Elucidating how the saprophytic fungus Aspergillus nidulans uses the plant polyester suberin as carbon source.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lipid polymers in plant cell walls, such as cutin and suberin, build recalcitrant hydrophobic protective barriers. Their degradation is of foremost importance for both plant pathogenic and saprophytic fungi. Regardless of numerous reports on fungal degradation of emulsified fatty acids or cutin, and on fungi-plant interactions, the pathways involved in the degradation and utilisation of suberin remain largely overlooked. As a structural component of the plant cell wall, suberin isolation, in general, uses harsh depolymerisation methods that destroy its macromolecular structure. We recently overcame this limitation isolating suberin macromolecules in a near-native state.

Results

Suberin macromolecules were used here to analyse the pathways involved in suberin degra

SUBMITTER: Martins I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117967 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature