Journal
CHINESE JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES
Volume 18, Issue 9, Pages 643-658Publisher
CHINESE JOURNAL NATURAL MEDICINES
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(20)60003-6
Keywords
Glycosyltransferase; Ginsenosides; Biosynthesis; Protein engineering; Catalytic efficiency
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81673540, 81530096, 81573581, 81920108033]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [16ZR1434100]
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Ginsenosides are a series of glycosylated triterpenoids predominantly originated from Panax species with multiple pharmacological activities such as anti-aging, mediatory effect on the immune system and the nervous system. During the biosynthesis of ginsenosides, glycosyltransferases play essential roles by transferring various sugar moieties to the sapogenins in contributing to form structure and bioactivity diversified ginsenosides, which makes them important bioparts for synthetic biology-based production of these valuable ginsenosides. In this review, we summarized the functional elucidated glycosyltransferases responsible for ginsenoside biosynthesis, the advance in the protein engineering of UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) and their application with the aim to provide in-depth understanding on ginsenoside-related UGTs for the production of rare ginsenosides applying synthetic biology-based microbial cell factories in the future.
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