Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives

β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is present in all organisms and has attracted widespread attention as a nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical product for the treatment of various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, aging, and vascular dysfunction. Chemical synthesis is the major m...

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Main Author: WANG Zhaoying, GUO Xinhao, HUANG Xinhe, CHEN Zhuoyan, LIU Yueqi, LI Juan, CHEN Ning, FAN Xiaoguang
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description β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is present in all organisms and has attracted widespread attention as a nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical product for the treatment of various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, aging, and vascular dysfunction. Chemical synthesis is the major method for producing NMN, but it faces challenges such as complex synthesis routes, harsh reaction conditions, difficulties in chiral separation of products, and the use of organic solvents, resulting in high product price and limited applications. In contrast, biosynthesis, with its significant advantages of non-toxicity, mild processing conditions, high substrate specificity, strong product selectivity, and high conversion efficiency, has gradually become an ideal alternative for NMN production. NMN is biosynthesized mainly from niacinamide, nicotinamide riboside, niacin, or glucose through different metabolic pathways, and the key enzymes involved include nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, nicotinamide riboside kinase, and NMN synthase. This article focuses on the latest progress in the enzymatic and microbial production of NMN, including the selection and modification of key enzymes, the design of enzymatic cascade reaction, the immobilization of enzymes, the construction of cell factories, and optimization strategies for the fermentation process. In addition, the biosynthesis technologies for NMN derivatives nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) are reviewed. These studies will provide references for the development of low-cost, high-efficiency methods for the production of NMN and its derivatives.
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spelling doaj-art-ce7ea039d2dd4333aacae2ab39e3890b2025-08-20T02:41:11ZengChina Food Publishing CompanyShipin Kexue1002-66302025-07-014613182410.7506/spkx1002-6630-20241127-183Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its DerivativesWANG Zhaoying, GUO Xinhao, HUANG Xinhe, CHEN Zhuoyan, LIU Yueqi, LI Juan, CHEN Ning, FAN Xiaoguang0(1. Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; 2. Tianjin Bochuang Synthetic Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China)β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is present in all organisms and has attracted widespread attention as a nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical product for the treatment of various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, aging, and vascular dysfunction. Chemical synthesis is the major method for producing NMN, but it faces challenges such as complex synthesis routes, harsh reaction conditions, difficulties in chiral separation of products, and the use of organic solvents, resulting in high product price and limited applications. In contrast, biosynthesis, with its significant advantages of non-toxicity, mild processing conditions, high substrate specificity, strong product selectivity, and high conversion efficiency, has gradually become an ideal alternative for NMN production. NMN is biosynthesized mainly from niacinamide, nicotinamide riboside, niacin, or glucose through different metabolic pathways, and the key enzymes involved include nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, nicotinamide riboside kinase, and NMN synthase. This article focuses on the latest progress in the enzymatic and microbial production of NMN, including the selection and modification of key enzymes, the design of enzymatic cascade reaction, the immobilization of enzymes, the construction of cell factories, and optimization strategies for the fermentation process. In addition, the biosynthesis technologies for NMN derivatives nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) are reviewed. These studies will provide references for the development of low-cost, high-efficiency methods for the production of NMN and its derivatives.https://www.spkx.net.cn/fileup/1002-6630/PDF/2025-46-13-002.pdfβ-nicotinamide mononucleotide; nicotinamide riboside; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; biosynthesis
spellingShingle WANG Zhaoying, GUO Xinhao, HUANG Xinhe, CHEN Zhuoyan, LIU Yueqi, LI Juan, CHEN Ning, FAN Xiaoguang
Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
Shipin Kexue
β-nicotinamide mononucleotide; nicotinamide riboside; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; biosynthesis
title Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
title_full Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
title_fullStr Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
title_full_unstemmed Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
title_short Review on Biosynthesis of β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Its Derivatives
title_sort review on biosynthesis of β nicotinamide mononucleotide and its derivatives
topic β-nicotinamide mononucleotide; nicotinamide riboside; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; biosynthesis
url https://www.spkx.net.cn/fileup/1002-6630/PDF/2025-46-13-002.pdf
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