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Liu D, Garrigues S, de Vries RP. Heterologous protein production in filamentous fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s00253-023-12660-8. [PMID: 37405433 PMCID: PMC10386965 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12660-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
Abstract
Filamentous fungi are able to produce a wide range of valuable proteins and enzymes for many industrial applications. Recent advances in fungal genomics and experimental technologies are rapidly changing the approaches for the development and use of filamentous fungi as hosts for the production of both homologous and heterologous proteins. In this review, we highlight the benefits and challenges of using filamentous fungi for the production of heterologous proteins. We review various techniques commonly employed to improve the heterologous protein production in filamentous fungi, such as strong and inducible promoters, codon optimization, more efficient signal peptides for secretion, carrier proteins, engineering of glycosylation sites, regulation of the unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum associated protein degradation, optimization of the intracellular transport process, regulation of unconventional protein secretion, and construction of protease-deficient strains. KEY POINTS: • This review updates the knowledge on heterologous protein production in filamentous fungi. • Several fungal cell factories and potential candidates are discussed. • Insights into improving heterologous gene expression are given.
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- Dujuan Liu
- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Food Biotechnology, Instituto de Agroquímica Y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Jia Z, Yan M, Li X, Sun Q, Xu G, Li S, Chen W, Shi Z, Li Z, Chen M, Bao X. Phosducin-like protein PoPlp1 impacts cellulase and amylase expression and development in Penicillium oxalicum via the G protein-cAMP signaling pathway. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1165701. [PMID: 37362916 PMCID: PMC10289023 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1165701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Abstract
In this study, a phosducin-like protein, PoPlp1, was identified and functionally studied in the cellulase-producing strain Penicillium oxalicum 114-2. PoPlp1 was proven to participate in several biological processes, including mycelium development, conidiation, and expression of cellulases and amylases. With deletion of Poplp1, morphology and development varied significantly in ΔPoplp1. Colony growth, glucose utilization, and the hydrolysis capability of starch and cellulose were limited, whereas conidiation was enhanced. Based on detection of the levels of expression of transcription factors involved in asexual development, we conjectured that PoPlp1 is involved in conidiation via the major factor BrlA. We explored the effect of PoPlp1 on cellulase and amylase expression and observed that cellulase and amylase activity and major gene transcription levels were all dramatically reduced in ΔPoplp1. Deletion of PoPlp1 caused a decrease in intracellular cAMP levels, and the cellulase gene expression level of ΔPoplp1 was restored to a certain extent through external addition of cAMP. These findings demonstrate that PoPlp1 may affect cellulase and amylase expression by regulating cAMP concentration. To comprehensively explore the mechanism of PoPlp1 in regulating multiple biological processes, we performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis between strains P. oxalicum 114-2 and ΔPoplp1. The major cellulase and amylase genes were all downregulated, congrent with the results of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. The genes involved in the G protein-cAMP signaling pathway, including several G-protein-coupled receptors, one regulator of G protein signaling, and two cAMP phosphodiesterases, were disrupted by deletion of PoPlp1. These results confirm the positive function of PoPlp1 in the G protein-cAMP signaling pathway. This functional analysis of PoPlp1 will be very beneficial for further study of the regulatory mechanisms of cellulase expression and other biological processes in P. oxalicum 114-2 via the G protein-cAMP signaling pathway.
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Application of recyclable CRISPR/Cas9 tools for targeted genome editing in the postharvest pathogenic fungi Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum. Curr Genet 2022; 68:515-529. [PMID: 35298666 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium expansum are plant pathogenic fungi that cause the green and blue mold diseases, respectively, leading to serious postharvest economic losses worldwide. Moreover, P. expansum can produce mycotoxins, which are hazardous compounds to human and animal health. The development of tools that allow multiple and precise genetic manipulation of these species is crucial for the functional characterization of their genes. In this sense, CRISPR/Cas9 represents an excellent opportunity for genome editing due to its efficiency, accuracy and versatility. In this study, we developed protoplast generation and transformation protocols and applied them to implement the CRISPR/Cas9 technology in both species for the first time. For this, we used a self-replicative, recyclable AMA1-based plasmid which allows unlimited number of genomic modifications without the limitation of integrative selection markers. As test case, we successfully targeted the wetA gene, which encodes a regulator of conidiophore development. Finally, CRISPR/Cas9-derived ΔwetA strains were analyzed. Mutants showed reduced axenic growth, differential pathogenicity and altered conidiogenesis and germination. Additionally, P. digitatum and P. expansum ΔwetA mutants showed distinct sensitivity to fungal antifungal proteins (AFPs), which are small, cationic, cysteine-rich proteins that have become interesting antifungals to be applied in agriculture, medicine and in the food industry. With this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, expanding the repertoire of genetic engineering tools available for these two important postharvest pathogens and open up the possibility to adapt them to other economically relevant phytopathogenic fungi, for which toolkits for genetic modifications are often limited.
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Xu G, Guo H, Yan M, Jia Z, Li Z, Chen M, Bao X. An actin‐like protein
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Penicillium oxalicum. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 132:2894-2905. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.15466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Gen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, School of bioengineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences Jinan P. R. China
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Zhang Z, Xiang B, Zhao S, Yang L, Chen Y, Hu Y, Hu S. Construction of a novel filamentous fungal protein expression system based on redesigning of regulatory elements. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:647-661. [PMID: 35019997 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11761-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Filamentous fungi are extensively used as an important expression host for the production of a variety of essential industrial proteins. They have significant promise as an expression system for protein synthesis due to their inherent superior secretory capabilities. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel expression system by utilizing a Penicillium oxalicum strain that possesses a high capacity for protein secretion. The expression of glycoside hydrolases in P. oxalicum was evaluated in a cleaner extracellular background where the formation of two major amylases was inhibited. Four glycoside hydrolases (CBHI, Amy15B, BGL1, and Cel12A) were expressed under the highly constitutive promoter PubiD. It was found that the proteins exhibited high purity in the culture supernatant after cultivation with starch. Two inducible promoters, Pamy15A and PempA, under the activation of the transcription factor AmyR were used as elements in the construction of versatile vectors. When using the cellobiohydrolase CBHI as the extracellular quantitative reporter, the empA promoter screened from the AmyR-overexpressing strain was shown to be superior to the amy15A promoter based on RNA-sequencing data. Therefore, we designed an expression system consisting of a cleaner background host strain and an adjustable promoter. This system enables rapid and high-throughput evaluation of glycoside hydrolases from filamentous fungi.Key points• A new protein expression system derived from Penicillium oxalicum has been developed.• The expression platform is capable of secreting recombinant proteins with high purity.• The adjustable promoter may allow for further optimization of recombinant protein synthesis.
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- Zhe Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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Guo H, Xu G, Wu R, Li Z, Yan M, Jia Z, Li Z, Chen M, Bao X, Qu Y. A Homeodomain-Containing Transcriptional Factor PoHtf1 Regulated the Development and Cellulase Expression in Penicillium oxalicum. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:671089. [PMID: 34177850 PMCID: PMC8222722 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.671089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Homeodomain-containing transcription factors (Htfs) play important roles in animals, fungi, and plants during some developmental processes. Here, a homeodomain-containing transcription factor PoHtf1 was functionally characterized in the cellulase-producing fungi Penicillium oxalicum 114-2. PoHtf1 was shown to participate in colony growth and conidiation through regulating the expression of its downstream transcription factor BrlA, the key regulator of conidiation in P. oxalicum 114-2. Additionally, PoHtf1 inhibited the expression of the major cellulase genes by coordinated regulation of cellulolytic regulators CreA, AmyR, ClrB, and XlnR. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis showed that PoHtf1 participated in the secondary metabolism including the pathway synthesizing conidial yellow pigment. These data show that PoHtf1 mediates the complex transcriptional-regulatory network cascade between developmental processes and cellulolytic gene expression in P. oxalicum 114-2. Our results should assist the development of strategies for the metabolic engineering of mutants for applications in the enzymatic hydrolysis for biochemical production.
