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Protein-level regulation of nitrogen and phosphorous metabolism in two endomycorrhizal fungi, Serendipita vermifera and Serendipita bescii

ABSTRACT: We sought to characterize the proteome and metabolome of S. vermifera and S. bescii under N and P starvation conditions in vitro. As very little is known about the ecological functioning of the Serendipitaceae in most environments, the overall objective of the study was to elucidate the cellular response(s) of two Serendipitaceae strains toward stress imposed by the lack of one or the other of these important nutrients. Our approach allows us to not only evaluate N and P acquisition processes in the understudied Serendipitaceae, but also to understand the physiological responses to their restriction.

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ORGANISM(S): Serendipita Vermifera 'subsp. Bescii' Serendipita Vermifera Maff 305830

TISSUE(S): Fungal Cell

SUBMITTER: Paul Abraham

LAB HEAD: Paul E. Abraham

PROVIDER: PXD010995 | Pride | 2019-05-20

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Scavenging organic nitrogen and remodelling lipid metabolism are key survival strategies adopted by the endophytic fungi, Serendipita vermifera and Serendipita bescii to alleviate nitrogen and phosphorous starvation in vitro.

Ray Prasun P Abraham Paul E PE Guo Yingqing Y Giannone Richard J RJ Engle Nancy L NL Yang Zamin K ZK Jacobson Daniel D Hettich Robert L RL Tschaplinski Timothy J TJ Craven Kelly D KD

Environmental microbiology reports 20190501 4

Serendipitaceae represents a diverse fungal group in the Basidiomycota that includes endophytes and lineages that repeatedly evolved ericoid, orchid and ectomycorrhizal lifestyle. Plants rely upon both nitrogen and phosphorous, for essential growth processes, and are often provided by mycorrhizal fungi. In this study, we investigated the cellular proteome of Serendipita vermifera MAFF305830 and closely related Serendipita vermifera subsp. bescii NFPB0129 grown in vitro under (N) ammonium and (P) ...[more]

PMID: 30970176

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