Omics analyses and biochemical study of Phlebiopsis gigantea elucidate its degradation strategy of wood extractives.

ABSTRACT: Wood extractives, solvent-soluble fractions of woody biomass, are considered to be a factor impeding or excluding fungal colonization on the freshly harvested conifers. Among wood decay fungi, the basidiomycete Phlebiopsis gigantea has evolved a unique enzyme system to efficiently transform or degrade conifer extractives but little is known about the mechanism(s). In this study, to clarify the mechanism(s) of softwood degradation, we examined the transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome of P. gigantea when grown on defined media containing microcrystalline cellulose and pine sapwood extractives. Beyond the conventional enzymes often associated with cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin degradation, an array of enzymes implicated in the metabolism of softwood lipophilic extractives such as fat

SUBMITTER: Iwata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8206109 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature