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The fungus Aspergillus niger consumes sugars in a sequential manner that is not mediated by the carbon catabolite repressor CreA.

ABSTRACT: In nature, the fungus Aspergillus niger degrades plant biomass polysaccharides to monomeric sugars, transports them into its cells, and uses catabolic pathways to convert them into biochemical building blocks and energy. We show that when grown in liquid cultures, A. niger takes up plant-biomass derived sugars in a largely sequential manner. Interestingly, this sequential uptake was not mediated by the fungal general carbon catabolite repressor protein CreA. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis strongly indicated that the preferential use of the monomeric sugars is arranged at the level of transport, but it is not reflected in transcriptional regulation of sugar catabolism. Therefore, the results indicate that the regulation of sugar transport and catabolism are separate processes in A. niger.

SUBMITTER: Makela MR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5923239 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

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The fungus Aspergillus niger consumes sugars in a sequential manner that is not mediated by the carbon catabolite repressor CreA.

Mäkelä Miia R MR Aguilar-Pontes María Victoria MV van Rossen-Uffink Diana D Peng Mao M de Vries Ronald P RP

Scientific reports 20180427 1

In nature, the fungus Aspergillus niger degrades plant biomass polysaccharides to monomeric sugars, transports them into its cells, and uses catabolic pathways to convert them into biochemical building blocks and energy. We show that when grown in liquid cultures, A. niger takes up plant-biomass derived sugars in a largely sequential manner. Interestingly, this sequential uptake was not mediated by the fungal general carbon catabolite repressor protein CreA. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis s ...[more]

PMID: 29703914

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