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- Hao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,School of Bioengineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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Le Govic Y, Havlíček V, Capilla J, Luptáková D, Dumas D, Papon N, Le Gal S, Bouchara JP, Vandeputte P. Synthesis of the Hydroxamate Siderophore N α-Methylcoprogen B in Scedosporium apiospermum Is Mediated by sidD Ortholog and Is Required for Virulence. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:587909. [PMID: 33194829 PMCID: PMC7655970 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.587909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Scedosporium species rank second among the filamentous fungi capable to colonize chronically the respiratory tract of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Nevertheless, there is little information on the mechanisms underpinning their virulence. Iron acquisition is critical for the growth and pathogenesis of many bacterial and fungal genera that chronically inhabit the CF lungs. In a previous study, we showed the presence in the genome of Scedosporium apiospermum of several genes relevant for iron uptake, notably SAPIO_CDS2806, an ortholog of sidD, which drives the synthesis of the extracellular hydroxamate-type siderophore fusarinine C (FsC) and its derivative triacetylfusarinine C (TAFC) in Aspergillus fumigatus. Here, we demonstrate that Scedosporium apiospermum sidD gene is required for production of an excreted siderophore, namely, Nα-methylcoprogen B, which also belongs to the hydroxamate family. Blockage of the synthesis of Nα-methylcoprogen B by disruption of the sidD gene resulted in the lack of fungal growth under iron limiting conditions. Still, growth of ΔsidD mutants could be restored by supplementation of the culture medium with a culture filtrate from the parent strain, but not from the mutants. Furthermore, the use of xenosiderophores as the sole source of iron revealed that S. apiospermum can acquire the iron using the hydroxamate siderophores ferrichrome or ferrioxamine, i.e., independently of Nα-methylcoprogen B production. Conversely, Nα-methylcoprogen B is mandatory for iron acquisition from pyoverdine, a mixed catecholate-hydroxamate siderophore. Finally, the deletion of sidD resulted in the loss of virulence in a murine model of scedosporiosis. Our findings demonstrate that S. apiospermum sidD gene drives the synthesis of a unique extracellular, hydroxamate-type iron chelator, which is essential for fungal growth and virulence. This compound scavenges iron from pyoverdine, which might explain why S. apiospermum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are rarely found simultaneously in the CF lungs.
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- Yohann Le Govic
- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, Université Angers, Université Brest, Angers, France.,Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Reus, Spain
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Reus, Spain
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, Université Angers, Université Brest, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, Université Angers, Université Brest, Angers, France.,Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, Université Angers, Université Brest, Angers, France.,Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP, EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, Université Angers, Université Brest, Angers, France.,Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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Meng QS, Zhang F, Liu CG, Zhao XQ, Bai FW. Identification of a novel repressor encoded by the putative gene ctf1 for cellulase biosynthesis in Trichoderma reesei through artificial zinc finger engineering. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:1747-1760. [PMID: 32124970 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Strains from Trichoderma reesei have been used for cellulase production with a long history. It has been well known that cellulase biosynthesis by the fungal species is controlled through regulators, and elucidation of their regulation network is of great importance for engineering T. reesei with robust cellulase production. However, progress in this regard is still very limited. In this study, T. reesei RUT-C30 was transformed with an artificial zinc finger protein (AZFP) library, and the mutant T. reesei M2 with improved cellulase production was screened. Compared to its parent strain, the filter paper activity and endo-β-glucanase activity in cellulases produced by T. reesei M2 increased 67.2% and 35.3%, respectively. Analysis by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction indicated significant downregulation of the putative gene ctf1 in T. reesei M2, and its deletion mutants were thus developed for further studies. An increase of 36.9% in cellulase production was observed in the deletion mutants, but when ctf1 was constitutively overexpressed in T. reesei RUT-C30 under the control of the strong pdc1 promoter, cellulase production was substantially compromised. Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed that the deletion of ctf1 upregulated transcription of gene encoding the regulator VIB1, but downregulated transcription of gene encoding another regulator RCE1, which consequently upregulated genes encoding the transcription factors XYR1 and ACE3 for the activation of genes encoding cellulolytic enzymes. As a result, ctf1 was characterized as a gene encoding a repressor for cellulase production in T. reesei RUT-C30, which is significant for further elucidating molecular mechanism underlying cellulase biosynthesis by the fungal species for rational design to develop robust strains for cellulase production. And in the meantime, AZFP transformation was validated to be an effective strategy for identifying functions of putative genes in the genome of T. reesei.
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- Qing-Shan Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Science, and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Science, and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Science, and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Science, and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Science, and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Dong BZ, Guo LY. An efficient gene disruption method for the woody plant pathogen Botryosphaeria dothidea. BMC Biotechnol 2020; 20:14. [PMID: 32138699 PMCID: PMC7059327 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-020-00608-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Botryosphaeria dothidea causes apple white rot and infects many tree plants. Genome data for B. dothidea are available and many pathogenesis-related genes have been predicted. However, a gene manipulation method is needed to study the pathogenic mechanism of B. dothidea. Results We established a gene disruption (GD) method based on gene homologous recombination (GHR) for B. dothidea using polyethylene glycol-mediated protoplast transformation. The results showed that a GHR cassette gave much higher GD efficiency than a GHR plasmid. A high GD efficiency (1.3 ± 0.14 per 106 protopasts) and low frequency of random insertions were achieved with a DNA cassette quantity of 15 μg per 106 protoplasts. Moreover, we successfully disrupted genes in two strains. Bdo_05381-disrupted transformants produced less melanin, whereas the Bdo_02540-disrupted transformant showed a slower growth rate and a stronger resistance to Congo red. Conclusion The established GD method is efficient and convenient and has potential for studying gene functions and the pathogenic mechanisms of B. dothidea and other coenocytic fungi.
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- Bao-Zhu Dong
- Laboratory of Mycology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Mycology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China. .,Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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CRISPR/Cas9 technology enables the development of the filamentous ascomycete fungus Penicillium subrubescens as a new industrial enzyme producer. Enzyme Microb Technol 2020; 133:109463. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Abdel-Azeem AM, Hasan GA, Mohesien MT. Biodegradation of Agricultural Wastes by Chaetomium Species. Fungal Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31612-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pan Y, Gao L, Zhang X, Qin Y, Liu G, Qu Y. The Role of Cross-Pathway Control Regulator CpcA in the Growth and Extracellular Enzyme Production of Penicillium oxalicum. Curr Microbiol 2019; 77:49-54. [PMID: 31701162 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-019-01803-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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CpcA is a conserved transcriptional activator for the cross-pathway control of amino acid biosynthetic genes in filamentous fungi. Previous studies of this regulator mainly revealed its function under amino acid starvation condition, where amino acid biosynthetic inhibitors were added in the culture. In this study, the biological function of CpcA in Penicillium oxalicum was investigated under different cultivation conditions. Disruption of cpcA led to decreased cell growth either in the presence or absence of histidine biosynthetic inhibitor, and the phenotype could be rescued by the addition of exogenous amino acid sources. In addition, CpcA was required for the rapid production of cellulase when cells were cultured on cellulose. Transcript abundance measurement showed that a set of amino acid biosynthetic genes as well as two major cellulase genes were significantly down-regulated in cpcA deletion mutant relative to wild type. Taken together, the results revealed the biological role of CpcA in supporting normal growth and extracellular enzyme production of P. oxalicum under amino acid non-starvation condition.
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- Yunjun Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Li Y, Hu Y, Zhao K, Pan Y, Qu Y, Zhao J, Qin Y. The Indispensable Role of Histone Methyltransferase PoDot1 in Extracellular Glycoside Hydrolase Biosynthesis of Penicillium oxalicum. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2566. [PMID: 31787956 PMCID: PMC6853848 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Histone methylation is associated with transcription regulation, but its role for glycoside hydrolase (GH) biosynthesis is still poorly understood. We identified the histone H3 lysine 79 (H3K79)-specific methyltransferase PoDot1 in Penicillium oxalicum. PoDot1 affects conidiation by regulating the transcription of key regulators (BrlA, FlbC, and StuA) of asexual development and is required in normal hyphae septum and branch formation by regulating the transcription of five septin-encoding genes, namely, aspA, aspB, aspC, aspD, and aspE. Tandem affinity purification/mass spectrometry showed that PoDot1 has no direct interaction with transcription machinery, but it affects the expressions of extracellular GH genes extensively. The expression of genes (amy15A, amy13A, cel7A/cbh1, cel61A, chi18A, cel3A/bgl1, xyn10A, cel7B/eg1, cel5B/eg2, and cel6A/cbh2) that encode the top 10 GHs was remarkably downregulated by Podot1 deletion (ΔPodot1). Consistent with the decrease in gene transcription level, the activities of amylases and cellulases were significantly decreased in ΔPodot1 mutants in agar (solid) and fermentation (liquid) media. The repression of GH gene expressions caused by PoDot1 deletion was not mediated by key transcription factors, such as AmyR, ClrB, CreA, and XlnR, but was accompanied by defects in global demethylated H3K79 (H3K79me2) and trimethylated H3K79 (H3K79me3). The impairment of H3K79me2 on specific GH gene loci was observed due to PoDot1 deletion. The results implies that defects of H3K79 methylation is the key reason of the downregulated transcription level of GH-encoding genes and reveals the indispensable role of PoDot1 in extracellular GH biosynthesis.
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- Yanan Li
- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center and State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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Ding Y, Wang KF, Wang WJ, Ma YR, Shi TQ, Huang H, Ji XJ. Increasing the homologous recombination efficiency of eukaryotic microorganisms for enhanced genome engineering. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:4313-4324. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09802-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Developments and opportunities in fungal strain engineering for the production of novel enzymes and enzyme cocktails for plant biomass degradation. Biotechnol Adv 2019; 37:107361. [PMID: 30825514 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fungal strain engineering is commonly used in many areas of biotechnology, including the production of plant biomass degrading enzymes. Its aim varies from the production of specific enzymes to overall increased enzyme production levels and modification of the composition of the enzyme set that is produced by the fungus. Strain engineering involves a diverse range of methodologies, including classical mutagenesis, genetic engineering and genome editing. In this review, the main approaches for strain engineering of filamentous fungi in the field of plant biomass degradation will be discussed, including recent and not yet implemented methods, such as CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing and adaptive evolution.
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Qiao YM, Yu RL, Zhu P. Advances in targeting and heterologous expression of genes involved in the synthesis of fungal secondary metabolites. RSC Adv 2019; 9:35124-35134. [PMID: 35530690 PMCID: PMC9074735 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06908a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Gene targeting involves integration of foreign DNA into the fungal genome by several strategies including Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT).
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- Yun-Ming Qiao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Biocatalysis of Natural Drugs
- Institute of Materia Medica
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Biocatalysis of Natural Drugs
- Institute of Materia Medica
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Biocatalysis of Natural Drugs
- Institute of Materia Medica
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
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Targeted and random genetic modification of the black Sigatoka pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. J Microbiol Methods 2018; 148:127-137. [PMID: 29654806 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kamaruddin N, Storms R, Mahadi NM, Illias RM, Bakar FDA, Murad AMA. Reduction of Extracellular Proteases Increased Activity and Stability of Heterologous Protein in $${ Aspergillus}$$ A s p e r g i l l u s $${ niger}$$ n i g e r. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-017-2914-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gao L, Xia C, Xu J, Li Z, Yu L, Liu G, Song X, Qu Y. Constitutive Expression of Chimeric Transcription Factors Enables Cellulase Synthesis under Non-Inducing Conditions in Penicillium oxalicum. Biotechnol J 2017; 12. [PMID: 28755483 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Industrial production of cellulase by filamentous fungi is largely dependent on cellulose, which serves as a natural inducer of cellulase expression. However, insoluble cellulose is unfavorable to submerged fermentation and thus limits the production level of cellulase. The possibility of cellulase production under non-inducing conditions is explored in Penicillium oxalicum by overexpressing two chimeric transcription factors. The chimeric transcription factors contain the DNA binding domain of cellulase transcriptional activator ClrB linked to the C-terminal sequences of XlnRA871V , a constitutively active mutant of hemicellulase transcriptional activator. The obtained recombinant mutants exhibited dramatically improved basal production of cellulase, which was not observed with the overexpression of intact ClrB. When cultivated in a complex cellulosic medium, one of these mutants, OE-CXC -S-1, displayed a 7.3-fold increase in cellulase production (2.8 U mL-1 ) relative to the parent strain. The results demonstrate that the dependence of cellulase synthesis on cellulose could be reduced by the overexpression of artificially designed chimeric transcription factors, and offers a potential strategy to engineer fungal strains for improving cellulase production.
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- Liwei Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Department of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Deletion of TpKu70 facilitates gene targeting in Talaromyces pinophilus and identification of TpAmyR involvement in amylase production. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 33:171. [PMID: 28849313 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-017-2331-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Talaromyces pinophilus is a promising filamentous fungus for industrial production of biomass-degrading enzymes used in biorefining, and its genome was recently sequenced and reported. However, functional analysis of genes in T. pinophilus is rather limited owing to lack of genetic tools. In this study, a putative TpKu70 encoding the Ku70 homolog involved in the classic non-homologous end-joining pathway was deleted in T. pinophilus 1-95. ΔTpKu70 displayed no apparent defect in vegetative growth and enzyme production, and presented similar sensitivity to benomyl, bleomycin, and UV, when compared with the wild-type T. pinophilus strain 1-95. Seven genes that encode putative transcription factors, including TpAmyR, were successfully knocked out in ΔTpKu70 at 61.5-100% of homologous recombination frequency, which is significantly higher than that noted in the wild-type. Interestingly, ΔTpAmyR produced approximately 20% of amylase secreted by the parent strain ΔTpKu70 in medium containing soluble starch from corn as the sole carbon source. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR showed that TpAmyR positively regulated the expression of genes encoding α-amylase and glucoamylase. Thus, this study provides a useful tool for genetic analysis of T. pinophilus, and identification of a key role for the transcription factor TpAmyR in amylase production in T. pinophilus.
