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MarVis-Filter: ranking, filtering, adduct and isotope correction of mass spectrometry data. J Biomed Biotechnol 2012; 2012:263910. [PMID: 22550397 PMCID: PMC3328170 DOI: 10.1155/2012/263910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Statistical ranking, filtering, adduct detection, isotope correction, and molecular formula calculation are essential tasks in processing mass spectrometry data in metabolomics studies. In order to obtain high-quality data sets, a framework which incorporates all these methods is required. We present the MarVis-Filter software, which provides well-established and specialized methods for processing mass spectrometry data. For the task of ranking and filtering multivariate intensity profiles, MarVis-Filter provides the ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests with adjustment for multiple hypothesis testing. Adduct and isotope correction are based on a novel algorithm which takes the similarity of intensity profiles into account and allows user-defined ionization rules. The molecular formula calculation utilizes the results of the adduct and isotope correction. For a comprehensive analysis, MarVis-Filter provides an interactive interface to combine data sets deriving from positive and negative ionization mode. The software is exemplarily applied in a metabolic case study, where octadecanoids could be identified as markers for wounding in plants.
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Singh S, Braus-Stromeyer SA, Timpner C, Valerius O, von Tiedemann A, Karlovsky P, Druebert C, Polle A, Braus GH. The plant host Brassica napus induces in the pathogen Verticillium longisporum the expression of functional catalase peroxidase which is required for the late phase of disease. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:569-81. [PMID: 22112218 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-08-11-0217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The devastating soilborne fungal pathogen Verticillium longisporum is host specific to members of the family Brassicaceae, including oilseed rape (Brassica napus) as the economically most important crop. The fungus infects through the roots and causes stunting and early senescence of susceptible host plants and a marked decrease in crop yield. We show here that V. longisporum reacts to the presence of B. napus xylem sap with the production of six distinct upregulated and eight downregulated proteins visualized by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Identification of 10 proteins by mass spectrometry revealed that all upregulated proteins are involved in oxidative stress response. The V. longisporum catalase peroxidase (VlCPEA) was the most upregulated protein and is encoded by two isogenes, VlcpeA-1 and VlcpeA-2. Both genes are 98% identical, corroborating the diploid or "amphihaploid" status of the fungus. Knock downs of both VlcpeA genes reduced protein expression by 80% and resulted in sensitivity against reactive oxygen species. Whereas saprophytic growth and the initial phase of the plant infection were phenotypically unaffected, the mutants were not able to perform the late phases of disease. We propose that the catalase peroxidase plays a role in protecting the fungus from the oxidative stress generated by the host plant at an advanced phase of the disease.
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- Seema Singh
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August Universität, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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von Zeska Kress MR, Harting R, Bayram Ö, Christmann M, Irmer H, Valerius O, Schinke J, Goldman GH, Braus GH. The COP9 signalosome counteracts the accumulation of cullin SCF ubiquitin E3 RING ligases during fungal development. Mol Microbiol 2012; 83:1162-77. [PMID: 22329854 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.07999.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Defects in the COP9 signalosome (CSN) impair multicellular development, including embryonic plant or animal death or a block in sexual development of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. CSN deneddylates cullin-RING ligases (CRLs), which are activated by covalent linkage to ubiquitin-like NEDD8. Deneddylation allows CRL disassembly for subsequent reassembly. An attractive hypothesis is a consecutive order of CRLs for development, which demands repeated cycles of neddylation and deneddylation for reassembling CRLs. Interruption of these cycles could explain developmental blocks caused by csn mutations. This predicts an accumulation of neddylated CRLs exhibiting developmental functions when CSN is dysfunctional. We tested this hypothesis in A. nidulans, which tolerates reduced levels of neddylation for growth. We show that only genes for CRL subunits or neddylation are essential, whereas CSN is primarily required for development. We used functional tagged NEDD8, recruiting all three fungal cullins. Cullins are associated with the CSN1/CsnA subunit when deneddylation is defective. Two CRLs were identified which are specifically involved in differentiation and accumulate during the developmental block. This suggests that an active CSN complex is required to counteract the accumulation of specific CRLs during development.
