Title |
Xpp1 regulates the expression of xylanases, but not of cellulases in Trichoderma reesei
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Published in |
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, August 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s13068-015-0298-8 |
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Authors |
Christian Derntl, Alice Rassinger, Ewald Srebotnik, Robert L Mach, Astrid R Mach-Aigner |
Abstract |
The ascomycete Trichoderma reesei is industrially used for the production of cellulases. During the production process xylanases are co-secreted, which uses energy and nutrients. Cellulases and xylanases share the same main regulators, which makes a knowledge-based strain design difficult. However, previously a cis-element in the promoter of the main xylanase-encoding gene was identified as binding site for a putative repressor. Subsequently, three candidate repressors were identified in a pull-down approach. The expression of the most promising candidate, Xpp1 (Xylanase promoter-binding protein 1), was reported to be up-regulated on the repressing carbon source d-glucose and to bind the cis-element in vitro. In this study, Xpp1 was deleted and over-expressed in T. reesei. An in vivo DNA-footprint assay indicated that Xpp1 binds a palindromic sequence in the xyn2 promoter. Comparison of the deletion, the over-expression, and the parent strain demonstrated that Xpp1 regulates gene expression of xylanolytic enzymes at later cultivation stages. Xpp1 expression was found to be up-regulated, additionally to d-glucose, by high d-xylose availability. These findings together with the observed xyn2 transcript levels during growth on xylan suggest that Xpp1 is the mediator of a feedback mechanism. Notably, Xpp1 has neither influence on the d-xylose metabolism nor on the expression of cellulases. Xpp1 as regulator acting on the expression of xylanases, but not cellulases, is a highly promising candidate for knowledge-based strain design to improve the cellulases-to-xylanases ratio during industrial cellulase production. |
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