Regulation of plant biomass utilization in Aspergillus.
The ability of fungi to survive in every known biotope, both natural and man-made, relies in part on their ability to use a wide range of carbon sources. Fungi degrade polymeric carbon sources present in the environment (polysaccharides, proteins, and lignins) to use the monomeric components as nutrients. However, the available carbon sources vary strongly in nature, both between biotopes and in time. The degradation of polymeric carbon sources is mediated through the production of a broad range of enzymes, the production of which is tightly controlled by a network of regulators and linked to the activation of catabolic pathways to convert the released monomers. This review summarizes the knowledge of Aspergillus regulators involved in plant biomass utilization.
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Joanna E
JE
Kowalczyk
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Isabelle
I
Benoit
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: r.devries@cbs.knaw.nl.
Ronald P
RP
de Vries
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics
D005656:Fungal Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C115443:XlnR protein, Aspergillus; C414005:amyR protein, Aspergillus; D002244:Carbon
Aspergillus; Biomass utilization; Gene regulation; Plant polysaccharides; Transcriptional regulators