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Liu G, Chen Y, Færgeman NJ, Nielsen J. Elimination of the last reactions in ergosterol biosynthesis alters the resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to multiple stresses. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:4082736. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Qin X, Li R, Luo X, Lin Y, Feng JX. Deletion of ligD significantly improves gene targeting frequency in the lignocellulolytic filamentous fungus Penicillium oxalicum. Fungal Biol 2017; 121:615-623. [PMID: 28606356 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To improve the gene targeting frequency (GTF) in the lignocellulolytic filamentous fungus Penicillium oxalicum HP7-1, the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) gene ligD was deleted. The obtained PoligD deletion mutant ΔPoligD showed no apparent defect in cellulase production, growth rate, and sensitivity towards osmotic stress and mutagen ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS), while increased sensitivity to high concentrations of methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). Deletion of PoligD gene resulted in significantly increased GTFs at three different loci in P. oxalicum, which are even higher than those in Poku70 deletion mutant. The GTF in ΔPoligD at PoargB (reached 97 %) and PoagaA (reached 90 %) loci increased 5.1- and 1.2-fold compared with that in wild-type strain (WT), while at the Podpp4 locus GTF was up to 27 % in ΔPoligD but close to 0 % in WT, with 0.5 kb homologous flanking regions. Furthermore, the argB and agaA nutritional selection in P. oxalicum was demonstrated and the PoargB and PoagaA genes could be used as selective markers in this fungus. Thus, the PoligD deletion mutant can be an important tool for the functional analysis of genes in P. oxalicum.
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- Xiulin Qin
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, PR China.
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Huang Q, Cao Y, Liu Z, Tan Y, Liu Y. Efficient gene replacements in ku70 disruption strain of Aspergillus chevalieri var. intermedius. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2016.1251828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Qingqing Huang
- Department of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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Jiang B, Zhang R, Feng D, Wang F, Liu K, Jiang Y, Niu K, Yuan Q, Wang M, Wang H, Zhang Y, Fang X. A Tet-on and Cre-loxP Based Genetic Engineering System for Convenient Recycling of Selection Markers in Penicillium oxalicum. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:485. [PMID: 27148179 PMCID: PMC4828452 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00485] [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: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The lack of selective markers has been a key problem preventing multistep genetic engineering in filamentous fungi, particularly for industrial species such as the lignocellulose degrading Penicillium oxalicum JUA10-1(formerly named as Penicillium decumbens). To resolve this problem, we constructed a genetic manipulation system taking advantage of two established genetic systems: the Cre-loxP system and Tet-on system in P. oxalicum JUA10-1. This system is efficient and convenient. The expression of Cre recombinase was activated by doxycycline since it was controlled by Tet-on system. Using this system, two genes, ligD and bglI, were sequentially disrupted by loxP flanked ptrA. The successful application of this procedure will provide a useful tool for genetic engineering in filamentous fungi. This system will also play an important role in improving the productivity of interesting products and minimizing by-product when fermented by filamentous fungi.
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- Baojie Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University Jinan, China
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Lei Y, Liu G, Yao G, Li Z, Qin Y, Qu Y. A novel bZIP transcription factor ClrC positively regulates multiple stress responses, conidiation and cellulase expression in Penicillium oxalicum. Res Microbiol 2016; 167:424-35. [PMID: 27012606 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cellulase production in filamentous fungi is largely regulated at the transcriptional level, and several transcription factors have been reported to be involved in this process. In this study, we identified ClrC, a novel transcription factor in cellulase production in Penicillium oxalicum. ClrC and its orthologs have a highly conserved basic leucine zipper (bZIP) DNA binding domain, and their biological functions have not been explored. Deletion of clrC resulted in pleiotropic effects, including altered growth, reduced conidiation and increased sensitivity to oxidative and cell wall stresses. In particular, the clrC deletion mutant ΔclrC showed 46.1% ± 8.1% and 58.0% ± 8.7% decreases in production of filter paper enzyme and xylanase activities in cellulose medium, respectively. In contrast, 57.4% ± 10.0% and 70.9% ± 19.4% increased production of filter paper enzyme, and xylanase was observed in the clrC overexpressing strain, respectively. The transcription levels of major cellulase genes, as well as two cellulase transcriptional activator genes, clrB and xlnR, were significantly downregulated in ΔclrC, but substantially upregulated in clrC overexpressing strains. Furthermore, we observed that the absence of ClrC reduced full induction of cellulase expression even in the clrB overexpressing strain. These results indicated that ClrC is a novel and efficient engineering target for improving cellulolytic enzyme production in filamentous fungi.
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- Yunfeng Lei
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China; National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China; National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China.
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Yao G, Wu R, Kan Q, Gao L, Liu M, Yang P, Du J, Li Z, Qu Y. Production of a high-efficiency cellulase complex via β-glucosidase engineering in Penicillium oxalicum. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:78. [PMID: 27034716 PMCID: PMC4815182 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0491-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Trichoderma reesei is a widely used model cellulolytic fungus, supplying a highly effective cellulase production system. Recently, the biofuel industry discovered filamentous fungi from the Penicillium genus as a promising alternative to T. reesei. RESULTS In our study, we present a systematic over-expression analysis of nine β-glucosidase encoding genes in the wild-type strain 114-2 of Penicillium oxalicum. We found that the over-expression of BGL1, BGL4, or BGL5 significantly enhanced both β-glucosidase activity and hydrolysis efficiency of the enzyme system on filter paper. We utilised two strategies to over-express β-glucosidase in the strain RE-10 that-although over-producing cellulase, does so at the cost of the cellulase mixture deficiency. The constitutive promoter of gene pde_02864 encoding 40S ribosomal protein S8 was used to over-express three β-glucosidases: BGL1, BGL4, and BGL5. We found that all mutants show significantly enhanced levels of β-glucosidase at transcriptional, protein, and activity levels. Furthermore, the inducible promoter from bgl2 was used to conditionally over-express the β-glucosidases BGL1 and BGL4. Surprisingly, this induced expression strategy enables significantly improved expression efficiency. The BGL1 over-expressing mutant I1-13 particularly improved the β-glucosidase activity at a factor of 65-folds, resulting in levels of up to 150 U/ml. All our BGL over-expression mutants displayed significant enhancement of cellulolytic ability on both microcrystalline cellulose and filter paper. In addition, they substantially reduced the enzyme loads in the saccharification of a natural lignocellulose material delignified corncob residue (DCCR). The mutant I4-32 with over-expression of BGL4 achieved the highest glucose yield in the saccharification of DCCR at only 25 % enzyme load compared to the parental strain RE-10. CONCLUSIONS In summary, genetically engineering P. oxalicum to significantly improve β-glucosidase activity is a potent strategy to substantially boost the hydrolytic efficiency of the cellulase cocktail, which will ultimately lead to a considerable reduction of cost for biomass-based biofuel.
