Metabolic Engineering Strategies for De Novo Biosynthesis of Sterols and Steroids in Yeast

Overview

Journal Bioresour Bioprocess

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2024 Apr 23

PMID 38650187

Authors

Yuehao Gu

Xue Jiao

Lidan Ye

Hongwei Yu

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Abstract

Steroidal compounds are of great interest in the pharmaceutical field, with steroidal drugs as the second largest category of medicine in the world. Advances in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering have enabled de novo biosynthesis of sterols and steroids in yeast, which is a green and safe production route for these valuable steroidal compounds. In this review, we summarize the metabolic engineering strategies developed and employed for improving the de novo biosynthesis of sterols and steroids in yeast based on the regulation mechanisms, and introduce the recent progresses in de novo synthesis of some typical sterols and steroids in yeast. The remaining challenges and future perspectives are also discussed.

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