Mutation of a Conserved Alanine Residue in Transcription Factor AraR Leads to Hyperproduction of α-l-Arabinofuranosidases in Penicillium oxalicum

Biotechnology Journal
Liwei GaoYinbo Qu

Abstract

α-l-Arabinofuranosidases are important in the degradation of plant polysaccharides and are used in several industrial processes. Although the use of filamentous fungi for the production of α-l-arabinofuranosidases is widely reported, there are few reports on strain engineering for enhanced production of these enzymes by fungi. In this study, the function of transcription factor AraR in l-arabinose release and catabolism by the fungus Penicillium oxalicum (P. oxalicum) is investigated. Also, a mutant of AraR, AraRA731V , is constructed to improve the production of α-l-arabinofuranosidases on the basis of the sequence homology between AraR and the xylanolytic gene activator XlnR. The AraRA731V -overexpressing strain can synthesize α-l-arabinofuranosidase in the absence of an inducer and shows a 54.1-fold increase in α-l-arabinofuranosidase production and a 7.4-fold increase in α-galactosidase production in the medium containing wheat bran. Determination of the transcript abundances of lignocellulolytic enzyme genes reveals significant upregulation of multiple α-l-arabinofuranosidase genes and downregulation of some cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzyme genes in the engineered strain relative to its parent. Taken together, the resul...Continue Reading

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