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- Guangshan Yao
- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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- />Department of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan City, 250353 Shandong Province China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
- />National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan City, 250100 Shandong Province China
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Yao G, Li Z, Wu R, Qin Y, Liu G, Qu Y. Penicillium oxalicum PoFlbC regulates fungal asexual development and is important for cellulase gene expression. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 86:91-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Zhao S, Yan YS, He QP, Yang L, Yin X, Li CX, Mao LC, Liao LS, Huang JQ, Xie SB, Nong QD, Zhang Z, Jing L, Xiong YR, Duan CJ, Liu JL, Feng JX. Comparative genomic, transcriptomic and secretomic profiling of Penicillium oxalicum HP7-1 and its cellulase and xylanase hyper-producing mutant EU2106, and identification of two novel regulatory genes of cellulase and xylanase gene expression. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:203. [PMID: 27688806 PMCID: PMC5035457 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0616-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The filamentous fungus Penicillium oxalicum is a potential alternative to Trichoderma reesei for industrial production of a complete cellulolytic enzyme system for a bio-refinery. Comparative omics approaches can support rational genetic engineering and/or breeding of filamentous fungi with improved cellulase production capacity. In this study, comparative genomic, transcriptomic and secretomic profiling of P. oxalicum HP7-1 and its cellulase and xylanase hyper-producing mutant EU2106 were employed to screen for novel regulators of cellulase and xylanase gene expression. RESULTS The 30.62 Mb P. oxalicum HP7-1 genome was sequenced, and 9834 protein-coding genes were annotated. Re-sequencing of the mutant EU2106 genome identified 274 single nucleotide variations and 12 insertion/deletions. Comparative genomic, transcriptomic and secretomic profiling of HP7-1 and EU2106 revealed four candidate regulators of cellulase and xylanase gene expression. Deletion of these candidate genes and measurement of the enzymatic activity of the resultant mutants confirmed the identity of three regulatory genes. POX02484 and POX08522, encoding a putative Zn(II)2Cys6 DNA-binding domain and forkhead protein, respectively, were found to be novel, while PoxClrB is an ortholog of ClrB, a key transcriptional regulator of cellulolytic enzyme gene expression in filamentous fungi. ΔPOX02484 and ΔPOX08522 mutants exhibited significantly reduced β-glucosidase activity, increased carboxymethylcellulose cellulase and xylanase activities, and altered transcription level of cellulase and xylanase genes compared with the parent strain ΔPoxKu70, with Avicel as the sole carbon source. CONCLUSIONS Two novel genes, POX02484 and POX08522, were found and characterized to regulate the expression of cellulase and xylanase genes in P. oxalicum. These findings are important for engineering filamentous fungi to improve cellulase and xylanase production.
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- Shuai Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi People’s Republic of China
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Liu K, Dong Y, Wang F, Jiang B, Wang M, Fang X. Regulation of cellulase expression, sporulation, and morphogenesis by velvet family proteins in Trichoderma reesei. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:769-79. [PMID: 26481618 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7059-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Homologs of the velvet protein family are encoded by the ve1, vel2, and vel3 genes in Trichoderma reesei. To test their regulatory functions, the velvet protein-coding genes were disrupted, generating Δve1, Δvel2, and Δvel3 strains. The phenotypic features of these strains were examined to identify their functions in morphogenesis, sporulation, and cellulase expression. The three velvet-deficient strains produced more hyphal branches, indicating that velvet family proteins participate in the morphogenesis in T. reesei. Deletion of ve1 and vel3 did not affect biomass accumulation, while deletion of vel2 led to a significantly hampered growth when cellulose was used as the sole carbon source in the medium. The deletion of either ve1 or vel2 led to the sharp decrease of sporulation as well as a global downregulation of cellulase-coding genes. In contrast, although the expression of cellulase-coding genes of the ∆vel3 strain was downregulated in the dark, their expression in light condition was unaffected. Sporulation was hampered in the ∆vel3 strain. These results suggest that Ve1 and Vel2 play major roles, whereas Vel3 plays a minor role in sporulation, morphogenesis, and cellulase expression.
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- Kuimei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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Li Z, Yao G, Wu R, Gao L, Kan Q, Liu M, Yang P, Liu G, Qin Y, Song X, Zhong Y, Fang X, Qu Y. Synergistic and Dose-Controlled Regulation of Cellulase Gene Expression in Penicillium oxalicum. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005509. [PMID: 26360497 PMCID: PMC4567317 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungus Penicillium oxalicum produces diverse lignocellulolytic enzymes, which are regulated by the combinations of many transcription factors. Here, a single-gene disruptant library for 470 transcription factors was constructed and systematically screened for cellulase production. Twenty transcription factors (including ClrB, CreA, XlnR, Ace1, AmyR, and 15 unknown proteins) were identified to play putative roles in the activation or repression of cellulase synthesis. Most of these regulators have not been characterized in any fungi before. We identified the ClrB, CreA, XlnR, and AmyR transcription factors as critical dose-dependent regulators of cellulase expression, the core regulons of which were identified by analyzing several transcriptomes and/or secretomes. Synergistic and additive modes of combinatorial control of each cellulase gene by these regulatory factors were achieved, and cellulase expression was fine-tuned in a proper and controlled manner. With one of these targets, the expression of the major intracellular β-glucosidase Bgl2 was found to be dependent on ClrB. The Bgl2-deficient background resulted in a substantial gene activation by ClrB and proved to be closely correlated with the relief of repression mediated by CreA and AmyR during cellulase induction. Our results also signify that probing the synergistic and dose-controlled regulation mechanisms of cellulolytic regulators and using it for reconstruction of expression regulation network (RERN) may be a promising strategy for cellulolytic fungi to develop enzyme hyper-producers. Based on our data, ClrB was identified as focal point for the synergistic activation regulation of cellulase expression by integrating cellulolytic regulators and their target genes, which refined our understanding of transcriptional-regulatory network as a “seesaw model” in which the coordinated regulation of cellulolytic genes is established by counteracting activators and repressors. Cellulolytic fungi have evolved into sophisticated lignocellulolytic systems to adapt to their natural habitat. This trait is important for filamentous fungi, which are the main source of cellulases utilized to degrade lignocellulose to fermentable sugars. Penicillium oxalicum, which produces lignocellulolytic enzymes with more diverse components than Trichoderma reesei, has the capacity to secrete large amounts of cellulases. Meanwhile, cellulase expression is regulated by a complex network involved in many transcription factors in this organism. To better understand how cellulase genes are systematically regulated in P. oxalicum, we employed molecular genetics to uncover the cellulolytic transcription factors on a genome-wide scale. We discovered the synergistic and tunable regulation of cellulase expression by integrating cellulolytic regulators and their target genes, which refined our understanding of transcriptional-regulatory network as a “seesaw model” in which the coordinated regulation of cellulolytic genes is established by counteracting activators and repressors.
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- Zhonghai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Wang F, Liu K, Han L, Jiang B, Wang M, Fang X. Function of a p24 Heterodimer in Morphogenesis and Protein Transport in Penicillium oxalicum. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11875. [PMID: 26149342 PMCID: PMC4493713 DOI: 10.1038/srep11875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The lignocellulose degradation capacity of filamentous fungi has been widely studied because of their cellulase hypersecretion. The p24 proteins in eukaryotes serve important functions in this secretory pathway. However, little is known about the functions of the p24 proteins in filamentous fungi. In this study, four p24 proteins were identified in Penicillium oxalicum. Six p24 double-deletion strains were constructed, and further studies were carried out with the ΔerpΔpδ strain. The experimental results suggested that Erp and Pδ form a p24 heterodimer in vivo. This p24 heterodimer participates in important morphogenetic events, including sporulation, hyphal growth, and lateral branching. The results suggested that the p24 heterodimer mediates protein transport, particularly that of cellobiohydrolase. Analysis of the intracellular proteome revealed that the ΔerpΔpδ double mutant is under secretion stress due to attempts to remove proteins that are jammed in the endomembrane system. These results suggest that the p24 heterodimer participates in morphogenesis and protein transport. Compared with P. oxalicum Δerp, a greater number of cellular physiological pathways were impaired in ΔerpΔpδ. This finding may provide new insights into the secretory pathways of filamentous fungi.
