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Liu X, Lian M, Zhao M, Huang M. Advances in recombinant protease production: current state and perspectives. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:144. [PMID: 38532149 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-03957-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Proteases, enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in proteins, are important in the food industry, biotechnology, and medical fields. With increasing demand for proteases, there is a growing emphasis on enhancing their expression and production through microbial systems. However, proteases' native hosts often fall short in high-level expression and compatibility with downstream applications. As a result, the recombinant production of proteases has become a significant focus, offering a solution to these challenges. This review presents an overview of the current state of protease production in prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems, highlighting key findings and trends. In prokaryotic systems, the Bacillus spp. is the predominant host for proteinase expression. Yeasts are commonly used in eukaryotic systems. Recent advancements in protease engineering over the past five years, including rational design and directed evolution, are also highlighted. By exploring the progress in both expression systems and engineering techniques, this review provides a detailed understanding of the current landscape of recombinant protease research and its prospects for future advancements.
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- Xiufang Liu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
- Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
- Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
- Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
- Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
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Adsorption kinetics and self-assembled structures of Aspergillus oryzae hydrophobin RolA on hydrophobic and charged solid surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0208721. [PMID: 35108098 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02087-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hydrophobins are small secreted amphipathic proteins ubiquitous among filamentous fungi. Hydrophobin RolA produced by Aspergillus oryzae attaches to solid surfaces, recruits polyesterase CutL1, and thus promotes hydrolysis of polyesters. Because the N-terminal region of RolA is involved in the interaction with CutL1, the orientation of RolA on the solid surface is important. However, the kinetic properties of RolA adsorption to solid surfaces with various chemical properties remain unclear, and RolA structures assembled after the attachment to surfaces are unknown. Using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), we analyzed the kinetic properties of RolA adsorption to the surfaces of QCM electrodes that had been chemically modified to become hydrophobic or charged. We also observed the assembled RolA structures on the surfaces by atomic force microscopy and performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of RolA adsorption to SAM-modified surfaces. The RolA-surface interaction was considerably affected by the zeta potential of RolA, which was affected by pH. The interactions of RolA with the surface seemed to be involved in the self-assembly of RolA. Three types of self-assembled structures of RolA were observed: spherical, rod-like, and mesh-like. The kinetics of RolA adsorption and the structures formed depended on the amount of RolA adsorbed, chemical properties of the electrode surface, and the pH of the buffer. Adsorption of RolA to solid surfaces seemed to depend mainly on its hydrophobic interaction with the surfaces; this was supported by MD simulations, which suggested that hydrophobic Cys-Cys loops of RolA attached to all SAM-modified surfaces at all pH. IMPORTANCE The adsorption kinetics of hydrophobins to solid surfaces and self-assembled structures formed by hydrophobin molecules have been studied mostly independently. In this report, we combined the kinetic analysis of hydrophobin RolA adsorption onto solid surfaces and observation of RolA self-assembly on these surfaces. Since RolA, whose isoelectric point is close to pH 4.0, showed higher affinity to the solid surfaces at pH 4.0 than at pH 7.0 or 10.0, the affinity of RolA to these surfaces depends mainly on hydrophobic interactions. Our combined analyses suggest that not only the adsorbed amount of RolA but also the chemical properties of the solid surfaces and the zeta potential of RolA affect the self-assembled RolA structures formed on these surfaces.
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Yoshimura Y, Kobayashi Y, Kawaguchi T, Tani S. Improvement of cellulosic biomass-degrading enzyme production by reducing extracellular protease production in <i>Aspergillus aculeatus</i>. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2022; 68:143-150. [DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2021.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Yuko Yoshimura
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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Ichikawa H, Miyazawa K, Komeiji K, Susukida S, Zhang S, Muto K, Orita R, Takeuchi A, Kamachi Y, Hitosugi M, Yoshimi A, Shintani T, Kato Y, Abe K. Improved recombinant protein production in Aspergillus oryzae lacking both α-1,3-glucan and galactosaminogalactan in batch culture with a lab-scale bioreactor. J Biosci Bioeng 2021; 133:39-45. [PMID: 34627690 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Filamentous fungi are used as production hosts for various commercially valuable enzymes and chemicals including organic acids and secondary metabolites. We previously revealed that α-1,3-glucan and galactosaminogalactan (GAG) contribute to hyphal aggregation in the industrial fungus Aspergillus oryzae, and that production of recombinant protein in shake-flask culture is higher in a mutant lacking both α-1,3-glucan and GAG (AGΔ-GAGΔ) than in the parental strain. Here, we compared the productivity of the wild type, AGΔ-GAGΔ, and mutants lacking α-1,3-glucan (AGΔ) or GAG (GAGΔ) in batch culture with intermittent addition of glucose in a 5-L lab-scale bioreactor. The hyphae of the wild type and all mutants were dispersed by agitation, although the wild type and AGΔ formed small amounts of aggregates. Although mycelial weight was similar among the strains, the concentration of a secreted recombinant protein (CutL1) was the highest in AGΔ-GAGΔ. Evaluation of fluid properties revealed that the apparent viscosities of mycelial cultures of the wild type and AGΔ-GAGΔ decreased as the agitation speed was increased. The apparent viscosity of the AGΔ-GAGΔ culture tended to be lower than that of the wild-type strain at each agitation speed, and was significantly lower at 600 rpm. Overall, the lack of α-1,3-glucan and GAG in the hyphae improved culture rheology, resulting in an increase in recombinant protein production in AGΔ-GAGΔ. This is the first report of flow behavior improvement by a cell-surface component defect in a filamentous fungus.
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- Hikaru Ichikawa
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Environmental Interface Technology of Filamentous Fungi, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; ABE-Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-10 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Mixing Technology Laboratory, Satake Chemical Equipment Mfg., Ltd., 60 Niizo, Toda, Saitama 335-0021, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan; ABE-Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, 6-6-10 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan; Department of Microbial Resources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan.
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Genome Editing Technology and Its Application Potentials in the Industrial Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus oryzae. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7080638. [PMID: 34436177 PMCID: PMC8399504 DOI: 10.3390/jof7080638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Aspergillus oryzae is a filamentous fungus that has been used in traditional Japanese brewing industries, such as the sake, soy sauce, and miso production. In addition, A. oryzae has been used in heterologous protein production, and the fungus has been recently used in biosynthetic research due to its ability to produce a large amount of heterologous natural products by introducing foreign biosynthetic genes. Genetic manipulation, which is important in the functional development of A. oryzae, has mostly been limited to the wild strain RIB40, a genome reference suitable for laboratory analysis. However, there are numerous industrial brewing strains of A. oryzae with various specialized characteristics, and they are used selectively according to the properties required for various purposes such as sake, soy sauce, and miso production. Since the early 2000s, genome editing technologies have been developed; among these technologies, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) have been applied to gene modification in A. oryzae. Notably, the CRISPR/Cas9 system has dramatically improved the efficiency of gene modification in industrial strains of A. oryzae. In this review, the development of genome editing technology and its application potentials in A. oryzae are summarized.
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Jin FJ, Hu S, Wang BT, Jin L. Advances in Genetic Engineering Technology and Its Application in the Industrial Fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:644404. [PMID: 33708187 PMCID: PMC7940364 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.644404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is an important strain in the traditional fermentation and food processing industries and is often used in the production of soy sauce, soybean paste, and liquor-making. In addition, A. oryzae has a strong capacity to secrete large amounts of hydrolytic enzymes; therefore, it has also been used in the enzyme industry as a cell factory for the production of numerous native and heterologous enzymes. However, the production and secretion of foreign proteins by A. oryzae are often limited by numerous bottlenecks that occur during transcription, translation, protein folding, translocation, degradation, transport, secretion, etc. The existence of these problems makes it difficult to achieve the desired target in the production of foreign proteins by A. oryzae. In recent years, with the decipherment of the whole genome sequence, basic research and genetic engineering technologies related to the production and utilization of A. oryzae have been well developed, such as the improvement of homologous recombination efficiency, application of selectable marker genes, development of large chromosome deletion technology, utilization of hyphal fusion techniques, and application of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing systems. The development and establishment of these genetic engineering technologies provided a great deal of technical support for the industrial production and application of A. oryzae. This paper reviews the advances in basic research and genetic engineering technologies of the fermentation strain A. oryzae mentioned above to open up more effective ways and research space for the breeding of A. oryzae production strains in the future.
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- Feng-Jie Jin
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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Aspergilli have been widely used in the production of organic acids, enzymes, and secondary metabolites for almost a century. Today, several GRAS (generally recognized as safe) Aspergillus species hold a central role in the field of industrial biotechnology with multiple profitable applications. Since the 1990s, research has focused on the use of Aspergillus species in the development of cell factories for the production of recombinant proteins mainly due to their natively high secretion capacity. Advances in the Aspergillus-specific molecular toolkit and combination of several engineering strategies (e.g., protease-deficient strains and fusions to carrier proteins) resulted in strains able to generate high titers of recombinant fungal proteins. However, the production of non-fungal proteins appears to still be inefficient due to bottlenecks in fungal expression and secretion machinery. After a brief overview of the different heterologous expression systems currently available, this review focuses on the filamentous fungi belonging to the genus Aspergillus and their use in recombinant protein production. We describe key steps in protein synthesis and secretion that may limit production efficiency in Aspergillus systems and present genetic engineering approaches and bioprocessing strategies that have been adopted in order to improve recombinant protein titers and expand the potential of Aspergilli as competitive production platforms.
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Improving cellulases production by Myceliophthora thermophila through disruption of protease genes. Biotechnol Lett 2019; 42:219-229. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-019-02777-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Qian Y, Zhong L, Sun Y, Sun N, Zhang L, Liu W, Qu Y, Zhong Y. Enhancement of Cellulase Production in Trichoderma reesei via Disruption of Multiple Protease Genes Identified by Comparative Secretomics. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2784. [PMID: 31849916 PMCID: PMC6901835 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei is one of the most studied cellulolytic organisms and the major producer of cellulases for industrial applications. However, undesired degradation of cellulases often happens in culture filtrates and commercial enzyme preparations. Even studies have been reported about describing proteolytic degradation of heterologous proteins in T. reesei, there are few systematic explorations concerning the extracellular proteases responsible for degradation of cellulases. In this study, the cellulase activity was observed to rapidly decrease at late cultivation stages using corn steep liquor (CSL) as the nitrogen source in T. reesei. It was discovered that this decrease may be caused by proteases. To identify the proteases, comparative secretomics was performed to analyze the concomitant proteases during the cellulase production. 12 candidate proteases from the secretome of T. reesei were identified and their encoding genes were individually deleted via homologous recombination. Furthermore, three target proteases (tre81070, tre120998, and tre123234) were simultaneously deleted by one-step genetic transformation. The triple deletion strain ΔP70 showed a 78% decrease in protease activity and a six-fold increase in cellulase activity at late fermentation stages. These results demonstrated the feasibility of improvement of cellulase production by genetically disrupting the potential protease genes to construct the T. reesei strains with low extracellular protease secretion. This dataset also provides an efficient approach for strain improvement by precise genetic engineering combined with "omics" strategy for high-production of industrial enzymes to reduce the cost of lignocellulose bioconversion.
