belwal T, Jiang J, Koffas M, Nabavi SM. Phytostilbenes as agrochemicals: biosynthesis, bioactivity, metabolic engineering and biotechnology. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:1282-1329. [PMID: 33351014 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00030b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Covering: 1976 to 2020. Although constituting a limited chemical family, phytostilbenes represent an emblematic group of molecules among natural compounds. Ever since their discovery as antifungal compounds in plants and their ascribed role in human health and disease, phytostilbenes have never ceased to arouse interest for researchers, leading to a huge development of the literature in this field. Owing to this, the number of references to this class of compounds has reached the tens of thousands. The objective of this article is thus to offer an overview of the different aspects of these compounds through a large bibliography analysis of more than 500 articles. All the aspects regarding phytostilbenes will be covered including their chemistry and biochemistry, regulation of their biosynthesis, biological activities in plants, molecular engineering of stilbene pathways in plants and microbes as well as their biotechnological production by plant cell systems.
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- Philippe Jeandet
- Research Unit "Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection", EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, PO Box 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Chile
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- Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Neuroscience Research Network, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Plant Proteomics and Functional Genomics Group, Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Plant Proteomics and Functional Genomics Group, Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Research Unit "Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection", EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, PO Box 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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- Research Unit "Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection", EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, PO Box 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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- Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1417614411 Tehran, Iran
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- Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14359-16471, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, AlBeheira, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 35, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
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- Zhejiang University, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Postharvest Handling of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agri-Food Processing, Hangzhou 310058, The People's Republic of China
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- Dorothy and Fred Chau '71 Constellation Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Room 4005D, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Dorothy and Fred Chau '71 Constellation Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Room 4005D, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14359-16471, Iran
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Gao S, Xu X, Zeng W, Xu S, Lyv Y, Feng Y, Kai G, Zhou J, Chen J. Efficient Biosynthesis of (2 S)-Eriodictyol from (2 S)-Naringenin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a Combination of Promoter Adjustment and Directed Evolution. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:3288-3297. [PMID: 33226782 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The compound (2S)-eriodictyol is an important flavonoid that can be derived from (2S)-naringenin through flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) catalyzation. F3'H is a cytochrome P450 enzyme that requires a cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) to function. However, P450s have limited applications in industrial scale biosynthesis, owing to their low activity. Here, an efficient SmF3'H and a matched SmCPR were identified from Silybum marianum. To improve the efficiency of SmF3'H, we established a high-throughput detection method for (2S)-eriodictyol, in which the promoter combination of SmF3'H and SmCPR were optimized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The results revealed that SmF3'H/SmCPR should be expressed by using promoters with similar and strong expression levels. Furthermore, directed evolution was applied to further improve the efficiency of SmF3'H/SmCPR. With the optimized promoter and mutated combinations SmF3'HD285N/SmCPRI453V, the (2S)-eriodictyol titer was improved to 3.3 g/L, the highest titer in currently available reports. These results indicated that S. cerevisiae is an ideal platform for functional expression of flavonoid related P450 enzymes.
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- Song Gao
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Ma J, Gu Y, Xu P. A roadmap to engineering antiviral natural products synthesis in microbes. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2020; 66:140-149. [PMID: 32795662 PMCID: PMC7419324 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Natural products continue to be the inspirations for us to discover and acquire new drugs. The seemingly unstoppable viruses have kept records high to threaten human health and well-being. The diversity and complexity of natural products (NPs) offer remarkable efficacy and specificity to target viral infection steps and serve as excellent source for antiviral agents. The discovery and production of antiviral NPs remain challenging due to low abundance in their native hosts. Reconstruction of NP biosynthetic pathways in microbes is a promising solution to overcome this limitation. In this review, we surveyed 23 most prominent NPs (from more than 200 antiviral NP candidates) with distinct antiviral mode of actions and summarized the recent metabolic engineering effort to produce these compounds in various microbial hosts. We envision that the scalable and low-cost production of novel antiviral NPs, enabled by metabolic engineering, may light the hope to control and eradicate the deadliest viruses that plague our society and humanity.
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- Jingbo Ma
- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA; Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA.
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Chrzanowski G. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae-An Interesting Producer of Bioactive Plant Polyphenolic Metabolites. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197343. [PMID: 33027901 PMCID: PMC7582661 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Secondary phenolic metabolites are defined as valuable natural products synthesized by different organisms that are not essential for growth and development. These compounds play an essential role in plant defense mechanisms and an important role in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, and agricultural industries. Despite the vast chemical diversity of natural compounds, their content in plants is very low, and, as a consequence, this eliminates the possibility of the production of these interesting secondary metabolites from plants. Therefore, microorganisms are widely used as cell factories by industrial biotechnology, in the production of different non-native compounds. Among microorganisms commonly used in biotechnological applications, yeast are a prominent host for the diverse secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is often regarded as a better host organism for the heterologous production of phenolic compounds, particularly if the expression of different plant genes is necessary.
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- Grzegorz Chrzanowski
- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Rzeszow, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland
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He Q, Szczepańska P, Yuzbashev T, Lazar Z, Ledesma-Amaro R. De novo production of resveratrol from glycerol by engineering different metabolic pathways in Yarrowia lipolytica. Metab Eng Commun 2020; 11:e00146. [PMID: 33014707 PMCID: PMC7522117 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2020.e00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Resveratrol is a polyphenol with multiple applications in pharma, cosmetics and food. The aim of this study was to construct Yarrowia lipolytica strains able to produce resveratrol. For this purpose, resveratrol-biosynthesis genes from bacteria and plants were expressed in this host. Since resveratrol can be produced either via tyrosine or phenylaniline, both pathways were tested, first with a single copy and then with two copies. The phenylalanine pathway resulted in slightly higher production in glucose media, although when the media was supplemented with amino acids, the best production was found in the strain with two copies of the tyrosine pathway, which reached 0.085 g/L. When glucose was replaced by glycerol, a preferred substrate for bioproduction, the best results, 0.104 g/L, were obtained in a strain combining the expression of the two synthesis pathways. Finally, the best producer strain was tested in bioreactor conditions where a production of 0.43 g/L was reached. This study suggests that Y. lipolytica is a promising host for resveratrol production from glycerol. Resveratrol can be produced in engineered Y. lipolytica via Tyrosine or Phenylalanine. The integration of multiple copies of the pathway genes further increased production. Engineered Y. lipolytica can produce 430 mg/L of resveratrol from glycerol.
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- Qin He
- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.,Department of Microbiology, Key Lab of Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.,Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 37, 51-630, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 37, 51-630, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Babaei M, Borja Zamfir GM, Chen X, Christensen HB, Kristensen M, Nielsen J, Borodina I. Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Rosmarinic Acid Production. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:1978-1988. [PMID: 32589831 PMCID: PMC8961883 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rosmarinic acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid ester commonly found in the Boraginaceae and Lamiaceae plant families. It exhibits various biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiallergic, and antiviral properties. Rosmarinic acid is used as a food and cosmetic ingredient, and several pharmaceutical applications have been suggested as well. Rosmarinic acid is currently produced by extraction from plants or chemical synthesis; however, due to limited availability of the plant sources and the complexity of the chemical synthesis method, there is an increasing interest in producing this compound by microbial fermentation. In this study, we aimed to produce rosmarinic acid by engineered baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Multiple biosynthetic pathway variants, carrying only plant genes or a combination of plant and Escherichia coli genes, were implemented using a full factorial design of experiment. Through analysis of variances, the effect of each enzyme variant (factors), together with possible interactions between these factors, was assessed. The best pathway variant produced 2.95 ± 0.08 mg/L rosmarinic acid in mineral medium with glucose as the sole carbon source. Increasing the copy number of rosmarinic acid biosynthetic genes increased the titer to 5.93 ± 0.06 mg/L. The study shows the feasibility of producing rosmarinic acid by yeast fermentation.
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- Mahsa Babaei
- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Department
of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers
University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
- BioInnovation
Institute, Ole Måløes
Vej 3, 2200, Copenhagen
N, Denmark
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- The
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Building 220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Eldarov MA, Mardanov AV. Metabolic Engineering of Wine Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E964. [PMID: 32825346 PMCID: PMC7565949 DOI: 10.3390/genes11090964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Modern industrial winemaking is based on the use of starter cultures of specialized wine strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. Commercial wine strains have a number of advantages over natural isolates, and it is their use that guarantees the stability and reproducibility of industrial winemaking technologies. For the highly competitive wine market with new demands for improved wine quality, it has become increasingly critical to develop new wine strains and winemaking technologies. Novel opportunities for precise wine strain engineering based on detailed knowledge of the molecular nature of a particular trait or phenotype have recently emerged due to the rapid progress in genomic and "postgenomic" studies with wine yeast strains. The review summarizes the current achievements of the metabolic engineering of wine yeast, the results of recent studies and the prospects for the application of genomic editing technologies for improving wine S. cerevisiae strains.
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia;
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Sáez-Sáez J, Wang G, Marella ER, Sudarsan S, Cernuda Pastor M, Borodina I. Engineering the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for high-level resveratrol production. Metab Eng 2020; 62:51-61. [PMID: 32818629 PMCID: PMC7672257 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Resveratrol is a plant secondary metabolite with multiple health-beneficial properties. Microbial production of resveratrol in model microorganisms requires extensive engineering to reach commercially viable levels. Here, we explored the potential of the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce resveratrol and several other shikimate pathway-derived metabolites (p-coumaric acid, cis,cis-muconic acid, and salicylic acid). The Y. lipolytica strain expressing a heterologous pathway produced 52.1 ± 1.2 mg/L resveratrol in a small-scale cultivation. The titer increased to 409.0 ± 1.2 mg/L when the strain was further engineered with feedback-insensitive alleles of the key genes in the shikimate pathway and with five additional copies of the heterologous biosynthetic genes. In controlled fed-batch bioreactor, the strain produced 12.4 ± 0.3 g/L resveratrol, the highest reported titer to date for de novo resveratrol production, with a yield on glucose of 54.4 ± 1.6 mg/g and a productivity of 0.14 ± 0.01 g/L/h. The study showed that Y. lipolytica is an attractive host organism for the production of resveratrol and possibly other shikimate-pathway derived metabolites. Oleaginous yeast Y. lipolytica was engineered for production of aromatic compounds. High resveratrol production required increased activities of Aro4p and Aro7p. Multiple integration of resveratrol biosynthetic genes improved production. Fed-batch fermentation enabled de novo production of 12.4 g/L resveratrol.
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- Javier Sáez-Sáez
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Comparative Activity of Six Recombinant Stilbene Synthases in Yeast for Resveratrol Production. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10144847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Resveratrol is a nutraceutical with relevant benefits to human health. This investigation reports on the generation and evaluation of six recombinant yeast lines that produce resveratrol from p-coumaric acid. The yeast lines contained a single p-coumaric acid-Co-A ligase from Plagiochasma appendiculatum combined with the stilbene synthases from Parthenocissus henryana, Polygonum cuspidatum, Morus alba var. atropurpurea, Rheum tataricum, Vitis vinifera and Arachis hypogaea. Codon optimized versions of these sequences were inserted in an expression vector flanked by the constitutive PGK and GPD promoters before expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Batch fermentation (60 h) revealed that yeast lines had different capacities (p < 0.01) to produce resveratrol. Slightly acidic pH (6) and concentrations <100 mg L−1 p-coumaric acid improved resveratrol yields. Among the six lines, those containing the stilbene synthases (STS) from P. cuspidatum and M. alba produced up to 39 mg L−1 using 70 mg L−1 p-coumaric acid. On the other hand, lines expressing STS from V. vinifera, A. hypogaea and R. tataricum generated resveratrol faster than other lines but accumulated lower amounts at the end of the batch period (27–30 mg L−1). The simultaneous consumption of ethanol and p-coumaric acid corroborates the role of ethanol as a carbon source involved in the conversion of p-coumaric acid into resveratrol.
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