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Ward OP, Qin WM, Dhanjoon J, Ye J, Singh A. Physiology and Biotechnology of Aspergillus. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2005; 58C:1-75. [PMID: 16543029 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(05)58001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- O P Ward
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Prathumpai W, Flitter SJ, McIntyre M, Nielsen J. Lipase production by recombinant strains of Aspergillus niger expressing a lipase-encoding gene from Thermomyces lanuginosus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2004; 65:714-9. [PMID: 15316684 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1699-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Revised: 06/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two recombinant strains of Aspergillus niger (NW 297-14 and NW297-24) producing a heterologous lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus were constructed. The heterologous lipase was expressed using the TAKA amylase promoter from Aspergillus oryzae. The production kinetics of the two strains on different carbon sources in batch and carbon-limited chemostat cultivations were evaluated. In batch cultivations, the highest total product yield coefficient (Y(xp total)), given as the sum of extracellular and intracellular yields, was obtained during growth on glucose for the transformant strain NW297-24 (5.7+/-0.65 KU/g DW), whereas the highest total product yield coefficient was obtained during growth on maltose for the transformant strain NW297-14 (6.3+/-0.02 KU/g DW). Both transformants were evaluated in glucose-limited chemostat cultures. Strain NW297-14 was found to be the best producer and was thus employed for further analysis of the influence of carbon source in chemostat cultures. Here, the highest total specific lipase productivity (r(p total), the sum of extracellular and intracellular lipase productivity) was found to be 1.60+/-0.81 KU/g DW/h in maltose-limited chemostats at a dilution rate of 0.08 h(-1), compared with a total specific lipase productivity of 1.10+/-0.41 KU/g DW/h in glucose-limited chemostats. At the highest specific productivity obtained in this study, the heterologous enzyme accounted for about 1% of all cellular protein being produced by the cells, which shows that it is possible to obtain high productivities of heterologous fungal enzymes in A. niger. However, SDS-PAGE analysis showed that most of the produced lipase was bound to the cell wall.
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- Wai Prathumpai
- BioCentrum-DTU, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Building 223, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Kubodera T, Watanabe M, Yoshiuchi K, Yamashita N, Nishimura A, Nakai S, Gomi K, Hanamoto H. Thiamine-regulated gene expression of Aspergillus oryzae thiA requires splicing of the intron containing a riboswitch-like domain in the 5'-UTR. FEBS Lett 2004; 555:516-20. [PMID: 14675766 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01335-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exogenous thiamine regulates Aspergillus oryzae thiA, which is involved in thiamine synthesis. One of the two introns in its 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) contains motifs (regions A and B) highly conserved among fungal thiamine biosynthesis genes. Deletion of either region relieved the repression by thiamine and thiamine inhibited intron splicing, suggesting that regions A and B are required for efficient splicing. Furthermore, transcript splicing was essential for thiA gene expression. These observations suggest a novel gene expression regulatory mechanism in filamentous fungi, in which exogenous thiamine controls intron splicing to regulate gene expression. Interestingly, regions A and B constitute a part of a thiamine pyrophosphate-binding riboswitch-like domain that has been quite recently found in the 5'-UTR of thiA.
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- Takafumi Kubodera
- Research and Development Department, Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co. Ltd., 4-5-5, Sumiyoshiminami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0041, Japan.
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- Masayuki Machida
- Research Center for Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 6, 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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Kitano H, Kataoka K, Furukawa K, Hara S. Specific expression and temperature-dependent expression of the acid protease-encoding gene (pepA) in Aspergillus oryzae in solid-state culture (Rice-Koji). J Biosci Bioeng 2002; 93:563-7. [PMID: 16233250 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(02)80238-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2001] [Accepted: 03/07/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The synthesis of acid protease in rice-koji is important for sake brewing. Northern blot analysis was carried out to study the transcriptional regulation of acid protease-encoding gene (pepA in Aspergillus orytae. The pepA gene was not expressed in submerged culture, while it was expressed when cultured on steamed rice. Additionally, the culture at high temperature (>38 degrees C) caused a marked decrease in transcription level of pepA, although the alpha-amylase (amyB) and actin genes were expressed regardless of the temperature. To examine whether the pepA promoter controlled the temperature-dependent expression, the promoter regions of pepA and amyB were introduced into a vector containing the GUS reporter gene (uidA gene). Northern blot analysis showed that the elevation of culture temperature caused the loss of uidA expression in the pepA promoter-uidA transformant but not in the amyB promoter-uidA transformant. These results suggest that its promoter controlled the temperature-dependent expression of pepA.
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- Hideyuki Kitano
- General Research Laboratory of Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing Co. Ltd., 1-8-6 Uozaki-nishimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0026, Japan.
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Current progress in the analysis of transcriptional regulation in the industrially valuable microorganismAspergillus oryzae. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02942182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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KIMURA T, MAKINO T, ABURATANI T, KARITA S, SAKKA K, OHMIYA K. Analysis of the Promoter Activity of the Taka-Amylase Gene and the Phosphoglycerate Kinase Gene in a Shoyu-koji Mold Aspergillus oryzae KBN616. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 2000. [DOI: 10.3136/fstr.6.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sakuradani E, Kobayashi M, Ashikari T, Shimizu S. Identification of Delta12-fatty acid desaturase from arachidonic acid-producing mortierella fungus by heterologous expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the fungus Aspergillus oryzae. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 261:812-20. [PMID: 10215899 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Based on the sequence information for the omega3-desaturase genes (from Brassica napus and Caenorhabditis elegans), which are involved in the desaturation of linoleic acid (Delta9, Delta12-18 : 2) to alpha-linolenic acid (Delta9, Delta12, Delta15-18 : 3), a cDNA was cloned from the filamentous fungal strain, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, which is used industrially to produce arachidonic acid. Homology analysis with protein databases revealed that the amino acid sequence showed 43.7% identity as the highest match with the microsomal omega6-desaturase (from Glycine max, soybean), whereas it exhibited 38.9% identity with the microsomal omega3-desaturase (from soybean). The evolutionary implications of these enzymes will be discussed. The cloned cDNA was confirmed to encode a Delta12-desaturase, which was involved in the desaturation of oleic acid (Delta9-18 : 1) to linoleic acid, by its expression in both the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Analysis of the fatty acid composition of yeast and fungus transformants demonstrated that linoleic acid (which was not contained in the control strain of S. cerevisiae) was accumulated in the yeast transformant and that the fungal transformant contained a large amount of linoleic acid (71.9%). Genomic Southern blot analysis of the transformants with the Mortierella Delta12-desaturase gene as a probe confirmed integration of this gene into the genome of A. oryzae. The M. alpina 1S-4 Delta12-desaturase is the first example of a cloned nonplant Delta12-desaturase.
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- E Sakuradani
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
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Sakuradani E, Kobayashi M, Shimizu S. Delta 9-fatty acid desaturase from arachidonic acid-producing fungus. Unique gene sequence and its heterologous expression in a fungus, Aspergillus. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 260:208-16. [PMID: 10091601 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00131.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Based on the sequence information for delta 9-desaturase genes (from rat, mouse and yeast), which are involved in the desaturation of palmitic acid and stearic acid to palmitoleic acid and oleic acid, respectively, the corresponding cDNA and genomic gene were cloned from the fungal strain, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, which industrially produces arachidonic acid. There was a cytochrome b5-like domain linked to the carboxyl terminus of this Mortierella desaturase, as also seen in the yeast delta 9-desaturase. The Mortierella delta 9-desaturase genomic gene had only one intron, in which a novel phenomenon was observed: there was a GC-end at the 5'-terminus instead of a GT-end that is, in general, found in introns of eukaryotic genes. The full-length cDNA clone was expressed under the control of an amyB promoter in a filamentous fungus, Aspergillus oryzae, resulting in drastic changes in the fatty acid composition in the transformant cells; the contents of palmitoleic acid (16:1) and oleic acid (18:1) increased significantly, with accompanying decreases in palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0). These changes were controlled by the addition of maltose as a carbon source to the medium. Also, the expression of the gene caused a significant change in the lipid composition in the Aspergillus transformant. Genomic Southern blot analysis of the transformant with the Mortierella delta 9-desaturase gene as a probe confirmed the integration of this gene into the genome of A. oryzae.
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- E Sakuradani
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
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Ishida H, Hata Y, Ichikawa E, Kawato A, Suginami K, Imayasu S. Regulation of the glucoamylase-encoding gene (glaB), expressed in solid-state culture (koji) of Aspergillus oryzae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0922-338x(98)80134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ashby AM, Johnstone K. Expression of the E. coli β-glucuronidase gene in the light leaf spot pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae and its use as a reporter gene to study developmental interactions in fungi. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0953-7562(09)81180-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A 613-bp fragment of the 5' upstream region of the Trichoderma reesei cbh2 gene (coding for the cellulolytic enzyme cellobiohydrolase II) has been isolated and sequenced. Fusion of this fragment to the E. coli uidA gene (coding for beta-glucuronidase) leads to--albeit low--expression of beta-glucuronidase activity in the presence of cellulose and upon the addition of low molecular weight inducers (sophorose, lactose) of cellobiohydrolase II. It also governed the formation of beta-glucuronidase activity during sporulation and its transport to the conidial surface. However, despite the presence of a signal peptide in the cbh2:uidA fusion, beta-glucuronidase was not secreted in T. reesei. Defined fragments of the 613-bp promoter region were isolated and used to identify areas involved in the regulation of cbh2 expression by protein-DNA binding assays. At least two binding areas--between -443/-363 and -363/-173, respectively--were identified. In both areas, the DNA-protein complex observed was appreciably larger when cell-free extracts from sophorose-induced mycelia were used. This suggests that at least one of the proteins regulating cbh2 transcription is itself induced by cellulose.