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- Yuanchao Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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Ballmann P, Lightfoot J, Müller M, Dröge S, Prade R. Redesigning the Aspergillus nidulans xylanase regulatory pathway to enhance cellulase production with xylose as the carbon and inducer source. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:193. [PMID: 31699093 PMCID: PMC6839167 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1243-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Biomass contains cellulose (C6-sugars), hemicellulose (C5-sugars) and lignin. Biomass ranks amongst the most abundant hydrocarbon resources on earth. However, biomass is recalcitrant to enzymatic digestion by cellulases. Physicochemical pretreatment methods make cellulose accessible but partially destroy hemicellulose, producing a C5-sugar-rich liquor. Typically, digestion of pretreated LCB is performed with commercial cellulase preparations, but C5-sugars could in principle be used for “on site” production of cellulases by genetically engineered microorganism, thereby reducing costs. Results Here we report a succession of genetic interventions in Aspergillus nidulans that redesign the natural regulatory circuitry of cellulase genes in such a way that recombinant strains use C5-sugar liquors (xylose) to grow a vegetative tissue and simultaneously accumulate large amounts of cellulases. Overexpression of XlnR showed that under xylose-induction conditions only xylanase C was produced. XlnR overexpression strains were constructed that use the xynCp promoter to drive the production of cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases and β-glucosidase. All five cellulases accumulated at high levels when grown on xylose. Production of cellulases in the presence of pretreated-biomass C5-sugar liquors was investigated, and cellulases accumulated to much higher enzyme titers than those obtained for traditional fungal cell factories with cellulase-inducing substrates. Conclusions By replacing expensive substrates with a cheap by-product carbon source, the use of C5-sugar liquors directly derived from LCB pretreatment processes not only reduces enzyme production costs, but also lowers operational costs by eliminating the need for off-site enzyme production, purification, concentration, transport and dilution.
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- Patrick Ballmann
- Prüf- und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens e.V., Marie-Curie-Strasse 19, 66953, Pirmasens, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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- Prüf- und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens e.V., Marie-Curie-Strasse 19, 66953, Pirmasens, Germany
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- Prüf- und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens e.V., Marie-Curie-Strasse 19, 66953, Pirmasens, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA.
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Zhang W, Yang Y, Liu X, Liu C, Bai Z. Development of a secretory expression system with high compatibility between expression elements and an optimized host for endoxylanase production in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:72. [PMID: 30995928 PMCID: PMC6471998 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1116-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In terms of protein production, the internal environment of the host influences the activity of expression elements, thus affecting the expression level of the target protein. Native expression elements from a specific strain always function well in the original host. In the present study, to enhance the endoxylanase (XynA) production level in Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC1.15647 with its native expression elements, approaches to reduce host expression obstacles and to promote expression were evaluated. RESULTS We identified the signal peptide of CspB2 in C. glutamicum CGMCC1.15647 by MALDI-TOF and applied it along with its promoter for the production of endoxylanase (XynA) in this strain. The native cspB2 promoter and cspB2 signal peptide are superior to the well-used cspB1 promoter and cspA signal peptide for XynA expression in C. glutamicum CGMCC1.15647, and expression in this strain is superior to the expression in C. glutamicum ATCC13032. The highest XynA secretion efficiency level in deep 24-well plates level (2492.88 U/mL) was achieved by disruption of the cell wall protein CspB2 and the protease ClpS, chromosomal integration of xynA and coexisting plasmid expression, which increased expression 11.43- and 1.35-fold compared to that of chromosomal expression and pXMJ19-xynA-mediated expression in the original strain, respectively. In fed-batch cultivation, the highest XynA accumulation (1.77 g/L) was achieved in the culture supernatant after 44 h of cultivation. CONCLUSION Adaptation between the expression elements and the host is crucial for XynA production in C. glutamicum CGMCC1.15647. Strategies including host optimization, chromosomal integration, and coexistence of plasmids were useful for efficient protein production in C. glutamicum.
