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Sexual crossing of thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica improved enzymatic degradation of sugar beet pulp

ABSTRACT: Enzymatic degradation of plant biomass requires a complex mixture of many different enzymes. Like most fungi, thermophilic Myceliophthora species therefore have a large set of enzymes targeting different linkages in plant polysaccharides. The majority of these enzymes have not been functionally characterized and their role in plant biomass degradation is unknown. This study describes a strategy using sexual crossing and screening with the thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica to identify specific enzymes associated with improved sugar beet pulp saccharification.Two genetically diverse M. heterothallica strains CBS 203.75 and CBS 663.74 were used to generate progenies with improved growth on sugar beet pulp. One progeny, named SBP.F1.2.11, had a different genetic pattern from the parental strains, and had improved saccharification activity after growth on 3% sugar beet pulp. Exo-proteome analysis of progeny and parental strains after 7 days growth on sugar beet pulp showed that only 17 of the 133 secreted CAZy enzymes were more abundant in progeny SBP.F1.2.11. Particularly one enzyme belonging to the carbohydrate esterase family 5 (CE5) was more present in SBP.F1.2.11. This CE5-CBM1 enzyme, named as Axe1, was phylogenetically related to acetyl xylan esterases.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Myceliophthora Heterothallica

TISSUE(S): Mycelium

SUBMITTER: Maria Victoria Aguilar Pontes

LAB HEAD: Ronald P. de Vries

PROVIDER: PXD003130 | Pride | 2016-02-25

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Sexual crossing of thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica improved enzymatic degradation of sugar beet pulp.

Aguilar-Pontes Maria Victoria MV Zhou Miaomiao M van der Horst Sjors S Theelen Bart B de Vries Ronald P RP van den Brink Joost J

Biotechnology for biofuels 20160220

<h4>Background</h4>Enzymatic degradation of plant biomass requires a complex mixture of many different enzymes. Like most fungi, thermophilic Myceliophthora species therefore have a large set of enzymes targeting different linkages in plant polysaccharides. The majority of these enzymes have not been functionally characterized, and their role in plant biomass degradation is unknown. The biotechnological challenge is to select the right set of enzymes to efficiently degrade a particular biomass. ...[more]

PMID: 26900400

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Sexual crossing of thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica improved enzymatic degradation of sugar beet pulp

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Sexual crossing of thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica improved enzymatic degradation of sugar beet pulp.

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