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Identification and characterization of the glucose dual-affinity transport system in Neurospora crassa: pleiotropic roles in nutrient transport, signaling, and carbon catabolite repression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The glucose dual-affinity transport system (low- and high-affinity) is a conserved strategy used by microorganisms to cope with natural fluctuations in nutrient availability in the environment. The glucose-sensing and uptake processes are believed to be tightly associated with cellulase expression regulation in cellulolytic fungi. However, both the identities and functions of the major molecular components of this evolutionarily conserved system in filamentous fungi remain elusive. Here, we systematically identified and characterized the components of the glucose dual-affinity transport system in the model fungus Neurospora crassa.

Results

Using RNA sequencing coupled with functional transport analyses, we assigned GLT-1 (K_m = 18.42 ± 3.38 mM) and HGT-1/-2 (K_m = 16.13 ± 0.95 and 98.97 ± 22.02 µM) to the low- and high-affinity glucose transport systems, respectively. The high-affinity transporters hgt-1/-2 complemented a moderate growth defect under high glucose when glt-1 was deleted. Simultaneous deletion of hgt-1/-2 led to extensive derepression of genes for plant cell wall deconstruction in cells grown on cellulose. The suppression by HGT-1/-2 was connected to both carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and the cyclic adenosine monophosphate-protein kinase A pathway. Alteration of a residue conserved across taxa in hexose transporters resulted in a loss of glucose-transporting function, whereas CCR signal transduction was retained, indicating dual functions for HGT-1/-2 as "transceptors."

Conclusions

In this study, GLT-1 and HGT-1/-2 were identified as the key components of the glucose dual-affinity transport system, which plays diverse roles in glucose transport and carbon metabolism. Given the wide conservation of the glucose dual-affinity transport system across fungal species, the identification of its components and their pleiotropic roles in this study shed important new light on the molecular basis of nutrient transport, signaling, and plant cell wall degradation in fungi.

SUBMITTER: Wang B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5244594 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification and characterization of the glucose dual-affinity transport system in <i>Neurospora crassa</i>: pleiotropic roles in nutrient transport, signaling, and carbon catabolite repression.

Wang Bang B Li Jingen J Gao Jingfang J Cai Pengli P Han Xiaoyun X Tian Chaoguang C

Biotechnology for biofuels 20170119

<h4>Background</h4>The glucose dual-affinity transport system (low- and high-affinity) is a conserved strategy used by microorganisms to cope with natural fluctuations in nutrient availability in the environment. The glucose-sensing and uptake processes are believed to be tightly associated with cellulase expression regulation in cellulolytic fungi. However, both the identities and functions of the major molecular components of this evolutionarily conserved system in filamentous fungi remain elu ...[more]

PMID: 28115989

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Project description:The glucose dual-affinity transport system (low- and high-affinity) is a conserved strategy exerted by microorganisms to cope with the naturally fluctuating availability of nutrients in the environment. The glucose sensing and uptaking process were believed to be tightly involved in cellulases expression regulation in cellulolytic fungi. However, both the identities and functions of the major molecular components of this evolutionarily conserved system in filamentous fungi remain elusive. Here, we conducted a systematic identification and characterization of the glucose dual-affinity transport system in the model fungus Neurospora crassa. Using RNA sequencing coupled with functional transport analyses, we were able to assign GLT-1 (Km = 18.42 ± 3.38 mM) and HGT-1/-2 (Km = 16.13 ± 0.95 µM and 98.97 ± 22.02 µM) to low- and high-affinity glucose transport systems, respectively. The high-affinity transporters hgt-1/-2 were able to complement a moderate growth defect under high glucose when glt-1 was deleted. Simultaneous deletion of hgt-1/-2 led to extensive derepression of genes for plant cell wall deconstruction on cellulose. This suppression by HGT-1/-2 was connected to both carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and the cyclic adenosine monophosphate-protein kinase A pathway. Alteration of a residue conserved across taxa for hexose-transporters was found to result in a loss of glucose-transporting function, whereas CCR signal transduction was retained, indicating a dual function for HGT-1/-2 as “transceptors”. In this study, GLT-1 and HGT-1/-2 are identified as the key components of the glucose dual-affinity transport system, which play diverse roles in glucose transport and carbon metabolism. Given their wide conservation across fungal species, the glucose dual-affinity transport components and their pleiotropic roles revealed in this study would shed extensive new light on the molecular basis of nutrient transport, signaling, and plant cell wall degradation in fungi.