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- Wei Zhang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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Forced Recycling of an AMA1-Based Genome-Editing Plasmid Allows for Efficient Multiple Gene Deletion/Integration in the Industrial Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.01896-18. [PMID: 30478227 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01896-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungi are used for food fermentation and industrial production of recombinant proteins. They also serve as a source of secondary metabolites and are recently expected as hosts for heterologous production of useful secondary metabolites. Multiple-step genetic engineering is required to enhance industrial production involving these fungi, but traditional sequential modification of multiple genes using a limited number of selection markers is laborious. Moreover, efficient genetic engineering techniques for industrial strains have not yet been established. We have previously developed a clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-based mutagenesis technique for the industrial filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, enabling mutation efficiency of 10 to 20%. Here, we improved the CRISPR/Cas9 approach by including an AMA1-based autonomously replicating plasmid harboring the drug resistance marker ptrA By using the improved mutagenesis technique, we successfully modified A. oryzae wild and industrial strains, with a mutation efficiency of 50 to 100%. Conditional expression of the Aoace2 gene from the AMA1-based plasmid severely inhibited fungal growth. This enabled forced recycling of the plasmid, allowing repeated genome editing. Further, double mutant strains were successfully obtained with high efficiency by expressing two guide RNA molecules from the genome-editing plasmid. Cotransformation of fungal cells with the genome-editing plasmid together with a circular donor DNA enabled marker-free multiplex gene deletion/integration in A. oryzae The presented repeatable marker-free genetic engineering approach for mutagenesis and gene deletion/integration will allow for efficient modification of multiple genes in industrial fungal strains, increasing their applicability.IMPORTANCE Multiple gene modifications of specific fungal strains are required for achieving industrial-scale production of enzymes and secondary metabolites. In the present study, we developed an efficient multiple genetic engineering technique for the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae The approach is based on a clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system and recycling of an AMA1-based autonomous replicating plasmid. Because the plasmid harbors a drug resistance marker (ptrA), the approach does not require the construction of auxotrophic industrial strains prior to genome editing and allows for forced recycling of the gene-editing plasmid. The established plasmid-recycling technique involves an Aoace2-conditional expression cassette, whose induction severely impairs fungal growth. We used the developed genetic engineering techniques for highly efficient marker-free multiple gene deletion/integration in A. oryzae The genome-editing approaches established in the present study, which enable unlimited repeatable genetic engineering, will facilitate multiple gene modification of industrially important fungal strains.
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Terfrüchte M, Wewetzer S, Sarkari P, Stollewerk D, Franz-Wachtel M, Macek B, Schlepütz T, Feldbrügge M, Büchs J, Schipper K. Tackling destructive proteolysis of unconventionally secreted heterologous proteins in Ustilago maydis. J Biotechnol 2018; 284:37-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wakai S, Arazoe T, Ogino C, Kondo A. Future insights in fungal metabolic engineering. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 245:1314-1326. [PMID: 28483354 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Filamentous fungi exhibit versatile abilities, including organic acid fermentation, protein production, and secondary metabolism, amongst others, and thus have applications in the medical and food industries. Previous genomic analyses of several filamentous fungi revealed their further potential as host microorganisms for bioproduction. Recent advancements in molecular genetics, marker recycling, and genome editing could be used to alter transformation and metabolism, based on optimized design carbolated with computer science. In this review, we detail the current applications of filamentous fungi and describe modern molecular genetic tools that could be used to expand the role of these microorganisms in bioproduction. The present review shed light on the possibility of filamentous fungi as host microorganisms in the field of bioproduction in the future.
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- Satoshi Wakai
- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan; Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.
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Terauchi Y, Kim YK, Tanaka T, Nanatani K, Takahashi T, Abe K. Asp30 of Aspergillus oryzae cutinase CutL1 is involved in the ionic interaction with fungal hydrophobin RolA. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 81:1363-1368. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1321952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Aspergillus oryzae hydrophobin RolA adheres to the biodegradable polyester polybutylene succinate-co-adipate (PBSA) and promotes PBSA degradation by interacting with A. oryzae polyesterase CutL1 and recruiting it to the PBSA surface. In our previous studies, we found that positively charged amino acid residues (H32, K34) of RolA and negatively charged residues (E31, D142, D171) of CutL1 are important for the cooperative ionic interaction between RolA and CutL1, but some other charged residues in the triple mutant CutL1-E31S/D142S/D171S are also involved. In the present study, on the basis of the 3D-structure of CutL1, we hypothesized that D30 is also involved in the CutL1–RolA interaction. We substituted D30 with serine and performed kinetic analysis of the interaction between wild-type RolA and the single mutant CutL1-D30S or quadruple mutant CutL1-D30S/E31S/D142S/D171S by using quartz crystal microbalance. Our results indicate that D30 is a novel residue involved in the ionic interaction between RolA and CutL1.
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- Yuki Terauchi
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Microbial Resources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Microbial Resources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Microbial Genomics Laboratory, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Analysis of the ionic interaction between the hydrophobin RodA and two cutinases of Aspergillus nidulans obtained via an Aspergillus oryzae expression system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 101:2343-2356. [PMID: 27917435 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7979-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hydrophobins are amphipathic secretory proteins with eight conserved cysteine residues and are ubiquitous among filamentous fungi. In the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, the hydrophobin RolA and the polyesterase CutL1 are co-expressed when the sole available carbon source is the biodegradable polyester polybutylene succinate-co-adipate (PBSA). RolA promotes the degradation of PBSA by attaching to the particle surface, changing its structure and interacting with CutL1 to concentrate CutL1 on the PBSA surface. We previously reported that positively charged residues in RolA and negatively charged residues in CutL1 are cooperatively involved in the ionic interaction between RolA and CutL1. We also reported that hydrophobin RodA of the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans, which was obtained via an A. oryzae expression system, interacted via ionic interactions with CutL1. In the present study, phylogenetic and alignment analyses revealed that the N-terminal regions of several RolA orthologs contained positively charged residues and that the corresponding negatively charged residues on the surface of CutL1 that were essential for the RolA-CutL1 interaction were highly conserved in several CutL1 orthologs. A PBSA microparticle degradation assay, a pull-down assay using a dispersion of Teflon particles, and a kinetic analysis using a quartz crystal microbalance revealed that recombinant A. nidulans RodA interacted via ionic interactions with two recombinant A. nidulans cutinases. Together, these results imply that ionic interactions between hydrophobins and cutinases may be common among aspergilli and other filamentous fungi.
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Jin FJ, Katayama T, Maruyama JI, Kitamoto K. Comparative genomic analysis identified a mutation related to enhanced heterologous protein production in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:9163-9174. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7714-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Su X, Schmitz G, Zhang M, Mackie RI, Cann IKO. Heterologous gene expression in filamentous fungi. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2016; 81:1-61. [PMID: 22958526 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394382-8.00001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Filamentous fungi are critical to production of many commercial enzymes and organic compounds. Fungal-based systems have several advantages over bacterial-based systems for protein production because high-level secretion of enzymes is a common trait of their decomposer lifestyle. Furthermore, in the large-scale production of recombinant proteins of eukaryotic origin, the filamentous fungi become the vehicle of choice due to critical processes shared in gene expression with other eukaryotic organisms. The complexity and relative dearth of understanding of the physiology of filamentous fungi, compared to bacteria, have hindered rapid development of these organisms as highly efficient factories for the production of heterologous proteins. In this review, we highlight several of the known benefits and challenges in using filamentous fungi (particularly Aspergillus spp., Trichoderma reesei, and Neurospora crassa) for the production of proteins, especially heterologous, nonfungal enzymes. We review various techniques commonly employed in recombinant protein production in the filamentous fungi, including transformation methods, selection of gene regulatory elements such as promoters, protein secretion factors such as the signal peptide, and optimization of coding sequence. We provide insights into current models of host genomic defenses such as repeat-induced point mutation and quelling. Furthermore, we examine the regulatory effects of transcript sequences, including introns and untranslated regions, pre-mRNA (messenger RNA) processing, transcript transport, and mRNA stability. We anticipate that this review will become a resource for researchers who aim at advancing the use of these fascinating organisms as protein production factories, for both academic and industrial purposes, and also for scientists with general interest in the biology of the filamentous fungi.
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- Xiaoyun Su
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA; Equal contribution
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Burggraaf AM, Ram AFJ. Autophagy is dispensable to overcome ER stress in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. Microbiologyopen 2016; 5:647-58. [PMID: 27027276 PMCID: PMC4985598 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Secretory proteins are subjected to stringent quality control systems in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which include the targeting of misfolded proteins for proteasomal destruction via the ER‐associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Since deletion of ERAD genes in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger had hardly any effect on growth, this study investigates whether autophagy might function as an alternative process to eliminate misfolded proteins from the ER. We generated A. niger double mutants by deleting genes essential for ERAD (derA) and autophagy (atg1 or atg8), and assessed their growth both under normal and ER stress conditions. Sensitivity toward ER stress was examined by treatment with dithiothreitol (DTT) and by expressing a mutant form of glucoamylase (mtGlaA::GFP) in which disulfide bond sites in GlaA were mutated. Misfolding of mtGlaA::GFP was confirmed, as mtGlaA::GFP accumulated in the ER. Expression of mtGlaA::GFP in ERAD and autophagy mutants resulted in a twofold higher accumulation in ΔderA and ΔderAΔatg1 strains compared to Δatg1 and wild type. As ΔderAΔatg1 mutants did not show increased sensitivity toward DTT, not even when mtGlaA::GFP was expressed, the results indicate that autophagy does not act as an alternative pathway in addition to ERAD for removing misfolded proteins from the ER in A. niger.
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- Anne-Marie Burggraaf
- Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Sarkari P, Feldbrügge M, Schipper K. The Corn Smut Fungus Ustilago maydis as an Alternative Expression System for Biopharmaceuticals. Fungal Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27951-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Landowski CP, Huuskonen A, Wahl R, Westerholm-Parvinen A, Kanerva A, Hänninen AL, Salovuori N, Penttilä M, Natunen J, Ostermeier C, Helk B, Saarinen J, Saloheimo M. Enabling Low Cost Biopharmaceuticals: A Systematic Approach to Delete Proteases from a Well-Known Protein Production Host Trichoderma reesei. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134723. [PMID: 26309247 PMCID: PMC4550459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei has tremendous capability to secrete proteins. Therefore, it would be an excellent host for producing high levels of therapeutic proteins at low cost. Developing a filamentous fungus to produce sensitive therapeutic proteins requires that protease secretion is drastically reduced. We have identified 13 major secreted proteases that are related to degradation of therapeutic antibodies, interferon alpha 2b, and insulin like growth factor. The major proteases observed were aspartic, glutamic, subtilisin-like, and trypsin-like proteases. The seven most problematic proteases were sequentially removed from a strain to develop it for producing therapeutic proteins. After this the protease activity in the supernatant was dramatically reduced down to 4% of the original level based upon a casein substrate. When antibody was incubated in the six protease deletion strain supernatant, the heavy chain remained fully intact and no degradation products were observed. Interferon alpha 2b and insulin like growth factor were less stable in the same supernatant, but full length proteins remained when incubated overnight, in contrast to the original strain. As additional benefits, the multiple protease deletions have led to faster strain growth and higher levels of total protein in the culture supernatant.
