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Trichoderma reesei has 11 putative β-glucosidases in its genome, playing key parts in the induction and production of cellulase. Nevertheless, the reason why the T. reesei genome encodes so many β-glucosidases and the distinct role each β-glucosidase plays in cellulase production remain unknown. In the present study, the cellular function and distribution of 10 known β-glucosidases (CEL3B, CEL3E, CEL3F, CEL3H, CEL3J, CEL1A, CEL3C, CEL1B, CEL3G, and CEL3D) were explored in T. reesei, leaving out BGL1 (CEL3A), which has been well investigated. We found that the overexpression of cel3b or cel3g significantly enhanced extracellular β-glucosidase production, whereas the overexpression of cel1b severely inhibited cellulase production by cellulose, resulting in nearly no growth of T. reesei. Four types of cellular distribution patterns were observed for β-glucosidases in T. reesei: (i) CEL3B, CEL3E, CEL3F, and CEL3G forming clearly separated protein secretion vesicles in the cytoplasm; (ii) CEL3H and CEL3J diffusing the whole endomembrane as well as the cell membrane with protein aggregation, like a reticular network; (iii) CEL1A and CEL3D in vacuoles; (iv) and CEL3C in the nucleus. β-glucosidases CEL1A, CEL3B, CEL3E, CEL3F, CEL3G, CEL3H, and CEL3J were identified as extracellular, CEL3C and CEL3D as intracellular, and CEL1B as unknown. The extracellular β-glucosidases CEL3B, CEL3E, CEL3F, CEL3H, and CEL3G were secreted through a tip-directed conventional secretion pathway, and CEL1A, via a vacuole-mediated pathway that was achieved without any signal peptide, while CEL3J was secreted via an unconventional protein pathway bypassing the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi.
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Li C, Pang AP, Yang H, Lv R, Zhou Z, Wu FG, Lin F. Tracking localization and secretion of cellulase spatiotemporally and directly in living Trichoderma reesei. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:200. [PMID: 31452681 PMCID: PMC6700804 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1538-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Filamentous fungi secret hydrolytic enzymes like cellulase and hemicellulase outside the cells, serving as important scavengers of plant biomass in nature and workhorses in the enzyme industry. Unlike the extensive study on the mechanism of cellulase production in fungi, research on spatiotemporal distribution and secretion of cellulase in fungi is lacking, retarding the deeper understanding of the molecular mechanism behind the fungal cellulase production. RESULT Recombinant Trichoderma reesei strains RBGL, RCBH, and RCMC were successfully constructed from T. reesei RUT-C30, expressing red fluorescent protein DsRed-tagged versions of β-glucosidase (BGL), cellobiohydrolase (CBH), and endoglucanase (CMC), respectively. With the assistance of these strains, we found that all three cellulase components BGL, CBH, and CMC diffused throughout the whole fungal mycelium with major accumulation at the hyphal apexes. These enzymes located in ER, Golgi, vacuoles and cell membrane/wall, but not septum, and secreted abundantly into the culture medium. Moreover, the major secretion of CBH and CMC started more early than that of BGL. Brefeldin A (BFA) completely blocked cellulase expression and secretion in T. reesei. CONCLUSION Based on recombinant T. reesei RBGL, RCBH, and RCMC expressing DsRed-fused versions of BGL, CBH, and CMC, respectively, the distribution and secretion of cellulase production in T. reesei were first visualized directly in a dynamic way, preliminarily mapping the location and secretion of T. reesei cellulase and providing evidence for revealing the secretion pathways of cellulase in T. reesei. The obtained results suggest that cellulase excretion majorly occurs via the conventional ER-Golgi secretory pathway, and might be assisted through unconventional protein secretion pathways.
