Kislitsin VY, Chulkin AM, Dotsenko AS, Sinelnikov IG, Sinitsyn AP, Rozhkova AM. The role of intracellular β-glucosidase in cellulolytic response induction in filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum.
Res Microbiol 2024;
175:104178. [PMID:
38160731 DOI:
10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104178]
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Abstract
In this study, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing was used to knockout the bgl2 gene encoding intracellular β-glucosidase filamentous fungus Penicillium verruculosum. This resulted in a dramatic reduction of secretion of cellulolytic enzymes. The study of P. verruculosum Δbgl2 found that the transcription of the cbh1 gene, which encodes cellobiohydrolase 1, was impaired when induced by cellobiose and cellotriose. However, the transcription of the cbh1 gene remains at level of the host strain when induced by gentiobiose. This implies that gentiobiose is the true inducer of the cellulolytic response in P. verruculosum, in contrast to Neurospora crassa where cellobiose acts as an inducer.
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