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
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Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Tsushima Y, Muragaki K, Uehara K, Takeuchi S, Maeda H, Yamagata Y, Nakayama M, Yoshimi A, Abe K. Ionic interaction of positive amino acid residues of fungal hydrophobin RolA with acidic amino acid residues of cutinase CutL1. Mol Microbiol 2015; 96:14-27. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Toru Takahashi
- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Laboratory of Enzymology; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Laboratory of Enzymology; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
- Department of Applied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Fuchu Tokyo 183-8509 Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
- Department of Applied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Fuchu Tokyo 183-8509 Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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- Microbial Genomics Laboratory; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai Miyagi 981-8555 Japan
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Kitamoto N, Ono N, Yoshino-Yasuda S. Construction of Quintuple Protease and Double Amylase Gene Deletant for Heterologous Protein Production in Aspergillus oryzae KBN616. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 2015. [DOI: 10.3136/fstr.21.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Noriyuki Kitamoto
- Food Research Center, Aichi Center for Industry and Science Technology
- Industrial Research Center, Aichi Center for Industry and Science Technology
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- Food Research Center, Aichi Center for Industry and Science Technology
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Sarkari P, Reindl M, Stock J, Müller O, Kahmann R, Feldbrügge M, Schipper K. Improved expression of single-chain antibodies in Ustilago maydis. J Biotechnol 2014; 191:165-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Improvement of Heterologous Protein Production inAspergillus oryzaeby RNA Interference with α-Amylase Genes. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 73:2370-3. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.90177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yoon J, Kikuma T, Maruyama JI, Kitamoto K. Enhanced production of bovine chymosin by autophagy deficiency in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62512. [PMID: 23658635 PMCID: PMC3639164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Aspergillus oryzae has been utilized as a host for heterologous protein production because of its high protein secretory capacity and food-safety properties. However, A. oryzae often produces lower-than-expected yields of target heterologous proteins due to various underlying mechanisms, including degradation processes such as autophagy, which may be a significant bottleneck for protein production. In the present study, we examined the production of heterologous protein in several autophagy (Aoatg) gene disruptants of A. oryzae. We transformed A. oryzae gene disruptants of Aoatg1, Aoatg13, Aoatg4, Aoatg8, or Aoatg15, with a bovine chymosin (CHY) expression construct and found that the production levels of CHY increased up to three fold compared to the control strain. Notably, however, conidia formation by the Aoatg gene disruptants was significantly reduced. As large amounts of conidia are necessary for inoculating large-scale cultures, we also constructed Aoatg gene-conditional expression strains in which the promoter region of the Aoatg gene was replaced with the thiamine-controllable thiA promoter. Conidiation by the resultant transformants was clearly enhanced in the absence of thiamine, while autophagy remained repressed in the presence of thiamine. Moreover, these transformants displayed increased CHY productivity, which was comparable to that of the Aoatg gene disruptants. Consequently, we succeeded in the construction of A. oryzae strains capable of producing high levels of CHY due to defects in autophagy. Our finding suggests that the conditional regulation of autophagy is an effective method for increasing heterologous protein production in A. oryzae.
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- Jaewoo Yoon
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Amich J, Krappmann S. Deciphering metabolic traits of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: redundancy vs. essentiality. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:414. [PMID: 23264772 PMCID: PMC3525513 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Incidence rates of infections caused by environmental opportunistic fungi have risen over recent decades. Aspergillus species have emerged as serious threat for the immunecompromised, and detailed knowledge about virulence-determining traits is crucial for drug target identification. As a prime saprobe, A. fumigatus has evolved to efficiently adapt to various stresses and to sustain nutritional supply by osmotrophy, which is characterized by extracellular substrate digestion followed by efficient uptake of breakdown products that are then fed into the fungal primary metabolism. These intrinsic metabolic features are believed to be related with its virulence ability. The plethora of genes that encode underlying effectors has hampered their in-depth analysis with respect to pathogenesis. Recent developments in Aspergillus molecular biology allow conditional gene expression or comprehensive targeting of gene families to cope with redundancy. Furthermore, identification of essential genes that are intrinsically connected to virulence opens accurate perspectives for novel targets in antifungal therapy.
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- Jorge Amich
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Würzburg, Germany
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Zhu L, Nemoto T, Yoon J, Maruyama JI, Kitamoto K. Improved heterologous protein production by a tripeptidyl peptidase gene (AosedD) disruptant of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2012; 58:199-209. [PMID: 22878738 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.58.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Proteolytic degradation is one of the serious bottlenecks limiting the yields of heterologous protein production by Aspergillus oryzae. In this study, we selected a tripeptidyl peptidase gene AosedD (AO090166000084) as a candidate potentially degrading the heterologous protein, and performed localization analysis of the fusion protein AoSedD-EGFP in A. oryzae. As a result, the AoSedD-EGFP was observed in the septa and cell walls as well as in the culture medium, suggesting that AoSedD is a secretory enzyme. An AosedD disruptant was constructed to investigate an effect of AoSedD on the production level of heterologous proteins and protease activity. Both of the total protease and tripeptidyl peptidase activities in the culture medium of the AosedD disruptant were decreased as compared to those of the control strain. The maximum yields of recombinant bovine chymosin (CHY) and human lysozyme (HLY) produced by the AosedD disruptants showed approximately 2.9- and 1.7-fold increases, respectively, as compared to their control strains. These results suggest that AoSedD is one of the major proteases involved in the proteolytic degradation of recombinant proteins in A. oryzae.
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- Lin Zhu
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Contribution ratios of amyA, amyB, amyC genes to high-level α-amylase expression in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2012; 76:1477-83. [PMID: 22878189 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Aspergillus oryzae strains express α-amylases abundantly, and the genome reference strain RIB40 has three α-amylase genes (amyA, amyB, and amyC). However, there is no information on the contribution ratios of individual α-amylase genes to total expression. In this study, we generated single, double, and triple disruptants of α-amylase genes by employing a strain (ΔligD) with high gene-targeting efficiency and pyrG marker recycling in A. oryzae. All the disruptants showed reduced activities of α-amylases, and the triple disruptant completely lost activity. Comparative analyses of the activities and mRNA amounts of the α-amylases suggest that the contribution of amyA to the α-amylase expression is smaller than those of amyB and amyC. The present study suggests that the ability to express a large amount of α-amylases in A. oryzae is attributed to gene duplication of genes such as amyB and amyC.
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Carvalho ND, Jørgensen TR, Arentshorst M, Nitsche BM, van den Hondel CA, Archer DB, Ram AF. Genome-wide expression analysis upon constitutive activation of the HacA bZIP transcription factor in Aspergillus niger reveals a coordinated cellular response to counteract ER stress. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:350. [PMID: 22846479 PMCID: PMC3472299 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background HacA/Xbp1 is a conserved bZIP transcription factor in eukaryotic cells which regulates gene expression in response to various forms of secretion stress and as part of secretory cell differentiation. In the present study, we replaced the endogenous hacA gene of an Aspergillus niger strain with a gene encoding a constitutively active form of the HacA transcription factor (HacACA). The impact of constitutive HacA activity during exponential growth was explored in bioreactor controlled cultures using transcriptomic analysis to identify affected genes and processes. Results Transcription profiles for the wild-type strain (HacAWT) and the HacACA strain were obtained using Affymetrix GeneChip analysis of three replicate batch cultures of each strain. In addition to the well known HacA targets such as the ER resident foldases and chaperones, GO enrichment analysis revealed up-regulation of genes involved in protein glycosylation, phospholipid biosynthesis, intracellular protein transport, exocytosis and protein complex assembly in the HacACA mutant. Biological processes over-represented in the down-regulated genes include those belonging to central metabolic pathways, translation and transcription. A remarkable transcriptional response in the HacACA strain was the down-regulation of the AmyR transcription factor and its target genes. Conclusions The results indicate that the constitutive activation of the HacA leads to a coordinated regulation of the folding and secretion capacity of the cell, but with consequences on growth and fungal physiology to reduce secretion stress.
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- Neuza Dsp Carvalho
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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Denton JA, Kelly JM. Disruption of Trichoderma reesei cre2, encoding an ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase, results in increased cellulase activity. BMC Biotechnol 2011; 11:103. [PMID: 22070776 PMCID: PMC3226525 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina) is an important source of cellulases for use in the textile and alternative fuel industries. To fully understand the regulation of cellulase production in T. reesei, the role of a gene known to be involved in carbon regulation in Aspergillus nidulans, but unstudied in T. reesei, was investigated. Results The T. reesei orthologue of the A. nidulans creB gene, designated cre2, was identified and shown to be functional through heterologous complementation of a creB mutation in A. nidulans. A T. reesei strain was constructed using gene disruption techniques that contained a disrupted cre2 gene. This strain, JKTR2-6, exhibited phenotypes similar to the A. nidulans creB mutant strain both in carbon catabolite repressing, and in carbon catabolite derepressing conditions. Importantly, the disruption also led to elevated cellulase levels. Conclusions These results demonstrate that cre2 is involved in cellulase expression. Since the disruption of cre2 increases the amount of cellulase activity, without severe morphological affects, targeting creB orthologues for disruption in other industrially useful filamentous fungi, such as Aspergillus oryzae, Trichoderma harzianum or Aspergillus niger may also lead to elevated hydrolytic enzyme activity in these species.
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- Jai A Denton
- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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Szilágyi M, Kwon NJ, Bakti F, M-Hamvas M, Jámbrik K, Park H, Pócsi I, Yu JH, Emri T. Extracellular proteinase formation in carbon starving Aspergillus nidulans cultures--physiological function and regulation. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 51:625-34. [PMID: 21953444 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Extracellular proteinase formation in carbon depleted cultures of the model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans was studied to elucidate its regulation and possible physiological function. As demonstrated by gene deletion, culture optimization, microbial physiological and enzymological experiments, the PrtA and PepJ proteinases of A. nidulans did not appear to play a decisive role in the autolytic decomposition of fungal cells under the conditions we tested. However, carbon starvation induced formation of the proteinases observable in autolytic cultures. Similar to other degradative enzymes, production of proteinase was regulated by FluG-BrlA asexual developmental signaling and modulated by PacC-dependent pH-responsive signaling. Under the same carbon starved culture conditions, alterations of CreA, MeaB or heterotrimeric G protein mediated signaling pathways caused less significant changes in the formation of extracellular proteinases. Taken together, these results indicate that while the accumulation of PrtA and PepJ is tightly coupled to the initiation of autolysis, they are not essential for autolytic cell wall degradation in A. nidulans. Thus, as Aspergillus genomes contain a large group of genes encoding proteinases with versatile physiological functions, selective control of proteinase production in fungal cells is needed for the improved industrial use of fungi.