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- Fangzhong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Efficient production and evaluation of lignocellulolytic enzymes using a constitutive protein expression system in Penicillium oxalicum. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 42:877-87. [PMID: 25868624 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1607-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Native lignocellulolytic enzyme systems secreted by filamentous fungi can be further optimized by protein engineering or supplementation of exogenous enzyme components. We developed a protein production and evaluation system in cellulase-producing fungus Penicillium oxalicum. First, by deleting the major amylase gene amy15A, a strain Δ15A producing few extracellular proteins on starch was constructed. Then, three lignocellulolytic enzymes (BGL4, Xyn10B, and Cel12A) with originally low expression levels were successfully expressed with selected constitutive promoters in strain Δ15A. BGL4 and Cel12A overexpression resulted in increased specific filter paper activity (FPA), while the overexpression of Xyn10B improved volumetric FPA but not specific FPA. By switching the culture medium, this platform is convenient to produce originally low-expressed lignocellulolytic enzymes in relatively high purities on starch and to evaluate the effect of their supplementation on the performance of a complex cellulase system on cellulose.
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Yao G, Li Z, Gao L, Wu R, Kan Q, Liu G, Qu Y. Redesigning the regulatory pathway to enhance cellulase production in Penicillium oxalicum. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2015; 8:71. [PMID: 25949521 PMCID: PMC4422585 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0253-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND In cellulolytic fungi, induction and repression mechanisms synchronously regulate the synthesis of cellulolytic enzymes for accurate responses to carbon sources in the environment. Many proteins, particularly transcription regulatory factors involved in these processes, were identified and genetically engineered in Penicillium oxalicum and other cellulolytic fungi. Despite such great efforts, its effect of modifying a single target to improve the production of cellulase is highly limited. RESULTS In this study, we developed a systematic strategy for the genetic engineering of P. oxalicum to enhance cellulase yields, by enhancing induction (by blocking intracellular inducer hydrolysis and increasing the activator level) and relieving the repression. We obtained a trigenic recombinant strain named 'RE-10' by deleting bgl2 and creA, along with over-expressing the gene clrB. The cellulolytic ability of RE-10 was significantly improved; the filter paper activity and extracellular protein concentration increased by up to over 20- and 10-fold, respectively, higher than those of the wild-type (WT) strain 114-2 both on pure cellulose and complex wheat bran media. Most strikingly, the cellulolytic ability of RE-10 was comparable with that of the industrial P. oxalicum strain JU-A10-T obtained by random mutagenesis. Comparative proteomics analysis provided further insights into the differential secretomes between RE-10 and WT strains. In particular, the enzymes and accessory proteins involved in lignocellulose degradation were elevated specifically and dramatically in the recombinant, thereby confirming the importance of them in biomass deconstruction and implying a possible co-regulatory mechanism. CONCLUSIONS We established a novel route to substantially improve cellulolytic enzyme production up to the industrial level in P. oxalicum by combinational manipulation of three key genes to amplify the induction along with derepression, representing a milestone in strain engineering of filamentous fungi. Given the conservation in the mode of cellulose expression regulation among filamentous fungi, this strategy could be compatible with other cellulase-producing fungi.
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- Guangshan Yao
- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
- />Qingdao Vland Biotech Group Co. Ltd., Shandong Expressway Mansion, Miaoling Road, Qingdao, Shandong China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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- />State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
- />National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250100 China
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Suzuki K, Inoue H. Recombination and Gene Targeting in Neurospora. Fungal Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10142-2_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Efficient gene targeting in ligase IV-deficient Monascus ruber M7 by perturbing the non-homologous end joining pathway. Fungal Biol 2014; 118:846-54. [PMID: 25209642 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2014] [Revised: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inactivating the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway is a well established method to increase gene replacement frequency (GRF) in filamentous fungi because NHEJ is predominant for the repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), while gene targeting is based on homologous recombination (HR). DNA ligase IV, a component of the NHEJ system, is strictly required for the NHEJ in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa. To enhance the GRF in Monascus ruber M7, we deleted the Mrlig4 gene encoding a homolog of N. crassa DNA ligase IV. The obtained mutant (MrΔlig4) showed no apparent defects in vegetative growth, colony phenotype, microscopic morphology, spore yield, and production of Monascus pigments and citrinin compared with the wild-type strain (M. ruber M7). Gene targeting of ku70 and triA genes revealed that GRF in the MrΔlig4 strain increased four-fold compared with that in the wild-type strain, reached 68 % and 85 %, respectively. Thus, the MrΔlig4 strain is a promising host for efficient genetic manipulation. In addition, the MrΔlig4 strain is more sensitive than M. ruber M7 to a DNA-damaging agent, methyl methanesulfonate.
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Fennessy D, Grallert A, Krapp A, Cokoja A, Bridge AJ, Petersen J, Patel A, Tallada VA, Boke E, Hodgson B, Simanis V, Hagan IM. Extending the Schizosaccharomyces pombe molecular genetic toolbox. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97683. [PMID: 24848109 PMCID: PMC4029729 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Targeted alteration of the genome lies at the heart of the exploitation of S. pombe as a model system. The rate of analysis is often determined by the efficiency with which a target locus can be manipulated. For most loci this is not a problem, however for some loci, such as fin1+, rates of gene targeting below 5% can limit the scope and scale of manipulations that are feasible within a reasonable time frame. We now describe a simple modification of transformation procedure for directing integration of genomic sequences that leads to a 5-fold increase in the transformation efficiency when antibiotic based dominant selection markers are used. We also show that removal of the pku70+ and pku80+ genes, which encode DNA end binding proteins required for the non-homologous end joining DNA repair pathway, increases the efficiency of gene targeting at fin1+ to around 75-80% (a 16-fold increase). We describe how a natMX6/rpl42+ cassette can be used for positive and negative selection for integration at a targeted locus. To facilitate the evaluation of the impact of a series of mutations on the function of a gene of interest we have generated three vector series that rely upon different selectable markers to direct the expression of tagged/untagged molecules from distinct genomic integration sites. pINTL and pINTK vectors use ura4+ selection to direct disruptive integration of leu1+ and lys1+ respectively, while pINTH vectors exploit nourseothricin resistance to detect the targeted disruption of a hygromycin B resistance conferring hphMX6 cassette that has been integrated on chromosome III. Finally, we have generated a series of multi-copy expression vectors that use resistance to nourseothricin or kanamycin/G418 to select for propagation in prototrophic hosts. Collectively these protocol modifications and vectors extend the versatility of this key model system.
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- Dorota Fennessy
- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cell Division Group, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Shao Y, Lei M, Mao Z, Zhou Y, Chen F. Insights into Monascus biology at the genetic level. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:3911-22. [PMID: 24633442 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5608-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The genus of Monascus was nominated by van Tieghem in 1884, but its fermented product-red mold rice (RMR), namely red yeast rice, has been used as folk medicines, food colorants, and fermentation starters for more than thousands of years in oriental countries. Nowadays, RMR is widely developed as food supplements around the world due to its functional compounds such as monacolin K (MK, also called lovastatin) and γ-aminobutyric acid. But the usage of RMR also incurs controversy resulting from contamination of citrinin (a kind of mycotoxin) produced by some Monascus strains. In the past decade, it has made great progress to Monascus spp. at the genetic level with the application of molecular biology techniques to restrain the citrinin production and increase the yields of MK and pigment in RMR, as well as aid Monascus classification and phylogenesis. Up to now, hundreds of papers about Monascus molecular biology (MMB) have been published in the international primary journals. However, to our knowledge, there is no MMB review issued until now. In this review, current understanding of Monascus spp. from the view of molecular biology will be covered and insights into research areas that need to be further investigated will also be discussed.
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- Yanchun Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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Jørgensen MS, Skovlund DA, Johannesen PF, Mortensen UH. A novel platform for heterologous gene expression in Trichoderma reesei (Teleomorph Hypocrea jecorina). Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:33. [PMID: 24602241 PMCID: PMC4015775 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The industrially applied filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei has received substantial interest due to its highly efficient synthesis apparatus of cellulytic enzymes. However, the production of heterologous enzymes in T. reesei still remains low mainly due to lack of tools for genetic engineering. Results In this study we present new genetic tools for T. reesei to further expand its use in industrial production. We have developed an expression platform where genes are inserted into a versatile expression vector via highly efficient uracil-excision cloning and subsequently inserted into a defined position in the T. reesei genome ensuring that enzyme production from different transformants can be directly compared. The ade2 locus was selected as integration site since ade2 mutants develop red pigment that facilitates easy and rapid detection of correctly targeted transformants. In addition, our system includes a tku70 disruption to increase gene targeting efficiency and a new bidirectional marker, pyr2, for iterative gene targeting. The dual selection system, color and prototrophism, ensures that correct transformants containing the desired gene inserted into the defined expression site can be selected with an efficiency approaching 100%. Conclusions The new genetic tools we have developed are suitable for high-throughput integration of genes into the genome of T. reesei and can easily be combined with techniques for generation of defined mutants. Moreover, the usability of the novel expression system with ade2 as integration site was confirmed by expression of a Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Building 223, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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Lei Y, Liu G, Li Z, Gao L, Qin Y, Qu Y. Functional characterization of protein kinase CK2 regulatory subunits regulating Penicillium oxalicum asexual development and hydrolytic enzyme production. Fungal Genet Biol 2014; 66:44-53. [PMID: 24613994 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Casein kinase CK2 is a ubiquitous and conserved phosphate transferase that is critical for the growth and development of eukaryotic cells. In Penicillium oxalicum, one catalytic subunit (CK2A) and two regulatory subunits (CK2B1 and CK2B2) of CK2 were annotated. In this study, CK2 regulatory subunit-defective mutants Δck2B1 and Δck2B2 were constructed to investigate the biological function of CK2 in P. oxalicum. The Δck2B1 strain exhibited minimal changes in morphogenesis and conidiation, whereas the Δck2B2 strain showed delayed conidial germination and drastically reduced conidiation compared with the parent strain. The defect in conidiation in Δck2B2 could be attributed to the reduced expression of transcription factor BrlA. Both Δck2B1 and Δck2B2 showed delayed autolysis in carbon-starvation medium compared with the parent strain. Cellulase and amylase production were decreased considerably in both mutants. The transcript abundances of the main extracellular glycoside hydrolase genes cel7A-2, bgl1, and amy15A, as well as those of three related transcriptional activators (i.e., ClrB, XlnR, and AmyR), were reduced or delayed in the mutants. Epistasis analysis suggested that CK2B1 and CK2B2 might function upstream of transcription factor CreA by inhibiting its repressing activity. In summary, CK2 plays important roles in development and extracellular enzyme production in P. oxalicum, with both unique and overlapping functions performed by the two regulatory subunits.
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- Yunfeng Lei
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China; National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China; National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Shan Da Nan Road 27, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China.
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Xu Q, Zhu CY, Wang MS, Sun XP, Li HY. Improvement of a gene targeting system for genetic manipulation in Penicillium digitatum. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2014; 15:116-24. [PMID: 24510704 PMCID: PMC3924387 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1300213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Penicillium digitatum is the most important pathogen of postharvest citrus. Gene targeting can be done in P. digitatum using homologous recombination via Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation (ATMT), but the frequencies are often very low. In the present study, we replaced the Ku80 homolog (a gene of the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway) with the hygromycin resistance cassette (hph) by ATMT. No significant change in vegetative growth, conidiation, or pathogenicity was observed in Ku80-deficient strain (ΔPdKu80) of P. digitatum. However, using ΔPdKu80 as a targeting strain, the gene-targeting frequencies for both genes PdbrlA and PdmpkA were significantly increased. These results suggest that Ku80 plays an important role in homologous integration and the created ΔPdKu80 strain would be a good candidate for rapid gene function analysis in P. digitatum.
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Li J, Liu G, Chen M, Li Z, Qin Y, Qu Y. Cellodextrin transporters play important roles in cellulase induction in the cellulolytic fungus Penicillium oxalicum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:10479-88. [PMID: 24132667 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5301-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cellodextrin transporters (cellodextrin permeases) have been identified in fungi in recent years. However, the functions of these transporters in cellulose utilization and cellulase expression have not been well studied. In this study, three cellodextrin transporters, namely, CdtC, CdtD, and CdtG, in the cellulolytic fungus Penicillium oxalicum (formally was classified as P. decumbens) were identified, and their functions were analyzed. The deletion of a single cellodextrin transporter gene slightly decreased cellobiose consumption, but no observable effect on cellulase expression was observed, which was attributed to the overlapping activity of isozymes. Further simultaneous deletion of cdtC and cdtD resulted in significantly decreased cellobiose consumption and poor growth on cellulose. The extracellular activity and transcription level of cellulases in the mutant without cdtC and cdtD were significantly lower than those in the wild-type strain when grown on cellulose. This result provides direct evidence of the crucial function of cellodextrin transporters in the induction of cellulase expression by insoluble cellulose.
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- Jie Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, People's Republic of China,
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Wang F, Liang Y, Wang M, Yang H, Liu K, Zhao Q, Fang X. Functional diversity of the p24γ homologue Erp reveals physiological differences between two filamentous fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 2013; 61:15-22. [PMID: 24035805 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The protein hyper-secreting filamentous fungi impact their surrounding environments by secreting cellulases and digesting plant cell wall via microbe-plant interspecies interaction. This process is of paramount importance in biofuel production from the renewable lignocellulosic biomass, because cellulase production is the key factor in cost determination. Despite the importance of protein secretion, p24 protein, a key factor in eukaryotic protein maturation and secretion, was never investigated in filamentous fungi. The erp genes encoding p24γ homologues were identified in Trichoderma reesei and Penicillium decumbens. The roles of Erp and their participated cellular pathways were investigated via disruption of erp, revealing significant differences: sporulation was hampered in T. reesei Δerp but not in P. decumbens Δerp; in both species Erp maintains membrane integrity; Erp is likely involved in hyphae polarity maintenance in T. reesei. Protein- and transcription-level investigations of Erp participation in cellulase production revealed distinct regulatory mechanisms. In T. reesei, cellulase encoding genes were repressed under secretion stress. In contrast, activation of the same genes under the same stress was identified in P. decumbens. These observations revealed a novel cellulase gene regulation mechanism, clearly suggested the different physiological roles of Erp, and further demonstrated the different physiology of T. reesei and P. decumbens, despite above 75% sequence identity between the proteins and the close evolutionary relationship between the two species.
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- Fangzhong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Liu G, Zhang L, Qin Y, Zou G, Li Z, Yan X, Wei X, Chen M, Chen L, Zheng K, Zhang J, Ma L, Li J, Liu R, Xu H, Bao X, Fang X, Wang L, Zhong Y, Liu W, Zheng H, Wang S, Wang C, Xun L, Zhao GP, Wang T, Zhou Z, Qu Y. Long-term strain improvements accumulate mutations in regulatory elements responsible for hyper-production of cellulolytic enzymes. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1569. [PMID: 23535838 PMCID: PMC3610096 DOI: 10.1038/srep01569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Long-term strain improvements through repeated mutagenesis and screening have generated a hyper-producer of cellulases and hemicellulases from Penicillium decumbens 114 which was isolated 30 years ago. Here, the genome of the hyper-producer P. decumbens JU-A10-T was sequenced and compared with that of the wild-type strain 114-2. Further, the transcriptomes and secretomes were compared between the strains. Selective hyper-production of cellulases and hemicellulases but not all the secreted proteins was observed in the mutant, making it a more specific producer of lignocellulolytic enzymes. Functional analysis identified that changes in several transcriptional regulatory elements played crucial roles in the cellulase hyper-producing characteristics of the mutant. Additionally, the mutant showed enhanced supply of amino acids and decreased synthesis of secondary metabolites compared with the wild-type. The results clearly point out that we can target gene regulators and promoters with minimal alterations of the genetic content but maximal effects in genetic engineering.
