Identification of a Novel L-rhamnose Uptake Transporter in the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger.

ABSTRACT: The study of plant biomass utilization by fungi is a research field of great interest due to its many implications in ecology, agriculture and biotechnology. Most of the efforts done to increase the understanding of the use of plant cell walls by fungi have been focused on the degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose, and transport and metabolism of their constituent monosaccharides. Pectin is another important constituent of plant cell walls, but has received less attention. In relation to the uptake of pectic building blocks, fungal transporters for the uptake of galacturonic acid recently have been reported in Aspergillus niger and Neurospora crassa. However, not a single L-rhamnose (6-deoxy-L-mannose) transporter has been identified yet in fungi or in other eukaryotic organisms. L-rh

SUBMITTER: Sloothaak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5161314 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature