Cross-organelle Coordination to Advance Plant Cytochrome P450 Functionality in Yeast
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ABSTRACT: Sustainable production of plant secondary metabolites remains a significant challenge. Engineered yeast platforms offer a promising alternative, yet reconstituting plant cytochrome P450s (CYPs), key enzymes in these pathways, remains a major burden. Plant Membrane-Steroid-Binding Proteins (MSBPs) have been suggested to enhance CYP functionality, possibly by facilitating CYP-CYP reductase (CPR) interactions. In this study, Arabidopsis thaliana MSBP1 (AtMSBP1) was engineered with diverse plant CYPs to assess its broad CYP activity-enhancing effects. Surprisingly, CYP-CPR interactions are not essential for AtMSBP1’s function. Instead, AtMSBP1 orchestrates inter-organelle communication, involving not only the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but mitochondria and vacuoles. Co-expression of AtMSBP1 with CYPs triggered significant subcellular reorganization, including tubular ER expansion, increased mitochondrial volume, and vacuole fission. This study highlights the critical role of organelle coordination in supporting CYP functionality, emphasizing a shift from traditional ER-based approaches to engineering cross-organelle interactions and tailoring the cellular microenvironment to enhance plant CYP activity in yeast.
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ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (baker's Yeast)
SUBMITTER:
Songbo Wei
LAB HEAD: Yanran Li
PROVIDER: PXD060429 | Pride | 2025-09-22
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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