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- Chengcheng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu 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, 200032 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 37 Jinxianghe Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210096 Jiangsu China
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de Paula RG, Antoniêto ACC, Nogueira KMV, Ribeiro LFC, Rocha MC, Malavazi I, Almeida F, Silva RN. Extracellular vesicles carry cellulases in the industrial fungus Trichoderma reesei. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:146. [PMID: 31223336 PMCID: PMC6570945 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1487-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Trichoderma reesei is the most important industrial producer of lignocellulolytic enzymes. These enzymes play an important role in biomass degradation leading to novel applications of this fungus in the biotechnology industry, specifically biofuel production. The secretory pathway of fungi is responsible for transporting proteins addressed to different cellular locations involving some cellular endomembrane systems. Although protein secretion is an extremely efficient process in T. reesei, the mechanisms underlying protein secretion have remained largely uncharacterized in this organism. RESULTS Here, we report for the first time the isolation and characterization of T. reesei extracellular vesicles (EVs). Using proteomic analysis under cellulose culture condition, we have confidently identified 188 vesicular proteins belonging to different functional categories. Also, we characterized EVs production using transmission electron microscopy in combination with light scattering analysis. Biochemical assays revealed that T. reesei extracellular vesicles have an enrichment of filter paper (FPase) and β-glucosidase activities in purified vesicles from 24, 72 and 96, and 72 and 96 h, respectively. Furthermore, our results showed that there is a slight enrichment of small RNAs inside the vesicles after 96 h and 120 h, and presence of hsp proteins inside the vesicles purified from T. reesei grown in the presence of cellulose. CONCLUSIONS This work points to important insights into a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying the regulation of cellulolytic enzyme secretion in this fungus.
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- Renato Graciano de Paula
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900 Brazil
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Pei X, Fan F, Lin L, Chen Y, Sun W, Zhang S, Tian C. Involvement of the adaptor protein 3 complex in lignocellulase secretion in Neurospora crassa revealed by comparative genomic screening. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2015; 8:124. [PMID: 26300971 PMCID: PMC4545925 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0302-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lignocellulase hypersecretion has been achieved in industrial fungal workhorses such as Trichoderma reesei, but the underlying mechanism associated with this process is not well understood. Although previous comparative genomic studies have revealed that the mutagenic T. reesei strain RUT-C30 harbors hundreds of mutations compared with its parental strain QM6a, how these mutations actually contribute to the hypersecretion phenotype remains to be elucidated. RESULTS In this study, we systematically screened gene knockout (KO) mutants in the cellulolytic fungus Neurospora crassa, which contains orthologs of potentially defective T. reesei RUT-C30 mutated genes. Of the 86 deletion mutants screened in N. crassa, 12 exhibited lignocellulase production more than 25% higher than in the wild-type (WT) strain and 4 showed nearly 25% lower secretion. We observed that the deletion of Ncap3m (NCU03998), which encodes the μ subunit of the adaptor protein 3 (AP-3) complex in N. crassa, led to the most significant increase in lignocellulase secretion under both Avicel and xylan culture conditions. Moreover, strains lacking the β subunit of the AP-3 complex, encoded by Ncap3b (NCU06569), had a similar phenotype to ΔNcap3m, suggesting that the AP-3 complex is involved in lignocellulase secretion in N. crassa. We also found that the transcriptional abundance of major lignocellulase genes in ΔNcap3m was maintained at a relatively higher level during the late stage of fermentation compared with the WT, which might add to the hypersecretion phenotype. Finally, we found that importation of the T. reesei ap3m ortholog Trap3m into ΔNcap3m can genetically restore secretion of lignocellulases to normal levels, which suggests that the effect of the AP-3 complex on lignocellulase secretion is conserved in cellulolytic ascomycetes. CONCLUSIONS Using the model cellulolytic fungus N. crassa, we explored potential hypersecretion-related mutations in T. reesei strain RUT-C30. Through systematic genetic screening of 86 corresponding orthologous KO mutants in N. crassa, we identified several genes, particularly those encoding the AP-3 complex that contribute to lignocellulase secretion. These findings will be useful for strain improvement in future lignocellulase and biomass-based chemical production.
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- Xue Pei
- />College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062 China
- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- />College of Plant Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062 China
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- />Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308 China
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Yan S, Wu G. Secretory pathway of cellulase: a mini-review. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:177. [PMID: 24295495 PMCID: PMC4177124 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Cellulase plays an important role in modern industry and holds great potential in biofuel production. Many different types of organisms produce cellulase, which go through secretory pathways to reach the extracellular space, where enzymatic reactions take place. Secretory pathways in various cells have been the focus of many research fields; however, there are few studies on secretory pathways of cellulases in the literature. It is therefore necessary and important to review the current knowledge on the secretory pathways of cellulases. In this mini-review, we address the subcellular locations of cellulases in different organisms, discuss the secretory pathways of cellulases in different organisms, and examine the secretory mechanisms of cellulases. These sections start with a description of general secreted proteins, advance to the situation of cellulases, and end with the knowledge of cellulases, as documented in UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB). Finally, gaps in existing knowledge are highlighted, which may shed light on future studies for biofuel engineering.
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- Shaomin Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Non-food Biomass Enzyme Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Non-food Biorefinery, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biorefinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-food Biomass Enzyme Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Non-food Biorefinery, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biorefinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China
- DreamSciTech, Apt 207, Zhencaili 26, Zhujiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300222, China
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Bischof R, Fourtis L, Limbeck A, Gamauf C, Seiboth B, Kubicek CP. Comparative analysis of the Trichoderma reesei transcriptome during growth on the cellulase inducing substrates wheat straw and lactose. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:127. [PMID: 24016404 PMCID: PMC3847502 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Renewable lignocellulosic biomass is an advantageous resource for the production of second generation biofuels and other biorefinery products. In Middle Europe, wheat straw is one of the most abundant low-cost sources of lignocellulosic biomass. For its efficient use, an efficient mix of cellulases and hemicellulases is required. In this paper, we investigated how cellulase production by T. reesei on wheat straw compares to that on lactose, the only soluble and also cheap inducing carbon source for enzyme production. RESULTS We have examined and compared the transcriptome of T. reesei growing on wheat straw and lactose as carbon sources under otherwise similar conditions. Gene expression on wheat straw exceeded that on lactose, and 1619 genes were found to be only induced on wheat straw but not on lactose. They comprised 30% of the CAZome, but were also enriched in genes associated with phospholipid metabolism, DNA synthesis and repair, iron homeostatis and autophagy. Two thirds of the CAZome was expressed both on wheat straw as well as on lactose, but 60% of it at least >2-fold higher on the former. Major wheat straw specific genes comprised xylanases, chitinases and mannosidases. Interestingly, the latter two CAZyme families were significantly higher expressed in a strain in which xyr1 encoding the major regulator of cellulase and hemicellulase biosynthesis is non-functional. CONCLUSIONS Our data reveal several major differences in the transcriptome between wheat straw and lactose which may be related to the higher enzyme formation on the former and their further investigation could lead to the development of methods for increasing enzyme production on lactose.
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- Robert Bischof
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) GmBH c/o Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, University of Technology of Vienna, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Biotech & Renewables Center, Clariant GmbH, München 81477, Germany
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) GmBH c/o Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
- Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) GmBH c/o Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
- Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology of Vienna, Gumpendorferstraβe 1a, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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Peterson R, Nevalainen H. Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30--thirty years of strain improvement. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2011; 158:58-68. [PMID: 21998163 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.054031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The hypersecreting mutant Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30 (ATCC 56765) is one of the most widely used strains of filamentous fungi for the production of cellulolytic enzymes and recombinant proteins, and for academic research. The strain was obtained after three rounds of random mutagenesis of the wild-type QM6a in a screening program focused on high cellulase production and catabolite derepression. Whereas RUT-C30 achieves outstanding levels of protein secretion and high cellulolytic activity in comparison to the wild-type QM6a, recombinant protein production has been less successful. Here, we bring together and discuss the results from biochemical-, microscopic-, genomic-, transcriptomic-, glycomic- and proteomic-based research on the RUT-C30 strain published over the last 30 years.
