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Combining manipulation of transcription factors and overexpression of the target genes to enhance lignocellulolytic enzyme production in Penicillium oxalicum.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Lignocellulolytic enzymes are the main enzymes to saccharify lignocellulose from renewable plant biomass in the bio-based economy. The production of these enzymes is transcriptionally regulated by multiple transcription factors. We previously engineered Penicillium oxalicum for improved cellulase production via manipulation of three genes in the cellulase expression regulatory network. However, the potential of combinational engineering of multiple regulators and their targets at protein abundance and activity levels has not been fully explored. RESULTS:Here, we verified that a point mutation XlnRA871V in transcription factor XlnR enhanced the expression of lignocellulolytic enzymes, particularly hemicellulases, in P. oxalicum. Then, overexpression of XlnRA871V with a constitutive PDE_02864 promoter was combined with the overexpression of cellulase transcriptional activator ClrB and deletion of carbon catabolite repressor CreA. The resulted strain RE-7 showed 8.9- and 51.5-fold increased production of cellulase and xylanase relative to the starting strain M12, respectively. Further overexpression of two major cellulase genes cbh1-2 and eg1 enabled an additional 13.0% improvement of cellulase production. In addition, XlnRA871V led to decreased production of ?-glucosidase and amylase, which could be attributed to the reduced transcription of corresponding enzyme-encoding genes. CONCLUSIONS:The results illustrated that combinational manipulation of the involved transcription factors and their target genes was a viable strategy for efficient production of lignocellulolytic enzymes in filamentous fungi. The striking negative effect of XlnRA871V mutation on amylase production was also highlighted.

SUBMITTER: Gao L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5397729 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Combining manipulation of transcription factors and overexpression of the target genes to enhance lignocellulolytic enzyme production in <i>Penicillium oxalicum</i>.

Gao Liwei L Li Zhonghai Z Xia Chengqiang C Qu Yinbo Y Liu Meng M Yang Piao P Yu Lele L Song Xin X

Biotechnology for biofuels 20170420

<h4>Background</h4>Lignocellulolytic enzymes are the main enzymes to saccharify lignocellulose from renewable plant biomass in the bio-based economy. The production of these enzymes is transcriptionally regulated by multiple transcription factors. We previously engineered <i>Penicillium oxalicum</i> for improved cellulase production via manipulation of three genes in the cellulase expression regulatory network. However, the potential of combinational engineering of multiple regulators and their ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundIn cellulolytic fungi, induction and repression mechanisms synchronously regulate the synthesis of cellulolytic enzymes for accurate responses to carbon sources in the environment. Many proteins, particularly transcription regulatory factors involved in these processes, were identified and genetically engineered in Penicillium oxalicum and other cellulolytic fungi. Despite such great efforts, its effect of modifying a single target to improve the production of cellulase is highly limited.ResultsIn this study, we developed a systematic strategy for the genetic engineering of P. oxalicum to enhance cellulase yields, by enhancing induction (by blocking intracellular inducer hydrolysis and increasing the activator level) and relieving the repression. We obtained a trigenic recombinant strain named 'RE-10' by deleting bgl2 and creA, along with over-expressing the gene clrB. The cellulolytic ability of RE-10 was significantly improved; the filter paper activity and extracellular protein concentration increased by up to over 20- and 10-fold, respectively, higher than those of the wild-type (WT) strain 114-2 both on pure cellulose and complex wheat bran media. Most strikingly, the cellulolytic ability of RE-10 was comparable with that of the industrial P. oxalicum strain JU-A10-T obtained by random mutagenesis. Comparative proteomics analysis provided further insights into the differential secretomes between RE-10 and WT strains. In particular, the enzymes and accessory proteins involved in lignocellulose degradation were elevated specifically and dramatically in the recombinant, thereby confirming the importance of them in biomass deconstruction and implying a possible co-regulatory mechanism.ConclusionsWe established a novel route to substantially improve cellulolytic enzyme production up to the industrial level in P. oxalicum by combinational manipulation of three key genes to amplify the induction along with derepression, representing a milestone in strain engineering of filamentous fungi. Given the conservation in the mode of cellulose expression regulation among filamentous fungi, this strategy could be compatible with other cellulase-producing fungi.

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Combining manipulation of transcription factors and overexpression of the target genes to enhance lignocellulolytic enzyme production in Penicillium oxalicum.

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Combining manipulation of transcription factors and overexpression of the target genes to enhance lignocellulolytic enzyme production in <i>Penicillium oxalicum</i>.

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