Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering
Abstract Background Rational metabolic pathway engineering is capable of boosting upstream flux towards downstream synthesis of target products, such as aromatic amino acid derivatives. However, coordinated synthesis of multiple downstream derivatives faces difficulty of combinatorial optimization o...
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| author | Huimin Xue Mingshan Li Yuhui Cui Dongkui Tian Duo Liu Hanjie Wang |
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| description | Abstract Background Rational metabolic pathway engineering is capable of boosting upstream flux towards downstream synthesis of target products, such as aromatic amino acid derivatives. However, coordinated synthesis of multiple downstream derivatives faces difficulty of combinatorial optimization of cellular metabolism. Results We developed a strategy combining metabolic engineering optimization with the global transcriptional regulation of transcription factors (TFs) Spt15p and Gcn4p to optimize the synthesis of aromatic amino acid derivatives in yeast. It is verified that the special mutants of these TFs can respectively improve the biosynthesis of betaxanthin, a tyrosine derived edible pigment. Comparative transcriptome analysis shows that significant transcriptional tuning occurs in glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, aromatic amino acid synthesis pathways, etc. In addition, global transcriptional engineering is proved to enhance the coordinated biosynthesis of both tyrosine derived pigment betaxanthin and tryptophan derived pigment violacein by more than 50%. Finally, we obtain an optimized production of 208 mg/L betaxanthin in yeast cells by flask fermentation. Conclusions Our strategy supplies an effective way to optimize the coordinated synthesis of two structurally divergent pigments downstream of the common aromatic amino acid pathway. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4e704b2c9e954985966a9bfb35c45b9c2025-08-20T04:02:50ZengBMCMicrobial Cell Factories1475-28592025-07-0124111510.1186/s12934-025-02799-6Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineeringHuimin Xue0Mingshan Li1Yuhui Cui2Dongkui Tian3Duo Liu4Hanjie Wang5School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro- Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Function and Application of Biological Macromolecular Structures, Tianjin UniversitySchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro- Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Function and Application of Biological Macromolecular Structures, Tianjin UniversitySchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro- Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Function and Application of Biological Macromolecular Structures, Tianjin UniversityState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and TechnologySchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro- Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Function and Application of Biological Macromolecular Structures, Tianjin UniversitySchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro- Nano Biomaterials and Detection-Treatment Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Function and Application of Biological Macromolecular Structures, Tianjin UniversityAbstract Background Rational metabolic pathway engineering is capable of boosting upstream flux towards downstream synthesis of target products, such as aromatic amino acid derivatives. However, coordinated synthesis of multiple downstream derivatives faces difficulty of combinatorial optimization of cellular metabolism. Results We developed a strategy combining metabolic engineering optimization with the global transcriptional regulation of transcription factors (TFs) Spt15p and Gcn4p to optimize the synthesis of aromatic amino acid derivatives in yeast. It is verified that the special mutants of these TFs can respectively improve the biosynthesis of betaxanthin, a tyrosine derived edible pigment. Comparative transcriptome analysis shows that significant transcriptional tuning occurs in glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, aromatic amino acid synthesis pathways, etc. In addition, global transcriptional engineering is proved to enhance the coordinated biosynthesis of both tyrosine derived pigment betaxanthin and tryptophan derived pigment violacein by more than 50%. Finally, we obtain an optimized production of 208 mg/L betaxanthin in yeast cells by flask fermentation. Conclusions Our strategy supplies an effective way to optimize the coordinated synthesis of two structurally divergent pigments downstream of the common aromatic amino acid pathway.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-025-02799-6Rational pathway engineeringGlobal transcriptional engineeringAromatic amino acidSPT15GCN4Betaxanthin |
| spellingShingle | Huimin Xue Mingshan Li Yuhui Cui Dongkui Tian Duo Liu Hanjie Wang Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering Microbial Cell Factories Rational pathway engineering Global transcriptional engineering Aromatic amino acid SPT15 GCN4 Betaxanthin |
| title | Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| title_full | Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| title_fullStr | Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| title_short | Coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| title_sort | coordinated synthesis of aromatic amino acid derived pigments in yeast via global transcriptional engineering |
| topic | Rational pathway engineering Global transcriptional engineering Aromatic amino acid SPT15 GCN4 Betaxanthin |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-025-02799-6 |
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