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Research Progress and Prospects of Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolite Scytonemin |
ZHANG Ai-di1,2,CUI Jin-yu2,3,4,**(),ZHANG Ya-ning2,3,4,MAO Shao-ming1,**(),LUAN Guo-dong2,3,4,LV Xue-feng2,3,4 |
1 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Forestry Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China 2 Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China 3 Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao 266101, China 4 Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao 266101, China |
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Abstract Cyanobacteria are an important group of photoautotrophic and prokaryotic microorganisms, which can directly convert carbon dioxide and solar energy into high value-added chemicals. Due to low nutritional requirements, rapid growth and well-established genetic manipulation tools, cyanobacteria are considered to be a model system. Scytonemin is a lipid-soluble indole alkaloid pigment, which is found in some cyanobacteria under UV-A radiation. It can strongly absorb UV-A radiation and has great pharmacological potential with interesting anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activities. Thus it has great prospects in cosmetic and biomedical applications. So far, the mechanism and regulation of scytonemin synthesis have been illustrated in Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102. However, several bottlenecks in genetic engineering have hindered the efficient and sustainable synthesis of scytonemin. By the development of synthetic biology in vivo and ex vivo engineering, the efficient synthesis of scytonemin is expected to be realized. Here, we summarize the scytonemin on its structure, chemical properties, biosynthetic pathways, regulatory mechanisms, stress physiology and applications. Moreover, the future prospects and directions of scytonemin are also discussed.
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Received: 26 April 2023
Published: 02 November 2023
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