Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant biomass is the major substrate for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, as well as food, textiles and other products. It is also the major carbon source for many fungi and enzymes of these fungi are essential for the depolymerization of plant polysaccharides in industrial processes. This is a highly complex process that involves a large number of extracellular enzymes as well as non-hydrolytic proteins, whose production in fungi is controlled by a set of transcriptional regulators. Aspergillus species form one of the best studied fungal genera in this field, and several species are used for the production of commercial enzyme cocktails.

Results

It is often assumed that related fungi use similar enzymatic approaches to degrade plant polysaccharides. I

SUBMITTER: Benoit I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522099 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature