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Tran VT, Thai HD, Vu TX, Vu HH, Nguyen GT, Trinh MT, Tran HTT, Pham HTT, Le NTH. An efficient Agrobacterium-mediated system based on the pyrG auxotrophic marker for recombinant expression in the filamentous fungus Penicillium rubens. Biotechnol Lett 2023; 45:689-702. [PMID: 37071381 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-023-03374-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This work aimed to construct a versatile, effective, and food-grade Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) system for recombinant expression in the filamentous fungus Penicillium rubens (also known as Pencillium chrysogenum). RESULTS In this study, the wild-type P. chrysogenum VTCC 31172 strain was re-classified as P. rubens by a multilocus sequencing analysis. Further, the pyrG gene required for uridine/uracil biosynthesis was successfully deleted in the VTCC 31172 strain by homologous recombination to generate a stable uridine/uracil auxotrophic mutant (ΔpyrG). The growth of the P. rubens ΔpyrG strain could be restored by uridine/uracil supplementation, and a new ATMT system based on the uridine/uracil auxotrophic mechanism was established for this strain. The optimal ATMT efficiency could reach 1750 transformants for 106 spores (equivalent to 0.18%). In addition, supplementation of uridine/uracil at the concentrations of 0.005-0.02% during the co-cultivation process significantly promoted transformation efficiency. Especially, we demonstrated that the pyrG marker and the amyB promoter from the koji mold Aspergillus oryzae were fully functional in P. rubens ΔpyrG. Expression of the DsRed reporter gene under the regulation of the A. oryzae amyB promoter lighted up the mycelium of P. rubens with a robust red signal under fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore, genomic integration of multiple copies of the Aspergillus fumigatus phyA gene under the control of the amyB promoter significantly enhanced phytase activity in P. rubens. CONCLUSIONS The ATMT system developed in our work provides a safe genetic platform for producing recombinant products in P. rubens without using drug resistance markers.
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- Van-Tuan Tran
- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Center for Experimental Biology, National Center for Technological Progress, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, C6 Thanh Xuan Bac, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- National Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Villarino M, De Cal A, Melgarejo P, Larena I, Espeso EA. The development of genetic and molecular markers to register and commercialize Penicillium rubens (formerly Penicillium oxalicum) strain 212 as a biocontrol agent. Microb Biotechnol 2016; 9:89-99. [PMID: 26467970 PMCID: PMC4720407 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Penicillium oxalicum strain 212 (PO212) is an effective biocontrol agent (BCA) against a large number of economically important fungal plant pathogens. For successful registration as a BCA in Europe, PO212 must be accurately identified. In this report, we describe the use of classical genetic and molecular markers to characterize and identify PO212 in order to understand its ecological role in the environment or host. We successfully generated pyrimidine (pyr-) auxotrophic mutants. In addition we also designed specific oligonucleotides for the pyrF gene at their untranslated regions for rapid and reliable identification and classification of strains of P. oxalicum and P. rubens, formerly P. chrysogenum. Using these DNA-based technologies, we found that PO212 is a strain of P. rubens, and is not a strain of P. oxalicum. This work presents PO212 as the unique P. rubens strain to be described as a BCA and the information contained here serves for its registration and commercialization in Europe.
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- Maria Villarino
- SGIT-INIA, Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Madrid, Spain
- CIB-CSIC, Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Madrid, Spain
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- CIB-CSIC, Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Madrid, Spain
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Chaudhary S, Polaino S, Shakya VPS, Idnurm A. A new genetic linkage map of the zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58931. [PMID: 23516579 PMCID: PMC3597544 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Phycomyces blakesleeanus is a member of the subphylum Mucoromycotina. A genetic map was constructed from 121 progeny of a cross between two wild type isolates of P. blakesleeanus with 134 markers. The markers were mostly PCR-RFLPs. Markers were located on 46 scaffolds of the genome sequence, covering more than 97% of the genome. Analysis of the alleles in the progeny revealed nine or 12 linkage groups, depending on the log of the odds (LOD) score, across 1583.4 cM at LOD 5. The linkage groups were overlaid on previous mapping data from crosses between mutants, aided by new identification of the mutations in primary metabolism mutant strains. The molecular marker map, the phenotype map and the genome sequence are overall congruent, with some exceptions. The new genetic map provides a genome-wide estimate for recombination, with the average of 33.2 kb per cM. This frequency is one piece of evidence for meiosis during zygospore development in Mucoromycotina species. At the same time as meiosis, transmission of non-recombinant chromosomes is also evident in the mating process in Phycomyces. The new map provides scaffold ordering for the genome sequence and a platform upon which to identify the genes in mutants that are affected in traits of interest, such as carotene biosynthesis, phototropism or gravitropism, using positional cloning.
