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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2022, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (6): 645-655.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2022.06.011

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Research progress in yeast metabolic engineering to produce natural product flavors

Zhang Yongtao1,2,Zhao Jingsha1,2,Jiang Yanbing1,2,Zhao Dan1,2,Wang Changtao1,2,Li Meng1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Research and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
    2. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2021-08-25 Revised:2022-05-27 Online:2022-06-22 Published:2022-06-22
  • Contact: Meng Li E-mail:limeng@btbu.edu.cn.

Abstract:

Natural product flavors, as additives for food, medicine and daily chemicals, have high market demand and have high development and utilization value. The extraction of fragrance products from animals and plants has the disadvantages of few sources, low content and difficulty in separation. Chemically synthesized fragrances also have potential safety hazards and pollution problems, and it is difficult to meet market demand. Therefore, the research and development of microorganisms that produce natural product fragrances to supplement or replace the original traditional extraction and chemical synthesis methods has important theoretical significance and potential application value. This article mainly summarizes the specific examples and research progress related to the metabolic modification of yeasts to produce terpenoids, aromatics and aliphatic fragrance compounds, including the host strains involved, key enzymes, metabolic pathways, modification strategies, and optimization of fermentation conditions. Yeasts, as a class of metabolically engineered strains, have a cell structure and a post-translational modification mechanism for expressing heterologous proteins that other microorganisms do not possess. Therefore, compared with other microorganisms, yeast can better express heterologous proteins and has greater potential as a chassis cell for the production of natural products. This article systematically summarizes the specific examples and research progress of yeast metabolic transformation to produce terpenoids, aromatics and aliphatic spices. It is found that the competition pathway and negative feedback regulation of the target product metabolism pathway, the tolerance of the chassis cells to the target product, the supply of the target product precursor compound and the difference in the selection of the substrate by the enzyme in the synthesis pathway are the biggest problems that limit the output of the product. Furthermore, relevant suggestions and prospects are put forward for the bottleneck problems faced by the use of metabolic engineering to transform microorganisms to synthesize natural product fragrance products, aiming to provide a reference for constructing chassis yeast cells for efficient production of fragrance products.

Key words: yeast, metabolic engineering, flavors, terpenoids, aromatics, aliphatics

CLC Number: 

  • TQ651