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- Robyn Peterson
- Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia
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- Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia
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Geysens S, Pakula T, Uusitalo J, Dewerte I, Penttilä M, Contreras R. Cloning and characterization of the glucosidase II alpha subunit gene of Trichoderma reesei: a frameshift mutation results in the aberrant glycosylation profile of the hypercellulolytic strain Rut-C30. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:2910-24. [PMID: 15932985 PMCID: PMC1151825 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.6.2910-2924.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We describe isolation and characterization of the gene encoding the glucosidase II alpha subunit (GIIalpha) of the industrially important fungus Trichoderma reesei. This subunit is the catalytic part of the glucosidase II heterodimeric enzyme involved in the structural modification within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of N-linked oligosaccharides present on glycoproteins. The gene encoding GIIalpha (gls2alpha) in the hypercellulolytic strain Rut-C30 contains a frameshift mutation resulting in a truncated gene product. Based on the peculiar monoglucosylated N-glycan pattern on proteins produced by the strain, we concluded that the truncated protein can still hydrolyze the first alpha-1,3-linked glucose residue but not the innermost alpha-1,3-linked glucose residue from the Glc2Man9GlcNAc2 N-glycan ER structure. Transformation of the Rut-C30 strain with a repaired T. reesei gls2alpha gene changed the glycosylation profile significantly, decreasing the amount of monoglucosylated structures and increasing the amount of high-mannose N-glycans. Full conversion to high-mannose carbohydrates was not obtained, and this was probably due to competition between the endogenous mutant subunit and the introduced wild-type GIIalpha protein. Since glucosidase II is also involved in the ER quality control of nascent polypeptide chains, its transcriptional regulation was studied in a strain producing recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and in cultures treated with the stress agents dithiothreitol (DTT) and brefeldin A (BFA), which are known to block protein transport and to induce the unfolded protein response. While the mRNA levels were clearly upregulated upon tPA production or BFA treatment, no such enhancement was observed after DTT addition.
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- Steven Geysens
- Fundamental and Applied Molecular Biology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, Ghent University and VIB (Flemish Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology), Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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Kruszewska JS, Butterweck AH, Kurzatkowski W, Migdalski A, Kubicek CP, Palamarczyk G. Overexpression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannosylphosphodolichol synthase-encoding gene in Trichoderma reesei results in an increased level of protein secretion and abnormal cell ultrastructure. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:2382-7. [PMID: 10347017 PMCID: PMC91352 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2382-2387.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Production of extracellular proteins plays an important role in the physiology of Trichoderma reesei and has potential industrial application. To improve the efficiency of protein secretion, we overexpressed in T. reesei the DPM1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, encoding mannosylphosphodolichol (MPD) synthase, under homologous, constitutively acting expression signals. Four stable transformants, each with different copy numbers of tandemly integrated DPM1, exhibited roughly double the activity of MPD synthase in the respective endoplasmic reticulum membrane fraction. On a dry-weight basis, they secreted up to sevenfold-higher concentrations of extracellular proteins during growth on lactose, a carbon source promoting formation of cellulases. Northern blot analysis showed that the relative level of the transcript of cbh1, which encodes the major cellulase (cellobiohydrolase I [CBH I]), did not increase in the transformants. On the other hand, the amount of secreted CBH I and, in all but one of the transformants, intracellular CBH I was elevated. Our results suggest that posttranscriptional processes are responsible for the increase in CBH I production. The carbohydrate contents of the extracellular proteins were comparable in the wild type and in the transformants, and no hyperglycosylation was detected. Electron microscopy of the DPM1-amplified strains revealed amorphous structure of the cell wall and over three times as many mitochondria as in the control. Our data indicate that molecular manipulation of glycan biosynthesis in Trichoderma can result in improved protein secretion.
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- J S Kruszewska
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Kurzatkowski W, Törrönen A, Filipek J, Mach RL, Herzog P, Sowka S, Kubicek CP. Glucose-induced secretion of Trichoderma reesei xylanases. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996; 62:2859-65. [PMID: 8702278 PMCID: PMC168071 DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2859-2865.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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To produce two xylanases with Trichoderma reesei grown on glucose, recombinant strains which carry either the xyn1 or the xyn2 (xylanase I and II [XYN I and XYN II]-encoding) structural genes under the expression signals of the homologous pki1 (pyruvate kinase-encoding) gene were constructed. The two types of transformants secreted XYN I or II, respectively, during growth on glucose, as demonstrated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunostaining. The corresponding specific xylanase activities of the best transformants on glucose were 76 and 145 U/mg of protein for XYN I and XYN II, respectively, as opposed to that obtained by the parent strain (26 U/mg of protein). When related to the amount of biomass formed, however, they produced only about 4 to 5 U/g, in contrast to much higher activities (10 to 12 U/g) during growth on xylan. The ultrastructural location of XYN II in the transformant strain producing the highest constitutive XYN II formation (ATX2-12) was investigated by immunoelectron microscopy and compared with that in the wild-type strain growing on xylan. Cell extracts from both types of transformants grown on glucose exhibited a higher intracellular xylanase activity than did the parent strain grown on xylan. By using electron microscopy and immunogold labelling, XYN II was detected in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi-like vesicles, secretory vesicles, vacuoles, and cell walls. The immunolabel in the vacuoles was detected preferentially in subapical cells. When a recombinant strain which expressed xyn2 from the pki1 promoter was compared with the parent strain during growth on xylan, the former exhibited a less proliferated endoplasmic reticulum and a smaller number of secretory vesicles; however, a higher density of labelling was observed. The relationship of these findings to the efficacy of protein secretion during growth on glucose is discussed.
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Singh A, Hayashi K. Microbial cellulases: protein architecture, molecular properties, and biosynthesis. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 1995; 40:1-44. [PMID: 7604736 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(08)70362-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- A Singh
- Biomaterials Conversion Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
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Bourett TM, Howard RJ. Enhanced labelling of concanavalin a binding sites in fungal endomembranes using a double-sided, indirect method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0953-7562(09)81053-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Haab D, Gassner B, Kubicek CP. Protein hypersecretory Trichoderma reesei mutant RUT C-30 displays increased ethanol and polyene resistance. J Biotechnol 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(93)90043-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kubicek CP, Messner R, Gruber F, Mach RL, Kubicek-Pranz EM. The Trichoderma cellulase regulatory puzzle: from the interior life of a secretory fungus. Enzyme Microb Technol 1993; 15:90-99. [PMID: 7763457 DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(93)90030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Novel applications for cellulases have reinitiated interest in the regulation of production of these enzymes by the soft rot fungus Trichoderma reesei and related species. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the question "How can insoluble molecules like cellulose initiate their own breakdown by a microorganism?" The evidence available--based on biochemical as well as molecular biological approaches--favors a model in which conidial bound cellobiohydrolases carry out a first exo-exo-wise attack on the cellulose molecule. The disaccharides so formed (cellobiose, alpha-cellobiono-1,5-lactone) are then taken up by the mycelia and promote further cellulase biosynthesis. Evidence available suggests that they are further metabolized to, rather than being, the "true" inducer. Speculations on the nature of the inducer are presented. The roles of the beta-glucosidases of Trichoderma in this process are discussed. The pathway of cellulase secretion is discussed on the basis of electron microscopical as well as gene sequence information.
