生物技术进展 ›› 2026, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 510-522.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2025.0171

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甜菜色素生物合成研究进展

韩田杰1(), 魏金凤1(), 燕永亮2, 林敏2,3, 周正富2()   

  1. 1.河南大学生命科学学院,河南 开封 475004
    2.中国农业科学院生物技术研究所,农业微生物资源发掘与利用全国重点实验室,北京 100081
    3.河南大学农学院,河南 开封 475004
  • 收稿日期:2025-12-02 接受日期:2026-01-05 出版日期:2026-05-25 发布日期:2026-07-14
  • 通讯作者: 周正富
  • 作者简介:韩田杰E-mail: hantianjie2023@163.com
    魏金凤E-mail: wjf@henu.edu.cn第一联系人:(韩田杰、魏金凤并列第一作者)
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划项目(2023YFF1000300);国家重点研发计划项目(2023YFF1000304);中国农业科学院重大科技任务项目(CAAS-ZDRW202305)

Advances in the Biosynthesis of Betalains

Tianjie HAN1(), Jinfeng WEI1(), Yongliang YAN2, Min LIN2,3, Zhengfu ZHOU2()   

  1. 1.School of Life Sciences,Henan University,Henan Kaifeng 475004,China
    2.National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology,Biotechnology Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081,China
    3.College of Agriculture,Henan University,Henan Kaifeng 475004,China
  • Received:2025-12-02 Accepted:2026-01-05 Online:2026-05-25 Published:2026-07-14
  • Contact: Zhengfu ZHOU

摘要:

甜菜色素是一类天然色素,主要分为红紫色甜菜红素和黄橙色甜菜黄素。因具有优良的着色性能及抗氧化、抗炎、抗肥胖等生物活性,甜菜色素在食品、营养保健品、医药等领域展现出广阔的应用前景。然而,天然提取存在成本高、效率低及产物稳定性差等瓶颈,制约了商业化发展,因而,采用合成生物技术构建微生物细胞工厂异源生产合成甜菜色素已成为研究热点。综述了甜菜色素的化学特性与天然合成途径,重点分析了原核、真核等不同底盘生物的合成策略,系统阐述了关键合成酶功能、代谢路径调控及优化方案,探讨了未来研究方向与应用前景,以期为甜菜色素工业化生产提供新思路。

关键词: 甜菜色素, 甜菜红素, 甜菜黄素, 生物合成, 微生物细胞工厂

Abstract:

Betalains are a class of natural pigments, mainly divided into red-purple betacyanins and yellow-orange betaxanthins. Due to their excellent coloring properties and bioactivities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity effects, betalains show broad application prospects in food, nutraceuticals, medicine and other fields. However, natural extraction faces bottlenecks including high cost, low efficiency and poor product stability, which restrict their commercial development. In contrast, the construction of microbial cell factories via synthetic biotechnology for heterologous and high-yield synthesis of betalains has become a research focus. This article reviewed the chemical properties and natural synthesis pathways of betalains, focused on analyzing the synthesis strategies of different chassis organisms such as prokaryotes and eukaryotes, systematically expounded the functions of key synthases, metabolic pathway regulation and optimization schemes, discussed future research directions and application prospects, and was expected to provide new ideas for the industrial production of betalains.

Key words: betalains, betacyanins, betaxanthins, biosynthesis, microbial cell factories

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