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- H Stangl
- Abteilung für Mikrobielle Biochemie, Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie, Wien, Austria
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Kubicek CP, Messner R, Gruber F, Mach RL, Kubicek-Pranz EM. The Trichoderma cellulase regulatory puzzle: from the interior life of a secretory fungus. Enzyme Microb Technol 1993; 15:90-99. [PMID: 7763457 DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(93)90030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Novel applications for cellulases have reinitiated interest in the regulation of production of these enzymes by the soft rot fungus Trichoderma reesei and related species. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the question "How can insoluble molecules like cellulose initiate their own breakdown by a microorganism?" The evidence available--based on biochemical as well as molecular biological approaches--favors a model in which conidial bound cellobiohydrolases carry out a first exo-exo-wise attack on the cellulose molecule. The disaccharides so formed (cellobiose, alpha-cellobiono-1,5-lactone) are then taken up by the mycelia and promote further cellulase biosynthesis. Evidence available suggests that they are further metabolized to, rather than being, the "true" inducer. Speculations on the nature of the inducer are presented. The roles of the beta-glucosidases of Trichoderma in this process are discussed. The pathway of cellulase secretion is discussed on the basis of electron microscopical as well as gene sequence information.
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- C P Kubicek
- Abteilung für Mikrobielle Biochemie, Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie, Vienna, Austria
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Hata Y, Kitamoto K, Gomi K, Kumagai C, Tamura G. Functional elements of the promoter region of the Aspergillus oryzae glaA gene encoding glucoamylase. Curr Genet 1992; 22:85-91. [PMID: 1339327 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Analysis was made of the promoter region of the Aspergillus oryzae glaA gene encoding glucoamylase. Northern blots using a glucoamylase cDNA as a probe indicated that the amount of mRNA corresponding to the glaA gene increased when expression was induced by starch or maltose. The promoter region of the glaA gene was fused to the Escherichia coli uidA gene, encoding beta-glucuronidase (GUS), and the resultant plasmid was introduced into A. oryzae. Expression of GUS protein in the A. oryzae transformants was induced by maltose, indicating that the glaA-GUS gene was regulated at the level of transcription in the presence of maltose. The nucleotide sequence 1.1 kb upstream of the glaA coding region was determined. A comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the A. oryzae glaA promoter with those of A. oryzae amyB, encoding alpha-amylase, and A. niger glaA showed two regions with similar sequences. Deletion and site-specific mutation analysis of these homologous regions indicated that both are essential for direct high-level expression when grown on maltose.
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- Y Hata
- Research Institute of Brewing Resources Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Gomi K, Kitamoto K, Kumagai C. Transformation of the industrial strain of Aspergillus oryzae with the homologous amdS gene as a dominant selectable marker. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(92)90037-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kitamoto K, Gomi K, Goto K, Hara S. 3 Genetic Transfer Applied to Traditional Sake Brewing. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 1991. [DOI: 10.1080/02648725.1991.10750000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ozeki K, Kitamoto K, Gomi K, Kumagai C, Tamura G, Hara S. Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the genomic ribonuclease T2 gene (rntB) from Aspergillus oryzae. Curr Genet 1991; 19:367-73. [PMID: 1913876 DOI: 10.1007/bf00309597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Using synthetic oligonucleotide probes, we have cloned a genomic DNA sequence encoding a ribonuclease (RNase) T2 gene (rntB) from Aspergillus oryzae on a 4.8 kb HindIII fragment. DNA sequence analysis of the RNase T2 revealed the following: (1) The gene is arranged as five exons and four introns; (2) The deduced amino acid sequence contains 239 amino acid residues of the mature enzyme. In addition, there exist 17 amino acid residues thought to be a signal peptide sequence at the N-terminus and 20 amino acid residues at the C-terminus; (3) The nucleotide sequence of the rntB gene is homologous to those of the RNase Rh gene from Rhizopus niveus and the S2 stylar glycoprotein gene of Nicotiana alata with degree of about 51% and 47%, respectively; (4) A. oryzae and A. nidulans transformed with the cloned rntB gene had much higher ribonuclease T2 activity than wild-type strains.
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- K Ozeki
- National Research Institute of Brewing, Tokyo, Japan
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