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Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion.


ABSTRACT: Brown-rot fungi such as Postia placenta are common inhabitants of forest ecosystems and are also largely responsible for the destructive decay of wooden structures. Rapid depolymerization of cellulose is a distinguishing feature of brown-rot, but the biochemical mechanisms and underlying genetics are poorly understood. Systematic examination of the P. placenta genome, transcriptome, and secretome revealed unique extracellular enzyme systems, including an unusual repertoire of extracellular glycoside hydrolases. Genes encoding exocellobiohydrolases and cellulose-binding domains, typical of cellulolytic microbes, are absent in this efficient cellulose-degrading fungus. When P. placenta was grown in medium containing cellulose as sole carbon source, transcripts corresponding to many hemicellulases and to a single putative beta-1-4 endoglucanase were expressed at high levels relative to glucose-grown cultures. These transcript profiles were confirmed by direct identification of peptides by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Also up-regulated during growth on cellulose medium were putative iron reductases, quinone reductase, and structurally divergent oxidases potentially involved in extracellular generation of Fe(II) and H(2)O(2). These observations are consistent with a biodegradative role for Fenton chemistry in which Fe(II) and H(2)O(2) react to form hydroxyl radicals, highly reactive oxidants capable of depolymerizing cellulose. The P. placenta genome resources provide unparalleled opportunities for investigating such unusual mechanisms of cellulose conversion. More broadly, the genome offers insight into the diversification of lignocellulose degrading mechanisms in fungi. Comparisons with the closely related white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium support an evolutionary shift from white-rot to brown-rot during which the capacity for efficient depolymerization of lignin was lost.

SUBMITTER: Martinez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2644145 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion.

Martinez Diego D   Challacombe Jean J   Morgenstern Ingo I   Hibbett David D   Schmoll Monika M   Kubicek Christian P CP   Ferreira Patricia P   Ruiz-Duenas Francisco J FJ   Martinez Angel T AT   Kersten Phil P   Hammel Kenneth E KE   Vanden Wymelenberg Amber A   Gaskell Jill J   Lindquist Erika E   Sabat Grzegorz G   Bondurant Sandra Splinter SS   Larrondo Luis F LF   Canessa Paulo P   Vicuna Rafael R   Yadav Jagjit J   Doddapaneni Harshavardhan H   Subramanian Venkataramanan V   Pisabarro Antonio G AG   Lavín José L JL   Oguiza José A JA   Master Emma E   Henrissat Bernard B   Coutinho Pedro M PM   Harris Paul P   Magnuson Jon Karl JK   Baker Scott E SE   Bruno Kenneth K   Kenealy William W   Hoegger Patrik J PJ   Kües Ursula U   Ramaiya Preethi P   Lucas Susan S   Salamov Asaf A   Shapiro Harris H   Tu Hank H   Chee Christine L CL   Misra Monica M   Xie Gary G   Teter Sarah S   Yaver Debbie D   James Tim T   Mokrejs Martin M   Pospisek Martin M   Grigoriev Igor V IV   Brettin Thomas T   Rokhsar Dan D   Berka Randy R   Cullen Dan D  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090204 6


Brown-rot fungi such as Postia placenta are common inhabitants of forest ecosystems and are also largely responsible for the destructive decay of wooden structures. Rapid depolymerization of cellulose is a distinguishing feature of brown-rot, but the biochemical mechanisms and underlying genetics are poorly understood. Systematic examination of the P. placenta genome, transcriptome, and secretome revealed unique extracellular enzyme systems, including an unusual repertoire of extracellular glyco  ...[more]

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