Biotechnological Advances for Improving Natural Pigment Production: a State-of-the-art Review

Overview

Journal Bioresour Bioprocess

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2024 Apr 22

PMID 38647847

Authors

Xiaomei Lyu

Yan Lyu

Hongwei Yu

Weining Chen

Lidan Ye

Ruijin Yang

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Abstract

In current years, natural pigments are facing a fast-growing global market due to the increase of people's awareness of health and the discovery of novel pharmacological effects of various natural pigments, e.g., carotenoids, flavonoids, and curcuminoids. However, the traditional production approaches are source-dependent and generally subject to the low contents of target pigment compounds. In order to scale-up industrial production, many efforts have been devoted to increasing pigment production from natural producers, via development of both in vitro plant cell/tissue culture systems, as well as optimization of microbial cultivation approaches. Moreover, synthetic biology has opened the door for heterologous biosynthesis of pigments via design and re-construction of novel biological modules as well as biological systems in bio-platforms. In this review, the innovative methods and strategies for optimization and engineering of both native and heterologous producers of natural pigments are comprehensively summarized. Current progress in the production of several representative high-value natural pigments is also presented; and the remaining challenges and future perspectives are discussed.

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