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  • Biochemistry and Synthetic Biology
  • Natural Product Biosynthesis
  • Metabolic Engineering

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  • Flavonoid diversity results from enzymatic modifications of precursor molecules.
  • Elucidating complex metabolic networks for pathway design is challenging.
  • Understanding glabridin biosynthesis in Glycyrrhiza glabra L. is crucial for its production.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and reconstruct the glabridin biosynthetic pathway.
  • To enable de novo production of glabridin in yeast.
  • To investigate the enzymatic mechanisms underlying glabridin synthesis.

Main Methods:

  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly and large-scale transcriptome analysis.
  • Analysis of 183 licorice transcriptomes to identify modifying enzymes.
  • Reconstruction of the biosynthetic pathway in a yeast heterologous host.

Main Results:

  • Identification of four enzyme classes modifying isoflavan scaffolds.
  • Validation of six functional pathways within a multi-route tailoring network.
  • Discovery of a "protection-deprotection" mechanism involving methylation-demethylation cycles.
  • Successful de novo production of glabridin in engineered yeast.

Conclusions:

  • The study establishes a biosynthetic paradigm for glabridin synthesis.
  • Metabolic redundancy and interconnectivity enhance pathway robustness and yield.
  • The findings have broad implications for natural product discovery and biomanufacturing.