Flavone C-arabinosides/xylosides are plant-originated glycoconjugates with various bioactivities. However, the potential utility of these molecules is hindered by their low abundance in nature. Engineering biosynthesis pathway in heterologous bacterial chassis provides a sustainable source of these C-glycosides. We previously reported bifunctional C-glucosyl/C-arabinosyltransferases in Oryza sativa japonica and O. sativa indica, which influence the C-glycoside spectrum in different rice varieties. In this study, we proved the C-arabinosyl-transferring activity of rice C-glycosyltransferases (CGTs) on the mono-C-glucoside substrate nothofagin, followed by taking advantage of specific CGTs and introducing heterologous UDP-pentose supply, to realize the production of eight different C-arabinosides/xylosides in recombinant E. coli. Fed-batch fermentation and precursor supplement maximized the titer of rice-originated C-arabinosides to 20–110 mg/L in an E. coli chassis. The optimized final titer of schaftoside and apigenin di-C-arabinoside reached 19.87 and 113.16 mg/L, respectively. We demonstrate here the success of de novo bio-production of C-arabinosylated and C-xylosylated flavones by heterologous pathway reconstitution. These results lay a foundation for further optimal manufacture of complex flavonoid compounds in microbial cell factories.
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Funding
National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0900600)
Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader(20XD1404400)
Strategic Priority Research Program “Molecular mechanism of Plant Growth and Development” of CAS(XDB27020202)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070328)
Construction of the Registry and Database of Bioparts for Synthetic Biology of the Chinese Academy of Science(ZSYS-016)
International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Science(153D31KYSB20170121)
National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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