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- Suman Chaudhary
- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States of America
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States of America
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States of America
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States of America
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Larson EM, Idnurm A. Two origins for the gene encoding alpha-isopropylmalate synthase in fungi. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11605. [PMID: 20657649 PMCID: PMC2904702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The biosynthesis of leucine is a biochemical pathway common to prokaryotes, plants and fungi, but absent from humans and animals. The pathway is a proposed target for antimicrobial therapy. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we identified the leuA gene encoding alpha-isopropylmalate synthase in the zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus using a genetic mapping approach with crosses between wild type and leucine auxotrophic strains. To confirm the function of the gene, Phycomyces leuA was used to complement the auxotrophic phenotype exhibited by mutation of the leu3+ gene of the ascomycete fungus Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the leuA gene in Phycomyces, other zygomycetes, and the chytrids is more closely related to homologs in plants and photosynthetic bacteria than ascomycetes or basidiomycetes, and suggests that the Dikarya have acquired the gene more recently. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The identification of leuA in Phycomyces adds to the growing body of evidence that some primary metabolic pathways or parts of them have arisen multiple times during the evolution of fungi, probably through horizontal gene transfer events.
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- Erica M. Larson
- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Benito EP, Campuzano V, Lŏpez-Matas MA, De Vicente JI, Eslava AP. Isolation, characterization and transformation, by autonomous replication, of Mucor circinelloides OMPdecase-deficient mutants. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1995; 248:126-35. [PMID: 7651335 DOI: 10.1007/bf02190793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pyrimidine auxotrophs of Mucor circinelloides were isolated after mutagenesis with nitrosoguanidine and selected for resistance to 5-fluoroorotate. These mutants were genetically and biochemically characterized and found to be deficient either in orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (OMPdecase) activity or in orotate phosphoribosyl transferase (OPRTase) activity. Different circular DNA molecules containing the homologous pyrG gene were used to transform a representative OMPdecase-deficient strain to uracil prototrophy. Southern analysis, as well as mitotic stability analysis of the transformants, showed that the transforming DNA is always maintained extrachromosomally. The smallest fragment tested that retained both the capacity to complement the pyrG4 mutation and the ability to be maintained extrachromosomally when cloned in a suitable vector is a 1.85 kb M. circinelloides genomic DNA fragment. This fragment consists of the pyrG coding region flanked by 606 nucleotides at the 5' and 330 nucleotides at the 3' ends, respectively. Sequence analysis reveals that it does not share any element in common with another M. circinelloides genomic DNA fragment which also promotes autonomous replication in this organism, except those related to transcription. Furthermore, it differs from elements which have been shown to be involved in autonomous replication in other fungal systems. An equivalent plasmid harbouring the heterologous Phycomyces blakesleeanus pyrG gene yielded lower transformation rates, but the transforming DNA was also maintained extrachromosomally. Our results suggest that autonomous replication in M. circinelloides may be driven by elements normally present in nuclear coding genes.
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- E P Benito
- Dpto. de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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Horiuchi H, Takaya N, Yanai K, Nakamura M, Ohta A, Takagi M. Cloning of the Rhizopus niveus pyr4 gene and its use for the transformation of Rhizopus delemar. Curr Genet 1995; 27:472-8. [PMID: 7586035 DOI: 10.1007/bf00311218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have cloned a pyr4 gene encoding orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase of the filamentous fungus Rhizopus niveus. The pyr4 gene of R. nivens has an open reading frame composed of 265 amino-acid residues and has two putative introns. We have also isolated a pyr4 mutant of Rhizopus delemar from 5-fluoroorotic acid-resistant mutants and transformed it with the pyr4 gene of R. niveus as a selectable marker. Introduced DNA was integrated into the chromosome in a multiple tandem array. The mitotic stability of the introduced DNA was increased by a repeated sporulation process. The expression of the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase gene in R. delemar was successfully obtained under the control of the pgk2 gene promoter of R. niveus by co-transformation with the pyr4 gene.
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- H Horiuchi
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Campuzano V, Galland P, Senger H, Alvarez MI, Eslava AP. Isolation and characterization of phototropism mutants of Phycomyces insensitive to ultraviolet light. Curr Genet 1994; 26:49-53. [PMID: 7954896 DOI: 10.1007/bf00326304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Phototropism mutants of the zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus were isolated on the basis of their loss of responsivity to UV light. Four of these mutants had retained a partial sensitivity to near-UV and to blue light. Gravitropism and the avoidance response were unaffected in these mutants. One mutant, A909, had lost most of its sensitivity to near-UV and blue light while the sensitivity to far-UV light was only slightly affected. Additionally, the gravitropic and the avoidance responses were significantly reduced in A909. A complementation analysis of the five strains of Phycomyces with known phototropism mutants indicated that strains A896, A897, and A898 were defective in the madA gene, and that A905 was affected in the madC gene. In strain A909 the input, as well as the output, of the transduction chain is affected.
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- V Campuzano
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genetica, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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