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- Marcia Regina von Zeska Kress
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Floerl S, Majcherczyk A, Possienke M, Feussner K, Tappe H, Gatz C, Feussner I, Kües U, Polle A. Verticillium longisporum infection affects the leaf apoplastic proteome, metabolome, and cell wall properties in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31435. [PMID: 22363647 PMCID: PMC3282744 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Verticillium longisporum (VL) is one of the most devastating diseases in important oil crops from the family of Brassicaceae. The fungus resides for much time of its life cycle in the extracellular fluid of the vascular system, where it cannot be controlled by conventional fungicides. To obtain insights into the biology of VL-plant interaction in the apoplast, the secretome consisting of the extracellular proteome and metabolome as well as cell wall properties were studied in the model Brassicaceae, Arabidopsis thaliana. VL infection resulted in increased production of cell wall material with an altered composition of carbohydrate polymers and increased lignification. The abundance of several hundred soluble metabolites changed in the apoplast of VL-infected plants including signalling and defence compounds such as glycosides of salicylic acid, lignans and dihydroxybenzoic acid as well as oxylipins. The extracellular proteome of healthy leaves was enriched in antifungal proteins. VL caused specific increases in six apoplast proteins (three peroxidases PRX52, PRX34, P37, serine carboxypeptidase SCPL20, α-galactosidase AGAL2 and a germin-like protein GLP3), which have functions in defence and cell wall modification. The abundance of a lectin-like, chitin-inducible protein (CILLP) was reduced. Since the transcript levels of most of the induced proteins were not elevated until late infection time points (>20 dpi), whereas those of CILLP and GLP3 were reduced at earlier time points, our results may suggest that VL enhances its virulence by rapid down-regulation and delay of induction of plant defence genes.
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- Saskia Floerl
- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Plants, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Plants, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht von Haller Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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Takano E, Bovenberg RAL, Breitling R. A turning point for natural product discovery--ESF-EMBO research conference: synthetic biology of antibiotic production. Mol Microbiol 2012; 83:884-93. [PMID: 22296491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.07984.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Synthetic Biology is in a critical phase of its development: it has finally reached the point where it can move from proof-of-principle studies to real-world applications. Secondary metabolite biosynthesis, especially the discovery and production of antibiotics, is a particularly relevant target area for such applications of synthetic biology. The first international conference to explore this subject was held in Spain in October 2011. In four sessions on General Synthetic Biology, Filamentous Fungal Systems, Actinomyces Systems, and Tools and Host Structures, scientists presented the most recent technological and scientific advances, and a final-day Forward Look Plenary Discussion identified future trends in the field.
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- Eriko Takano
- Department of Microbial Physiology,Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborg 7, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Klejnstrup ML, Frandsen RJN, Holm DK, Nielsen MT, Mortensen UH, Larsen TO, Nielsen JB. Genetics of Polyketide Metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans. Metabolites 2012; 2:100-33. [PMID: 24957370 PMCID: PMC3901194 DOI: 10.3390/metabo2010100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Secondary metabolites are small molecules that show large structural diversity and a broad range of bioactivities. Some metabolites are attractive as drugs or pigments while others act as harmful mycotoxins. Filamentous fungi have the capacity to produce a wide array of secondary metabolites including polyketides. The majority of genes required for production of these metabolites are mostly organized in gene clusters, which often are silent or barely expressed under laboratory conditions, making discovery and analysis difficult. Fortunately, the genome sequences of several filamentous fungi are publicly available, greatly facilitating the establishment of links between genes and metabolites. This review covers the attempts being made to trigger the activation of polyketide metabolism in the fungal model organism Aspergillus nidulans. Moreover, it will provide an overview of the pathways where ten polyketide synthase genes have been coupled to polyketide products. Therefore, the proposed biosynthesis of the following metabolites will be presented; naphthopyrone, sterigmatocystin, aspyridones, emericellamides, asperthecin, asperfuranone, monodictyphenone/emodin, orsellinic acid, and the austinols.
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- Marie L Klejnstrup
- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads B223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Dyer PS, O'Gorman CM. Sexual development and cryptic sexuality in fungi: insights from Aspergillus species. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 36:165-92. [PMID: 22091779 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Major insights into sexual development and cryptic sexuality within filamentous fungi have been gained from investigations using Aspergillus species. Here, an overview is first given into sexual morphogenesis in the aspergilli, describing the different types of sexual structures formed and how their production is influenced by a variety of environmental and nutritional factors. It is argued that the formation of cleistothecia and accessory tissues, such as Hülle cells and sclerotia, should be viewed as two independent but co-ordinated developmental pathways. Next, a comprehensive survey of over 75 genes associated with sexual reproduction in the aspergilli is presented, including genes relating to mating and the development of cleistothecia, sclerotia and ascospores. Most of these genes have been identified from studies involving the homothallic Aspergillus nidulans, but an increasing number of studies have now in addition characterized 'sex-related' genes from the heterothallic species Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus. A schematic developmental genetic network is proposed showing the inter-relatedness between these genes. Finally, the discovery of sexual reproduction in certain Aspergillus species that were formerly considered to be strictly asexual is reviewed, and the importance of these findings for cryptic sexuality in the aspergilli as a whole is discussed.
