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ReviewFEMS yeast research2025

Metabolic engineering of yeast to efficiently synthesize heme and hemoproteins: recent advance and prospects.

Haibo Yu, Yunpeng Wang, Yijie Wang, Yueheng Niu, Jingwen Zhou, Jianghua Li, Jian Chen, Guocheng Du, Xinrui Zhao

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Production of Recombinant Hemoglobin inFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Haibo YuScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Yunpeng WangScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Yijie WangScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Yueheng NiuScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Jingwen ZhouScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3949-3733
Jianghua LiScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Jian ChenScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Guocheng DuScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.
Xinrui ZhaoScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0702-027X

Funding

Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32021005Jiangsu Basic Research Center for Synthetic Biology BK20233003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Owing to the potential for commercialization, the recombinant production of hemoproteins has been heavily investigated. Yeast is a superior host for the synthesis of eukaryotic hemoproteins with optimal pathway to facilitate heme delivery and utilization, as well as suitable environment for the post-translational folding and modification. The efficient binding of heme is the critical determinant for the various functions of hemeproteins. Thus, many metabolic engineering strategies have been employed to modify heme synthetic pathways and balance the intracellular metabolic burden. This paper provides a comprehensive review on the improvement of heme supply, the enhancement of hemoprotein expression, and the current efforts to harmonize the synthesis of heme and the expression of protein components in yeast. These insights offer a solid foundation for the development of yeast chassis for the efficient production of high-active hemoproteins in the future.

Indexed as

HemeHemeproteinsMetabolic EngineeringSaccharomyces cerevisiaeYeastsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysRecombinant ProteinsHemeHemeproteinsRecombinant Proteinsbalancehemehemoproteinmetabolic engineeringyeast

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PMID40228812
PMCPMC12020473

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