Engineering of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> for 24-Methylene-Cholesterol Production
24-Methylene-cholesterol is a necessary substrate for the biosynthesis of physalin and withanolide, which show promising anticancer activities. It is difficult and costly to prepare 24-methylene-cholesterol via total chemical synthesis. In this study, we engineered the biosynthesis of 24-methylene-c...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Sumario: | 24-Methylene-cholesterol is a necessary substrate for the biosynthesis of physalin and withanolide, which show promising anticancer activities. It is difficult and costly to prepare 24-methylene-cholesterol via total chemical synthesis. In this study, we engineered the biosynthesis of 24-methylene-cholesterol in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> by disrupting the two enzymes (i.e., ERG4 and ERG5) in the yeast’s native ergosterol pathway, with ERG5 being replaced with the DHCR7 (7-dehydrocholesterol reductase) enzyme. Three versions of DHCR7 originating from different organisms—including the DHCR7 from <i>Physalis angulata</i> (PhDHCR7) newly discovered in this study, as well as the previously reported OsDHCR7 from <i>Oryza sativa</i> and XlDHCR7 from <i>Xenopus laevis</i>—were assessed for their ability to produce 24-methylene-cholesterol. XlDHCR7 showed the best performance, producing 178 mg/L of 24-methylene-cholesterol via flask-shake cultivation. The yield could be increased up to 225 mg/L, when one additional copy of the <i>XlDHCR7</i> expression cassette was integrated into the yeast genome. The 24-methylene-cholesterol-producing strain obtained in this study could serve as a platform for characterizing the downstream enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of physalin or withanolide, given that 24-methylene-cholesterol is a common precursor of these chemicals. |
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