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Triterpenoid saponins are specialised metabolites distributed widely in the plant kingdom that consist of one or more sugar moieties attached to triterpenoid aglycones. Despite the widely accepted view that glycosylation is catalysed by UDP-dependent glycosyltransferase (UGT), the UGT which catalyses the transfer of the conserved glucuronic acid moiety at the C-3 position of glycyrrhizin and various soyasaponins has not been determined. Here, we report that a cellulose synthase superfamily-derived glycosyltransferase (CSyGT) catalyses 3- O- glucuronosylation of triterpenoid aglycones. Gene co-expression analyses of three legume species ( Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Glycine max , and  Lotus japonicus ) reveal the involvement of CSyGTs in saponin biosynthesis, and we characterise CSyGTs in vivo using  Saccharomyces cerevisiae .  CSyGT  mutants of  L. japonicus  do not accumulate soyasaponin, but the ectopic expression of endoplasmic reticulum membrane–localised CSyGTs in a  L. japonicus  mutant background successfully complement soyasaponin biosynthesis. Finally, we produced glycyrrhizin de novo in yeast, paving the way for sustainable production of high-value saponins.

A cellulose synthase-derived enzyme catalyses 3-O-glucuronosylation in saponin biosynthesis