
Frontiers in Plant Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16
Опубликована: Май 30, 2025
Triterpenoid saponins are a class of plant secondary metabolites with significant biological activities and widely used in the pharmaceutical nutritional supplement industries. However, production triterpenoid is limited by their complicated biosynthetic pathways availability glycosyl donors. UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) play key role glycosylation saponins, significantly enhancing structural diversity, solubility, pharmacological activity, bioavailability. Therefore, identification modification efficient, specific, stable UGTs have attracted attention. This review focused on advances particular emphasis application multi-omics approaches UGT mining. The combination genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics has provided powerful tools for screening, improving efficiency accuracy identification. Additionally, methods based gene clusters, phylogenetic analysis, product glycosyltransferase (PSPG) motif also offer new perspectives Besides, synthetic biology platforms innovative high-throughput screening functional validation UGTs, laying theoretical foundation UGTs. We discussed latest research progress including directed evolution rational design. These strategies, through amino acid mutations optimization, expected to enhance catalytic thermal stability, broaden substrate specificity. Moreover, diversity donors directly influence reactions products. Thus, we donor synthesis, vitro vivo strategies. By optimizing metabolic introducing enzyme genes, engineered microorganisms can efficiently synthesize various donors, providing abundant substrates reactions. studies opportunities challenges synthesis promoting industrial potential.
Язык: Английский