Reconstruction of engineered yeast factory for high yield production of ginsenosides Rg3 and Rd

Yuan Lin; Yuan Lin; Yuan Lin; Yi Na Wang; Yi Na Wang; Yi Na Wang; Guang Hui Zhang; Guang Hui Zhang; Guang Hui Zhang; Geng Chen; Geng Chen; Geng Chen; Qing Hui Yang; Bing Hao; Bing Hao; Bing Hao; Sheng Chao Yang; Sheng Chao Yang; Sheng Chao Yang

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1191102

Frontiers in Microbiology (Jun 2023)

Reconstruction of engineered yeast factory for high yield production of ginsenosides Rg3 and Rd

Yuan Lin,
Yuan Lin,
Yuan Lin,
Yi Na Wang,
Yi Na Wang,
Yi Na Wang,
Guang Hui Zhang,
Guang Hui Zhang,
Guang Hui Zhang,
Geng Chen,
Geng Chen,
Geng Chen,
Qing Hui Yang,
Bing Hao,
Bing Hao,
Bing Hao,
Sheng Chao Yang,
Sheng Chao Yang,
Sheng Chao Yang

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Yuan Lin: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yuan Lin: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yuan Lin: College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yi Na Wang: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yi Na Wang: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Yi Na Wang: College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Guang Hui Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Guang Hui Zhang: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Guang Hui Zhang: College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Geng Chen: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Geng Chen: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Geng Chen: College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Qing Hui Yang: College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Bing Hao: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Bing Hao: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Bing Hao: Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Sheng Chao Yang: State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, The Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology of Yunnan Province, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center on Germplasms Innovation and Utilization of Chinese Medicinal Materials in Southwest China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Sheng Chao Yang: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Sheng Chao Yang: Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Kunming, Yunnan, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1191102
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14

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Panax notoginseng is one of the most valuable traditional Chinese herbs. The main active ingredients, dammarane-type ginsenosides, show multiple pharmacological activities. Recently, the key UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) involved in the biosynthesis of common ginsenosides have been widely studied. However, only a few UGTs that catalyze ginsenoside formation have been reported. This study further investigated the new catalytic function of 10 characterized UGTs from the public database. PnUGT31(PnUGT94B2) and PnUGT53 (PnUGT71B8)exhibited promiscuous sugar-donor specificity of UDP-glucose and UDP-xylose, which could catalyze the glycosylation of C20-OH sites and elongation of the sugar chain at the C3 and/or C20 sites. We further analyzed the expression patterns in P. notoginseng and predicted the catalytic mechanisms of PnUGT31 and PnUGT53 using molecular docking simulations. Moreover, different gene modules were built to increase the yield of ginsenosides in engineered yeast. The metabolic flow of the proginsenediol (PPD) synthetic pathway was enhanced by LPPDS gene modules based on the engineered strain. The resulting yeast was constructed to produce 1.72 g/L PPD in a shaking flask, but cell growth was significantly inhibited. EGH and LKG gene modules were constructed to achieve high-level production of dammarane-type ginsenosides. The production of G-Rg3 controlled by LKG modules increased 3.84 times (254.07 mg/ L), whereas the G-Rd titer reached 56.68 mg/L after 96 h in shaking flask culture under the control of all modules, both of which yielded the highest values for known microbes.

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology

ISSN: 1664-302X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
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