The effects of ClrB internal mutant overexpression and creA deletion on the transcriptome of Penicillium oxalicum
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ABSTRACT: The synthesis of cellulolytic enzymes by filamentous fungi are mainly regulated at the transcriptional level. The essential role of transcriptional activator ClrB/CLR-2 in the induction of cellulase genes has been reported in several fungal species. In this study, we identified the C-terminal region of ClrB in Penicillium oxalicum as a transcriptional activation domain using a yeast reporter gene system. Overexpression of a mutant ClrBID fusing the DNA-binding and transcriptional activation domains of ClrB together enabled cellulase production under cellulase non-inducing conditions. Strikingly, the ClrBID-overexpression strain produced cellulase in the presence of glucose at a level similar to that of reference strain on cellulose. Combination of ClrBID overexpression and deletion of carbon catabolite-repressor gene creA suggested an additive effect of the two manipulations on carbon catabolite de-repression. A similar modification of ClrB in Aspergillus niger also resulted in cellulase production on glucose. The results indicated that the post-transcriptional control of ClrB activity involves its central region, and provided a potential strategy for engineering Penicillium and Aspergillus strains for cellulase production on easy-to-use carbon sources.
ORGANISM(S): Penicillium oxalicum
PROVIDER: GSE120416 | GEO | 2019/01/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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