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- Paul S Dyer
- School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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Li W, Zang B, Liu C, Lu L, Wei N, Cao K, Deng XW, Wang X. TSA1 interacts with CSN1/CSN and may be functionally involved in Arabidopsis seedling development in darkness. J Genet Genomics 2011; 38:539-46. [PMID: 22133685 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The COP9 signalosome (CSN) is a multiprotein complex which participates in diverse cellular and developmental processes. CSN1, one of the subunits of CSN, is essential for assembly of the multiprotein complex via PCI (proteasome, COP9 signalosome and initiation factor 3) domain in the C-terminal half of CSN1. However, the role of the N-terminal domain (NTD) of CSN1, which is critical for the function of CSN, is not completely understood. Using a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screen, we found that the NTD of CSN1 interacts with TSK-associating protein 1 (TSA1), a reported Ca(2+)-binding protein. The interaction between CSN1 and TSA1 was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation in Arabidopsis. tsa1 mutants exhibited a short hypocotyl phenotype in darkness but were similar to wild-type Arabidopsis under white light, which suggested that TSA1 might regulate Arabidopsis hypocotyl development in the dark. Furthermore, the expression of TSA1 was significantly lower in a csn1 null mutant (fus6), while CSN1 expression did not change in a tsa1 mutant with weak TSA1 expression. Together, these findings suggest a functional relationship between TSA1 and CSN1 in seedling development.
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- Wenjun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Scherlach K, Nützmann HW, Schroeckh V, Dahse HM, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C. Cytotoxic Pheofungins from an Engineered Fungus Impaired in Posttranslational Protein Modification. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:9843-7. [PMID: 21913294 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201104488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kirstin Scherlach
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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Scherlach K, Nützmann HW, Schroeckh V, Dahse HM, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C. Cytotoxic Pheofungins from an Engineered Fungus Impaired in Posttranslational Protein Modification. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201104488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bayram O, Braus GH. Coordination of secondary metabolism and development in fungi: the velvet family of regulatory proteins. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 36:1-24. [PMID: 21658084 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungi produce a number of small bioactive molecules as part of their secondary metabolism ranging from benign antibiotics such as penicillin to threatening mycotoxins such as aflatoxin. Secondary metabolism can be linked to fungal developmental programs in response to various abiotic or biotic external triggers. The velvet family of regulatory proteins plays a key role in coordinating secondary metabolism and differentiation processes such as asexual or sexual sporulation and sclerotia or fruiting body formation. The velvet family shares a protein domain that is present in most parts of the fungal kingdom from chytrids to basidiomycetes. Most of the current knowledge derives from the model Aspergillus nidulans where VeA, the founding member of the protein family, was discovered almost half a century ago. Different members of the velvet protein family interact with each other and the nonvelvet protein LaeA, primarily in the nucleus. LaeA is a methyltransferase-domain protein that functions as a regulator of secondary metabolism and development. A comprehensive picture of the molecular interplay between the velvet domain protein family, LaeA and other nuclear regulatory proteins in response to various signal transduction pathway starts to emerge from a jigsaw puzzle of several recent studies.
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- Ozgür Bayram
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Abteilung Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Kniemeyer O. Proteomics of eukaryotic microorganisms: The medically and biotechnologically important fungal genus Aspergillus. Proteomics 2011; 11:3232-43. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 03/26/2011] [Accepted: 04/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nielsen ML, Nielsen JB, Rank C, Klejnstrup ML, Holm DK, Brogaard KH, Hansen BG, Frisvad JC, Larsen TO, Mortensen UH. A genome-wide polyketide synthase deletion library uncovers novel genetic links to polyketides and meroterpenoids in Aspergillus nidulans. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011; 321:157-66. [PMID: 21658102 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02327.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Fungi possess an advanced secondary metabolism that is regulated and coordinated in a complex manner depending on environmental challenges. To understand this complexity, a holistic approach is necessary. We initiated such an analysis in the important model fungus Aspergillus nidulans by systematically deleting all 32 individual genes encoding polyketide synthases. Wild-type and all mutant strains were challenged on different complex media to provoke induction of the secondary metabolism. Screening of the mutant library revealed direct genetic links to two austinol meroterpenoids and expanded the current understanding of the biosynthetic pathways leading to arugosins and violaceols. We expect that the library will be an important resource towards a systemic understanding of polyketide production in A. nidulans.
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- Michael L Nielsen
- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Braus GH, Irniger S, Bayram O. Fungal development and the COP9 signalosome. Curr Opin Microbiol 2010; 13:672-6. [PMID: 20934903 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2010] [Revised: 09/13/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The conserved COP9 signalosome (CSN) multiprotein complex is located at the interface between cellular signaling, protein modification, life span and the development of multicellular organisms. CSN is required for light-controlled responses in filamentous fungi. This includes the circadian rhythm of Neurospora crassa or the repression of sexual development by light in Aspergillus nidulans. In contrast to plants and animals, CSN is not essential for fungal viability. Therefore fungi are suitable models to study CSN composition, activity and cellular functions and its role in light controlled development.
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- Gerhard H Braus
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Abteilung Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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