title: Quantitative proteomic analysis of the response of the wood-rot fungus, Schizophyllum commune, to the biocontrol fungus, Trichoderma viride.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigation of changes in the protein profile of the wood-rot fungus, Schizophyllum commune, when paired against the biocontrol fungus, Trichoderma viride, for 48 h.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Variations in protein profile resulting from contact with T. viride were assessed by spot separation using 2 dimensional protein gel electrophoresis followed by MALDI-TOF-TOF MS/MS protein identification. Contact with T. viride elicited a systematic response in S. commune, characterized by marked increases in proteins involved for transcription and translation (61%) and cell wall/hyphal biogenesis and stabilization (17%), whereas metabolism-associated proteins decreased in amounts (64%). Trichoderma viride, however, exhibited typical mycoparasitic behaviour with increases in the amounts of proteins involved in proteolysis and carbohydrate metabolism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The protein profile of S. commune confronted by T. viride indicates the up-regulation of mechanisms specifically targeted at the mycoparasitic machinery of T. viride, particularly cell wall lysis and antibiosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proteomic responses observed in S. commune may occur in natural environments, providing an insight to the mechanism involved in conferring resistance to mycoparasitic attack. This study, therefore, warrants further investigation for the targeted design of more robust biocontrol agents.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK. ujor.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Ujor
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Peiris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hedger
mesh_terms: D000898:Antibiosis; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D059748:Proteolysis; D040901:Proteomics; D012567:Schizophyllum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins