title: Glucose dependent transcriptional expression of the cre1 gene in Acremonium chrysogenum strains showing different levels of cephalosporin C production.
abstract: The cre1 gene from the beta-lactam producer Acremonium chrysogenum has been isolated and characterized in order to study glucose-dependent gene expression in this biotechnically important fungus. The deduced protein sequence is highly similar to amino-acid sequences of other known glucose repressors from filamentous fungi, and carries conserved zinc-finger and regulatory motifs. Contrary to cre gene expression in Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus nidulans, the transcript level of the cre1 gene from an A. chrysogenum wild-type strain is increased in the presence of glucose. Remarkably, the glucose-dependent transcriptional upregulation does not take place in another A. chysogenum strain, which displays enhanced production of the beta-lactam antibiotic cephalosporin C. We surmise that the de-regulation of cre1 is connected with the increased production rate in this strain.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jekosch
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kück
mesh_terms: D000164:Acremonium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C025163:cephalosporin C; D005947:Glucose