Sains Malaysiana 47(12)(2018): 3077–3084

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4712-18

 

Current Progress in Production of Flavonoids using Systems and Synthetic Biology Platforms

(Kajian Semasa dalam Penghasilan Flavonoid menggunakan Teknik Biologi Sistem dan Biologi Sintetik)

 

KU NURUL AQMAR KU BAHAUDIN1, SURIANA SABRI2,3, AHMAD BAZLI RAMZI1, ADAM LEOW THEAN CHOR2,4, TEWIN TENCOMNAO5 & SYARUL NATAQAIN BAHARUM1*

 

1Institute of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

 

2Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

 

3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

 

4Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

 

5Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

 

Received: 30 May 2018/Accepted: 14 September 2018

 

ABSTRACT

Flavonoid is an industrially-important compound due to its high pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical values. However, conventional methods in extracting and synthesizing flavonoids are costly, laborious and not sustainable due to small amount of natural flavonoids, large amounts of chemicals and space used. Biotechnological production of flavonoids represents a viable and sustainable route especially through the use of metabolic engineering strategies in microbial production hosts. In this review, we will highlight recent strategies for the improving the production of flavonoids using synthetic biology approaches in particular the innovative strategies of genetically-encoded biosensors for in vivo metabolite analysis and high-throughput screening methods using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Implementation of transcription factor based-biosensor for microbial flavonoid production and integration of systems and synthetic biology approaches for natural product development will also be discussed.

 

Keywords: Biosensor; flavonoid; metabolic engineering; microbial systems; synthetic biology

 

ABSTRAK

Flavonoid merupakan sebatian penting secara industri disebabkan oleh permintaannya yang tinggi dalam farmaseutik dan mempunyai nilai kosmeseutik. Walau bagaimanapun, kebiasaannya kaedah pengekstrakan dan sintesis flavonoid adalah berkos tinggi, rumit dan tidak mapan disebabkan oleh penghasilan flavonoid semula jadi yang rendah. Selain itu, kaedah ini juga menggunakan ruang makmal yang besar dan bahan kimia dalam kuantiti yang banyak. Hasil pengeluaran bioteknologi daripada flavonoid menunjukkan berdaya maju dan laluan yang mapan. Ini dapat dilihat melalui pelbagai kaedah yang digunakan di dalam kejuruteraan metabolik dan biologi sintetik dengan menggunakan mikrob sebagai hos bagi pengeluaran hasil produk. Di dalam ulasan kajian ini, kami akan mengetengahkan kaedah bagi meningkatkan penghasilan flavonoid menggunakan teknik biologi sintetik. Melalui kaedah ini, teknik biosensor berasaskan pengekod genetik yang digunakan bagi menganalisis metabolit secara in vivo dan kaedah saringan daya pemprosesan tinggi berasaskan pengisihan sel teraktif berpendarfluor (FACS). Oleh yang demikian, penggunaan bioteknologi terhadap penghasilan flavonoid pada masa kini menggunakan pendekatan integrasi antara biologi sistem dan biologi sintetik bagi perkembangan produk semula jadi akan dibincangkan dengan lebih lanjut.

 

Kata kunci: Biologi sintetik; biosensor; flavonoid; kejuruteraan metabolisme; sistem mikrob

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