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A Customizable Approach for the Enzymatic Production and Purification of Diterpenoid Natural Products
Published on: October 4, 2019
Construction and Optimization of Nonclassical Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathways in Yeast Peroxisomes for (+)-Valencene
Chunyang Cao1,2, Haiyan Zhang2, Xuan Cao2
1National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Liaoning Province Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Food Deep Processing, School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Isoprenoids are a kind of natural product with various activities, but their plant extraction suffers low concentration. The rapid development of synthetic biology offers a sustainable route for supply of high-value-added natural products by engineering microorganisms. However, the complexity of cellular metabolism makes engineering endogenous isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways with metabolic interaction difficult. Here, for the first time, we constructed and optimized three types of isoprenoid pathways (the Haloarchaea-type, Thermoplasma-type, and isoprenoid alcohol pathway) in yeast peroxisomes for the synthesis of sesquiterpene (+)-valencene. In yeast, the Haloarchaea-type MVA pathway is more effective than the classical MVA pathway. MVK and IPK were determined to be the rate-limiting steps of the Haloarchaea-type MVA pathway, and the production of 869 mg/L (+)-valencene under fed-batch fermentation in shake flasks was realized. This work expands isoprenoid synthesis in eukaryotes and provides a more efficient pathway for isoprenoid synthesis.
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