Biotechnological advances for improving natural pigment production: a state-of-the-art review

In current years, natural pigments are facing a fast-growing global market due to the increase of people’s awareness of health and the discovery of novel pharmacological effects of various natural pigments, e.g., carotenoids, flavonoids, and curcuminoids. However, the traditional production approach...

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Published inBioresources and bioprocessing Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 8 - 38
Main Authors Lyu, Xiaomei, Lyu, Yan, Yu, Hongwei, Chen, WeiNing, Ye, Lidan, Yang, Ruijin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Singapore 28.01.2022
Springer Nature B.V
SpringerOpen
Subjects
Biochemical Engineering
Biosynthesis
Carotenoids
Cell culture
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Flavonoids
Global marketing
Heterologous biosynthesis
Industrial and Production Engineering
Metabolic engineering
Microbial cultivation
Microorganisms
Natural pigments
Optimization
Pigments
Plant cell/tissue culture
Review
State-of-the-art reviews
Tissue culture
Natural pigments
Metabolic engineering
Microbial cultivation
Plant cell/tissue culture
Heterologous biosynthesis
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Summary:In current years, natural pigments are facing a fast-growing global market due to the increase of people’s awareness of health and the discovery of novel pharmacological effects of various natural pigments, e.g., carotenoids, flavonoids, and curcuminoids. However, the traditional production approaches are source-dependent and generally subject to the low contents of target pigment compounds. In order to scale-up industrial production, many efforts have been devoted to increasing pigment production from natural producers, via development of both in vitro plant cell/tissue culture systems, as well as optimization of microbial cultivation approaches. Moreover, synthetic biology has opened the door for heterologous biosynthesis of pigments via design and re-construction of novel biological modules as well as biological systems in bio-platforms. In this review, the innovative methods and strategies for optimization and engineering of both native and heterologous producers of natural pigments are comprehensively summarized. Current progress in the production of several representative high-value natural pigments is also presented; and the remaining challenges and future perspectives are discussed. Graphical Abstract
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ISSN:2197-4365
2197-4365
DOI:10.1186/s40643-022-00497-4