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- Melinda Szilágyi
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Ohno A, Maruyama JI, Nemoto T, Arioka M, Kitamoto K. A carrier fusion significantly induces unfolded protein response in heterologous protein production by Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:1197-206. [PMID: 21822643 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3487-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In heterologous protein production by filamentous fungi, target proteins are expressed as fusions with homologous secretory proteins, called carriers, for higher production yields. Although carrier fusion is thought to overcome the bottleneck in transcriptional and (post)translational processes during heterologous protein production, there is limited knowledge of its physiological effects on the host strain. In this study, we performed DNA microarray analysis by comparing gene expression patterns of two Aspergillus oryzae strains expressing either carrier- or non-carrier-fused bovine chymosin (CHY). When CHY was expressed as a fusion with α-amylase (AmyB), the production level increased by approximately 2-fold as compared with the non-carrier-fused CHY. DNA microarray analysis revealed that the carrier fusion significantly up-regulated many genes involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein-folding and secretion. Consistently, hacA transcripts were efficiently spliced in the strain expressing the carrier-fused CHY, indicating an unfolded protein response (UPR). The carrier-fused CHY was detected intracellularly without processing at the Kex2 cleavage site, which is likely recognized in the Golgi, and the carrier fusion delayed extracellular CHY production in the early growth phase as compared with the non-carrier-fused expression. Taken together, our data suggest a proposal that the carrier fusion temporarily accumulates the carrier-fused CHY in the ER and significantly induces UPR.
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- Ayako Ohno
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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Identification of potential cell wall component that allows Taka-amylase A adsorption in submerged cultures of Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:961-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3422-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2011] [Revised: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Meyer V, Wu B, Ram AFJ. Aspergillus as a multi-purpose cell factory: current status and perspectives. Biotechnol Lett 2011; 33:469-76. [PMID: 21088867 PMCID: PMC3040820 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0473-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Aspergilli have a long history in biotechnology as expression platforms for the production of food ingredients, pharmaceuticals and enzymes. The achievements made during the last years, however, have the potential to revolutionize Aspergillus biotechnology and to assure Aspergillus a dominant place among microbial cell factories. This mini-review will highlight most recent breakthroughs in fundamental and applied Aspergillus research with a focus on new molecular tools, techniques and products. New trends and concepts related to Aspergillus genomics and systems biology will be discussed as well as the challenges that have to be met to integrate omics data with metabolic engineering attempts.
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- Vera Meyer
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Leiden University, Institute of Biology Leiden, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Functional analysis and subcellular location of two flavohemoglobins from Aspergillus oryzae. Fungal Genet Biol 2011; 48:200-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Filamentous fungi have received attentions as hosts for heterologous protein production because of their high secretion capability and eukaryotic post-translational modifications. One of the safest hosts for heterologous protein production is Koji mold Aspergillus oryzae since it has been used in the production of Japanese fermented foods for over 1,000 years. The production levels of proteins from higher eukaryotes are much lower than those of homologous (fungal) proteins. Bottlenecks in the heterologous protein production are suggested to be proteolytic degradation of the produced protein in the medium and the secretory pathway. For construction of excellent host strains, many genes causing the bottlenecks should be disrupted rapidly and efficiently. We developed a marker recycling system with the highly efficient gene-targeting background in A. oryzae. By employing this technique, we performed multiple gene disruption of the ten protease genes. The decuple protease gene disruptant showed fourfold production level of a heterologous protein compared with the wild-type strain.
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Yoon J, Maruyama JI, Kitamoto K. Disruption of ten protease genes in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae highly improves production of heterologous proteins. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 89:747-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2937-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 10/02/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yoon J, Aishan T, Maruyama JI, Kitamoto K. Enhanced production and secretion of heterologous proteins by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae via disruption of vacuolar protein sorting receptor gene Aovps10. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5718-27. [PMID: 20622126 PMCID: PMC2935050 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03087-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungi have received attention as hosts for heterologous protein production because of their high secretion capability and eukaryotic posttranslational modifications. However, despite these positive attributes, a bottleneck in posttranscriptional processing limits protein yields. The vacuolar protein sorting gene VPS10 encodes a sorting receptor for the recognition and delivery of several yeast vacuolar proteins. Although it can also target recombinant and aberrant proteins for vacuolar degradation, there is limited knowledge of the effect of its disruption on heterologous protein production. In this study, cDNA encoding AoVps10 from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae was cloned and sequenced. Microscopic observation of the transformant expressing AoVps10 fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein showed that the fusion protein localized at the Golgi and prevacuolar compartments. Moreover, disruption of the Aovps10 gene resulted in missorting and secretion of vacuolar carboxypeptidase AoCpyA into the medium, indicating that AoVps10 is required for sorting of vacuolar proteins to vacuoles. To investigate the extracellular production levels of heterologous proteins, DeltaAovps10 mutants expressing either bovine chymosin (CHY) or human lysozyme (HLY) were constructed. Interestingly, the DeltaAovps10 mutation increased the maximum extracellular production levels of CHY and HLY by 3- and 2.2-fold, respectively. Western blot analysis of extracellular heterologous proteins also demonstrated an improvement in productivity. These results suggest that AoVps10 plays a role in the regulation of heterologous protein secretion in A. oryzae and may be involved in the vacuolar protein degradation through the Golgi apparatus.
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- Jaewoo Yoon
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Expression and export: recombinant protein production systems for Aspergillus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:1255-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2672-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kumar A, Grover S, Sharma J, Batish VK. Chymosin and other milk coagulants: sources and biotechnological interventions. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2010; 30:243-58. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2010.483459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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