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- C P Kubicek
- Abteilung für Mikrobielle Biochemie, Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie, Vienna, Austria
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Substrate-dependent variation in the protein profile and antigens of Trichoderma harzianum. Enzyme Microb Technol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(91)90088-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Messner R, Kubicek-Pranz EM, Gsur A, Kubicek CP. Cellobiohydrolase II is the main conidial-bound cellulase in Trichoderma reesei and other Trichoderma strains. Arch Microbiol 1991; 155:601-6. [PMID: 1953300 DOI: 10.1007/bf00245356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies have been used to determine the presence of cellobiohydrolases I and II (CBH I and II), and endoglucanase I (EG I) on the surface of conidia from Trichoderma reesei QM 9414 and RUT C-30, and 8 other Trichoderma species. For this purpose, proteins were released from the conidial surface by treatment with a non-ionic detergent (Triton X-100 and beta-octylglucoside), followed by SDS-PAGE/Western blotting and immunostaining. Both CBH I and II were clearly present, but - unlike in extracellular culture fluids from Trichoderma - CBH II was the predominant cellulase. In T. reesei EG I could not be detected. The higher producer strain T. reesei RUT C-30 exhibited a higher conidial level of CBH II than T. reesei QM 9414. In order to assess the importance of the conidial CBH II level for cellulase induction by cellulose, multiple copies of the chb2 gene were introduced into the T. reesei genome by cotransformation using PyrG as a marker. Stable multicopy transformants secreted the 2- to 4-fold level of CBH II into the culture medium when grown on lactose as a carbon source, but their CBH I secretion was unaltered. Upon growth on cellulose, both CBH I and CBH II secretion was enhanced. Those strain showing highest cellulase activity on cellulose also appeared to contain the highest level of conidial bound CBH II. CBH II was also the predominant conidial cellulase in various other Trichoderma sp. However, roughly the same amount of conidial bound CBH II was detected in all strains, although their cellulase production differed considerably.
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- R Messner
- Abteilung für Mikrobielle Biochemie, Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie, TU Wien, Austria
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Iyayi CB, Bruchmann EE, Kubicek CP. Induction of cellulase formation in Trichoderma reesei by cellobiono-1,5-lacton. Arch Microbiol 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00406559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The cellulase enzyme system consists of cellobiohydrolase, endoglucanase, and beta-glucosidase and has been extensively studied with respect to its biosynthesis, properties, mode of action, application, and, most recently, secretion mechanisms. A knowledge of the factors governing the biosynthesis and secretion of these enzymes at the molecular level will be useful in maximizing enzyme productivity in extracellular fluid. Among other topics, the regulatory effects of sorbose (a noninducing sugar which is not a product of cellulose hydrolysis) on cellulase synthesis and release are described. Cellulase genes have recently been cloned into a number of microorganisms with a view to understanding the gene structure and expression and to obtaining the enzyme components in pure form. The factors governing biosynthesis and secretion of cellulases in recombinant cells are also discussed. Cellulases are known to be glycoproteins, therefore, the role of O- and N-linked glycosylation on enzyme stability and secretion is also detailed.
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- V S Bisaria
- Biochemical Engineering Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
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Jackson MA, Talburt DE. Purification and partial characterization of an extracellular ?-glucosidase ofTrichoderma reesei using cathodic run, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Biotechnol Bioeng 1988; 32:903-9. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.260320709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Messner R, Gruber F, Kubicek CP. Differential regulation of synthesis of multiple forms of specific endoglucanases by Trichoderma reesei QM9414. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:3689-93. [PMID: 3403510 PMCID: PMC211346 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.8.3689-3693.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A method consisting of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and subsequent detection of endoglucanases by blotting with a polyclonal antibody against endoglucanase I was used to investigate the effect of induction and carbon catabolite derepression on the synthesis of multiple forms of endoglucanase I by Trichoderma reesei. Five forms appeared upon growth on cellulose, whereas four and only two appeared upon growth on lactose (carbon catabolite derepression) and induction by sophorose in a resting cell system, respectively. All endoglucanases detected resembled endoglucanase I in their specificity, since they exhibited no activity toward xylan or paranitrophenyl-beta-D-lactobioside. A small (25-kilodalton) endoglucanase only appeared during growth on cellulose. None of the multiple forms arose by postsecretional modification. The results indicate that sophorose may not be the only compound mediating cellulose induction of the specific endoglucanases in T. reesei.
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- R Messner
- Institut für Biochemische Technologie und Mikrobiologie, TU Wien, Austria
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Mechanism for β-glucosidase release into cellulose-grown Trichoderma reesei culture supernatants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0147-5975(88)90009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Messner R, Kubicek CP. Intracellular precursors of endo-β-1,4-glucanase in Trichoderma reesei. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1988. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02943.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Sprey B. Characterization of cellulases in an extracellular fraction fromTrichoderma reeseiunder conditions of isoelectric focusing (IEF). FEMS Microbiol Lett 1987. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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