Regulated preparation of Crocin-1 or Crocin-2′ Triggered by the Cosolvent DMSO Using Bs-GT/At-SuSy One-Pot Reaction
作者:Feng Liu、Fangyu Ding、Wenming Shao、Bingfang He、Guangji Wang
DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05000
日期:2019.11.13
Crocins are the primary coloring ingredients of saffron. The low-glycosylated members of this compound family, such as crocin-1 (crocetin mono-glucosyl ester) and crocin-2' (crocetin di-glucosyl ester), are rarely distributed in nature and attracting interest for their therapeutic uses. In the present study, a one-pot reaction system was used for efficient preparation of crocin-1 and crocin-2' with in situ regeneration of UDP-Glc by coupling Bs-GT with At-SuSy, a sucrose synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Noticeably, DMSO was used as a cosolvent and resulted in improvement of the solubility of the substrate crocetin and regulation of the selectivity of glycosylation. With periodic addition of crocetin, the biosynthesis of crocin-2' was performed with a high yield of 3.25 g/L in 2% DMSO aqueous solution, whereas crocin-1 (2.12 g/L) was selectively obtained in a 10% DMSO aqueous solution. The present study provided a simple approach for the biosynthesis of crocin-1 and crocin-2'.
METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION OF SAFFRON COMPOUNDS
申请人:Evolva SA
公开号:EP2742131B1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-28
Methods and Materials for Recombinant Production of Saffron Compounds
申请人:EVOLVA SA
公开号:US20170306376A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-26
Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a zeaxanthin cleavage dioxygenase alone or in combination with recombinant genes encoding UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce compounds from saffron such as crocetin, crocetin dialdehyde, crocin, or picrocrocin.