Journal
BIOMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom11060830
Keywords
resveratrol; yeast hosts; pathway engineering; metabolic engineering
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC31570793]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2016YXMS255]
- Startup Fund for Talent Scholars of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Resveratrol, a plant secondary metabolite, has various therapeutic applications and is in high demand. Recent efforts have focused on using yeast as a host for resveratrol production through metabolic engineering, showing promising results in increasing yields.
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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