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  • Title: Controlling selectivity and enhancing yield of flavonoid glycosides in recombinant yeast.
    Author: Werner SR, Morgan JA.
    Journal: Bioprocess Biosyst Eng; 2010 Sep; 33(7):863-71. PubMed ID: 20148267.
    Abstract:
    Flavonoid glycosides are known for their medicinal properties and potential use as natural sweeteners. In this study, Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing a flavonoid glucosyltransferase from Dianthus caryophyllus was used as a whole-cell biocatalyst. The yeast system's performance was characterized using the flavanone naringenin as a model substrate for the production of naringenin glycosides. It was found that final naringenin glycoside yields increased in a dose-dependent manner with increasing initial naringenin substrate concentrations. However, naringenin concentrations >0.5 mM did not give further enhancements in glycoside yield. In addition, a method for controlling overall selectivity was discovered where the glucose content in the culture medium could be altered to control the selectivity, making either naringenin-7-O-glucoside (N7O) or naringenin-4'-O-glucoside (N4O) the major products. The highest yields achieved were 87 mg/L of N7O and 82 mg/L of N4O using 40MSGI and 2xMSGI media, respectively. The effects of two intermediates involved in UDP-glucose biosynthesis, uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP) and orotic acid, on glycoside yields were also determined. Addition of UMP to the culture medium significantly decreased glycoside yield. In contrast, addition of orotic acid to the culture medium significantly enhanced the glycoside yield and shifted the selectivity toward N7O. The highest naringenin glycoside yield achieved using 10 mM orotic acid in the 40MSGI media was 155 mg/L, a 71% conversion of substrate to product.
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