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N Biotechnol ; 70: 28-38, 2022 Sep 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35405333

RESUMO

Acetyl esterases are an important component of the enzymatic machinery fungi use to degrade plant biomass and are classified in several Carbohydrate Esterase families of the CAZy classification system. Carbohydrate Esterase family 16 (CE16) is one of the more recently discovered CAZy families, but only a small number of its enzyme members have been characterized so far, revealing activity on xylan-derived oligosaccharides, as well as activity related to galactoglucomannan. The number of CE16 genes differs significantly in the genomes of filamentous fungi. In this study, four CE16 members were identified in the genome of Aspergillus niger NRRL3 and it was shown that they belong to three of the four phylogenetic Clades of CE16. Significant differences in expression profiles of the genes and substrate specificity of the enzymes were revealed, demonstrating the diversity within this family of enzymes. Detailed characterization of one of these four A. niger enzymes (HaeA) demonstrated activity on oligosaccharides obtained from acetylated glucuronoxylan, galactoglucomannan and xyloglucan, thus establishing this enzyme as a general hemicellulose acetyl esterase. Their broad substrate specificity makes these enzymes highly interesting for biotechnological applications in which deacetylation of polysaccharides is required.


Assuntos
Esterases , Polissacarídeos , Aspergillus niger , Esterases/química , Oligossacarídeos/química , Filogenia , Polissacarídeos/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato
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Curr Genet ; 52(3-4): 107-14, 2007 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17684745

RESUMO

Genetic recombination is an important tool in strain breeding in many organisms. We studied the possibilities of mitotic recombination in strain breeding of the asexual fungus Aspergillus niger. By identifying genes that complemented mapped auxotrophic mutations, the physical map was compared to the genetic map of chromosome III using the genome sequence. In a program to construct a chromosome III-specific marker strain by selecting mitotic crossing-over in diploids, a mitotic recombination hotspot was identified. Analysis of the mitotic recombination hotspot revealed some physical features, elevated basal transcription and a possible correlation with purine stretches.


Assuntos
Aspergillus niger/genética , Cromossomos Fúngicos/genética , Mitose , Recombinação Genética , Transcrição Gênica , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Segregação de Cromossomos , Troca Genética , Diploide , Genes Fúngicos , Ligação Genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Análise em Microsséries , Mutação , Purinas/química
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Plant Physiol ; 129(1): 278-89, 2002 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12011358

RESUMO

Reversibly glycosylated polypeptides (RGPs) have been implicated in polysaccharide biosynthesis. In plants, these proteins may function, for example, in cell wall synthesis and/or in synthesis of starch. We have isolated wheat (Triticum aestivum) and rice (Oryza sativa) Rgp cDNA clones to study the function of RGPs. Sequence comparisons showed the existence of two classes of RGP proteins, designated RGP1 and RGP2. Glucosylation activity of RGP1 and RGP2 from wheat and rice was studied. After separate expression of Rgp1 and Rgp2 in Escherichia coli or yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), only RGP1 showed self-glucosylation. In Superose 12 fractions from wheat endosperm extract, a polypeptide with a molecular mass of about 40 kD is glucosylated by UDP-glucose. Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants, overexpressing either wheat Rgp1 or Rgp2, were generated. Subsequent glucosylation assays revealed that in RGP1-containing tobacco extracts as well as in RGP2-containing tobacco extracts UDP-glucose is incorporated, indicating that an RGP2-containing complex is active. Gel filtration experiments with wheat endosperm extracts and extracts from transgenic tobacco plants, overexpressing either wheat Rgp1 or Rgp2, showed the presence of RGP1 and RGP2 in high-molecular mass complexes. Yeast two-hybrid studies indicated that RGP1 and RGP2 form homo- and heterodimers. Screening of a cDNA library using the yeast two-hybrid system and purification of the complex by an antibody affinity column did not reveal the presence of other proteins in the RGP complexes. Taken together, these results suggest the presence of active RGP1 and RGP2 homo- and heteromultimers in wheat endosperm.


Assuntos
Glicoproteínas/genética , Oryza/genética , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Polissacarídeos/biossíntese , Triticum/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Transporte , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Glicosilação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Amido/biossíntese , Nicotiana/genética , Técnicas do Sistema de Duplo-Híbrido
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