生物技术进展 ›› 2026, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 523-534.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2026.0065

• 微生物细胞工厂专题 • 上一篇    下一篇

微生物细胞工厂合成类胡萝卜素的代谢工程策略与应用进展

黎娟(), 贺玉婷(), 冶晓轩(), 贾佳仪(), 张耀辉, 张宏扬(), 武陶()   

  1. 天津商业大学生物技术与食品科学学院,天津 300134
  • 收稿日期:2026-03-16 接受日期:2026-04-20 出版日期:2026-05-25 发布日期:2026-07-14
  • 通讯作者: 张宏扬,武陶
  • 作者简介:黎娟 E-mail: 3116588007@qq.com
    贺玉婷 E-mail: 3437086650@qq.com
    冶晓轩 E-mail: 2286159706@qq.com
    贾佳仪 E-mail: 2677097631@qq.com第一联系人:(黎娟、贺玉婷并列第一作者)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金青年项目(21908168);天津市大学生创新创业训练计划项目(202410069099)

Metabolic Engineering Strategies and Application Advances of Microbial Cell Factories for Carotenoid Production

Juan LI(), Yuting HE(), Xiaoxuan YE(), Jiayi JIA(), Yaohui ZHANG, Hongyang ZHANG(), Tao WU()   

  1. College of Biotechnology and Food Science,Tianjin University of Commerce,Tianjin 300134,China
  • Received:2026-03-16 Accepted:2026-04-20 Online:2026-05-25 Published:2026-07-14
  • Contact: Hongyang ZHANG,Tao WU

摘要:

类胡萝卜素是一类重要的天然萜类色素,在食品、医药、饲料和化妆品等领域具有广泛应用。微生物细胞工厂因具有生长快、遗传操作便捷和易于规模化培养等优势,已成为类胡萝卜素绿色高效生产的重要平台。系统综述了以大肠杆菌为代表的原核微生物以及以酿酒酵母和解脂耶氏酵母为代表的真核微生物在类胡萝卜素生物合成中的代谢工程改造策略,重点总结了前体供应途径优化、关键酶工程、代谢流重定向、辅因子调控、膜工程及多策略协同等方面的研究进展。在此基础上,进一步比较了原核与真核微生物在膜系统组成、疏水性产物储存能力及工程改造重点上的差异,分析了解脂耶氏酵母作为产油酵母在高疏水性类胡萝卜素合成中的独特优势及其定向驯化潜力,并对人工智能(artificial intelligence, AI)辅助代谢元件优化和相关未来研究方向进行了展望,以期为类胡萝卜素绿色高效生物制造和工业化应用提供参考。

关键词: 类胡萝卜素, 微生物细胞工厂, 代谢工程, 膜工程, 解脂耶氏酵母, 人工智能

Abstract:

Carotenoids represent an important class of terpenoid natural pigments with wide applications in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Benefiting from rapid growth, facile genetic manipulation, and scalable cultivation, microbial cell factories have emerged as a promising platform for carotenoid production. This paper systematically summarized metabolic engineering strategies applied in carotenoid biosynthesis in prokaryotic microorganisms typified by Escherichia coli and eukaryotic microorganisms represented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica. Major advances were highlighted, including optimization of precursor supply pathways, engineering of key enzymes, redirection of metabolic flux, regulation of cofactors, membrane engineering, and the combined application of multiple strategies. On this basis, the article compared the differences in membrane systems between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and discussed their implications for membrane engineering strategies. The unique advantages of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for carotenoid synthesis and its adaptive laboratory evolution strategies were also addressed. Finally, prospects for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted optimization of metabolic elements and other future research directions were presented, with the aim of providing references for the green and efficient biomanufacturing and industrial application of carotenoids.

Key words: carotenoids, microbial cell factories, metabolic engineering, membrane engineering, Yarrowia lipolytica, artificial intelligence

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