TY - JOUR

T1 - Improved Foods Using Enzymes from Basidiomycetes

AU - Berger, Ralf G.

AU - Ersoy, Franziska

N1 - Funding Information: Funding: This review received no external funding. The publication was funded by the Open Access Fund of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover.

PY - 2022/4/9

Y1 - 2022/4/9

N2 - Within the kingdom of fungi, the division Basidiomycota represents more than 30,000 species, some with huge genomes indicating great metabolic potential. The fruiting bodies of many basidiomycetes are appreciated as food (“mushrooms”). Solid-state and submerged cultivation processes have been established for many species. Specifically, xylophilic fungi secrete numerous enzymes but also form smaller metabolites along unique pathways; both groups of compounds may be of interest to the food processing industry. To stimulate further research and not aim at comprehensiveness in the broad field, this review describes some recent progress in fermentation processes and the knowledge of fungal genetics. Processes with potential for food applications based on lipases, esterases, glycosidases, peptidases and oxidoreductases are presented. The formation and degradation of colourants, the degradation of harmful food components, the formation of food ingredients and particularly of volatile and non-volatile flavours serve as examples. In summary, edible basidiomycetes are foods—and catalysts—for food applications and rich donors of genes to construct heterologous cell factories for fermentation processes. Options arise to support the worldwide trend toward greener, more eco-friendly and sustainable processes.

AB - Within the kingdom of fungi, the division Basidiomycota represents more than 30,000 species, some with huge genomes indicating great metabolic potential. The fruiting bodies of many basidiomycetes are appreciated as food (“mushrooms”). Solid-state and submerged cultivation processes have been established for many species. Specifically, xylophilic fungi secrete numerous enzymes but also form smaller metabolites along unique pathways; both groups of compounds may be of interest to the food processing industry. To stimulate further research and not aim at comprehensiveness in the broad field, this review describes some recent progress in fermentation processes and the knowledge of fungal genetics. Processes with potential for food applications based on lipases, esterases, glycosidases, peptidases and oxidoreductases are presented. The formation and degradation of colourants, the degradation of harmful food components, the formation of food ingredients and particularly of volatile and non-volatile flavours serve as examples. In summary, edible basidiomycetes are foods—and catalysts—for food applications and rich donors of genes to construct heterologous cell factories for fermentation processes. Options arise to support the worldwide trend toward greener, more eco-friendly and sustainable processes.

KW - Basidiomycota

KW - colourant

KW - esterase

KW - fermentation process

KW - flavour

KW - genetic engineering

KW - glycosidase

KW - lipase

KW - oxidoreductase

KW - peptidase

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128721843&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/pr10040726

DO - 10.3390/pr10040726

M3 - Article

VL - 10

JO - Processes

JF - Processes

IS - 4

M1 - 726

ER -