Biotechnological approaches for producing natural pigments in yeasts

A Bernard, T Rossignol, YK Park - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Pigments are widely used in the food, cosmetic, textile, pharmaceutical, and materials
industries. Demand for natural pigments has been increasing due to concerns regarding …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging trends in production of plant natural products and new-to-nature biopharmaceuticals in yeast

T Perrot, J Marc, E Lezin, N Papon, S Besseau… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Yeast synthetic biology secures valuable NP production.•Engineering yeast
enables the synthesis of new compounds with enhanced properties.•Machine learning …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-tuning of p-coumaric acid synthesis to increase (2S)-naringenin production in yeast

J Mao, MT Mohedano, J Fu, X Li, Q Liu, J Nielsen… - Metabolic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract (2S)-Naringenin is a key precursor for biosynthesis of various high-value flavonoids
and possesses a variety of nutritional and pharmaceutical properties on human health …

Expanding flavone and flavonol production capabilities in Escherichia coli

A Yiakoumetti, EKR Hanko, Y Zou, J Chua… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Flavones and flavonols are important classes of flavonoids with nutraceutical and
pharmacological value, and their production by fermentation with recombinant …

Advances in Flavonoid and Derivative Biosynthesis: Systematic Strategies for the Construction of Yeast Cell Factories

J Wang, C Chen, Q Guo, Y Gu, TQ Shi - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Flavonoids, a significant group of natural polyphenolic compounds, possess a broad
spectrum of pharmacological effects. Recent advances in the systematic metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis of apigenin glucosides in engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum

OJ Amoah, SB Thapa, SY Ma, HT Nguyen… - … of Microbiology and …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glucosylation is a well-known approach to improve the solubility, pharmacological, and
biological properties of flavonoids, making flavonoid glucosides a target for large-scale …

Mining and Engineering the Di-O-glycosylation Pattern of UGT72B1 for the Highly Efficient O-Glycosylation of Endogenous Quercetin

Z Geng, T Zhao, K Li, LL Liang, MX Chen… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Compared with mono-O-glycosylation, di-O-glycosylation endows the precursor with better
performance. However, the mining and engineering of di-O-glycosylation patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the potential of fermented beetroot ketchup: Enhancing polyphenol recovery and gut microbiota interactions

K Küçükgöz, K Venema, F Chamorro, L Cassani… - Food Chemistry, 2025 - Elsevier
The study aimed to evaluate the effect of digestion and gut microbiota interactions on
beetroot ketchup formulations, focusing on the release of polyphenols, bioaccessibility, and …

Engineered living materials for the conversion of a low-cost food-grade precursor to a high-value flavonoid

F Riedel, MP Bartolomé, LLT Enrico… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microbial biofactories allow the upscaled production of high-value compounds in
biotechnological processes. This is particularly advantageous for compounds like flavonoids …

Strategies, Achievements, and Potential Challenges of Plant and Microbial Chassis in the Biosynthesis of Plant Secondary Metabolites

T Han, G Miao - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Diverse secondary metabolites in plants, with their rich biological activities, have long been
important sources for human medicine, food additives, pesticides, etc. However, the large …