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- Guodong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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G protein-cAMP signaling pathway mediated by PGA3 plays different roles in regulating the expressions of amylases and cellulases in Penicillium decumbens. Fungal Genet Biol 2013; 58-59:62-70. [PMID: 23942188 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterotrimeric G proteins (G proteins) have been extensively investigated for their regulatory functions in morphogenesis and development in filamentous fungi. In addition, G proteins were also shown to be involved in the regulation of cellulase expression in some fungi. Here, we report the different regulatory effects of PGA3, a group III G protein α subunit, on the expressions of amylases and cellulases in Penicillium decumbens. Deletion of pga3 resulted in impaired amylase production and significantly decreased transcription of the major amylase gene amy15A. Supplementation of exogenous cAMP or its analog dibutyryl-cAMP restored amylase production in Δpga3 strain, suggesting an essential role of PGA3 in amylase synthesis via controlling cAMP level. On the other hand, the transcription of major cellulase gene cel7A-2 increased, nevertheless cellulase activity in the medium was not affected, in Δpga3. The above regulatory effects of PGA3 are carbon source-independent, and are achieved, at least, by cAMP-mediated regulation of the expression level of transcription factor AmyR. The functions of PGA3 revealed by gene deletion were partially supported by the analysis of the mutant carrying dominantly-activated PGA3. The results provided new insights into the understanding of the physiological functions of G protein-cAMP pathway in filamentous fungi.
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He Y, Liu Q, Shao Y, Chen F. Ku70 and ku80 null mutants improve the gene targeting frequency in Monascus ruber M7. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:4965-76. [PMID: 23546425 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4851-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Normally, gene targeting by homologous recombination occurs rarely during a transformation process since non-homologous recombination is predominant in filamentous fungi. In our previous researches, the average gene replacement frequency (GRF) in Monascus ruber M7 was as low as 15 %. To develop a highly efficient gene targeting system for M. ruber M7, two M. ruber M7 null mutants of ku70 (MrΔku70) and ku80 (MrΔku80) were constructed which had no apparent defects in the development including vegetative growth, colony phenotype, microscopic morphology and spore yield compared with M. ruber M7. In addition, the production of some significant secondary metabolites such as pigments and citrinin had no differences between the two disruptants and the wild-type strain. Further results revealed that the GRFs of triA (encoding a putative acetyltransferase) were 42.2 % and 61.5 % in the MrΔku70 and MrΔku80 strains, respectively, while it was only about 20 % in M. ruber M7. Furthermore, GRFs of these two disruptants at other loci (the pigE, fmdS genes in MrΔku70 and the ku70 gene in MrΔku80) were investigated, and the results indicated that GRFs in the MrΔku70 strain and the MrΔku80 strain were doubled and tripled compared with that in M. ruber M7, respectively. Therefore, the ku70 and ku80 null mutants of M. ruber M7, especially the ku80-deleted strain, will be excellent hosts for efficient gene targeting.
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- Yi He
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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Liu G, Qin Y, Li Z, Qu Y. Development of highly efficient, low-cost lignocellulolytic enzyme systems in the post-genomic era. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:962-75. [PMID: 23507038 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Revised: 03/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The current high cost of lignocellulolytic enzymes is a major bottleneck in the economic bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. Fungal lignocellulolytic enzyme systems are secreted at high levels, making them the most promising starting points for further development of highly efficient lignocellulolytic enzyme systems. In this paper, recent advances in improvement of fungal lignocellulolytic enzyme systems are reviewed, with an emphasis on the achievements made using genomic approaches. A general strategy for lignocellulolytic enzyme system development is proposed, including the improvement of the hydrolysis efficiencies and productivities of current enzyme systems. The applications of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analysis methods in examining the composition of native enzyme systems, discovery of novel enzymes and synergistic proteins from natural sources, and understanding of regulatory mechanisms for lignocellulolytic enzyme biosynthesis are summarized. By combining systems biology and synthetic biology tools, engineered fungal strains are expected to produce high levels of optimized lignocellulolytic enzyme systems.
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- Guodong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Liu G, Zhang L, Wei X, Zou G, Qin Y, Ma L, Li J, Zheng H, Wang S, Wang C, Xun L, Zhao GP, Zhou Z, Qu Y. Genomic and secretomic analyses reveal unique features of the lignocellulolytic enzyme system of Penicillium decumbens. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55185. [PMID: 23383313 PMCID: PMC3562324 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Many Penicillium species could produce extracellular enzyme systems with good lignocellulose hydrolysis performance. However, these species and their enzyme systems are still poorly understood and explored due to the lacking of genetic information. Here, we present the genomic and secretomic analyses of Penicillium decumbens that has been used in industrial production of lignocellulolytic enzymes in China for more than fifteen years. Comparative genomics analysis with the phylogenetically most similar species Penicillium chrysogenum revealed that P. decumbens has evolved with more genes involved in plant cell wall degradation, but fewer genes in cellular metabolism and regulation. Compared with the widely used cellulase producer Trichoderma reesei, P. decumbens has a lignocellulolytic enzyme system with more diverse components, particularly for cellulose binding domain-containing proteins and hemicellulases. Further, proteomic analysis of secretomes revealed that P. decumbens produced significantly more lignocellulolytic enzymes in the medium with cellulose-wheat bran as the carbon source than with glucose. The results expand our knowledge on the genetic information of lignocellulolytic enzyme systems in Penicillium species, and will facilitate rational strain improvement for the production of highly efficient enzyme systems used in lignocellulose utilization from Penicillium species.
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- Guodong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Zhang Y, Zhang J, Xiao P, Wang T, Qu Y. Improved cellulase production via disruption of PDE01641 in cellulolytic fungus Penicillium decumbens. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 123:733-737. [PMID: 22981621 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.07.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Revised: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To investigate the function of PDE01641, the homologue of Neurospora crassa NCU05137, during cellulase production in Penicillium decumbens, the PDE01641 encoding gene was knocked out in the present work. The PDE01641 deletion mutant showed enhanced cellobiohydrolase activity and β-glucosidase activity compared to the parental strain 114-2. Increased transcription of the main cellulase and hemicellulase genes in ΔPDE01641 gave evidence that PDE01641 might affect the process associated with the regulation of cellulolytic enzymes expression. Furthermore, the deletion of PDE01641 from the genome of hypercellulolytic industrial strain JU-A10-T resulted in 36% and 80% increase in cellulase activity and hemicellulase activity respectively. These results revealed that PDE01641 plays an important role in the regulation of cellulolytic enzyme production in P. decumbens, and the engineering strain constructed in this work could be potentially used in bioenergy production.
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- Yanmei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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Enhanced gene replacement frequency in KU70 disruption strain of Stagonospora nodorum. Microbiol Res 2012; 167:173-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2011.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cellulolytic Enzyme Production and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Second-Generation Bioethanol Production. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 128:1-24. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2011_131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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