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Abstract
The white-rot Agaricomycetes species Phlebia radiata is an efficient wood-decaying fungus degrading all wood components, including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. We cultivated P. radiata in solid state cultures on spruce wood, and extended the experiment to 6 weeks to gain more knowledge on the time-scale dynamics of protein expression upon growth and wood decay. Total proteome and transcriptome of P. radiata were analyzed by peptide LC–MS/MS and RNA sequencing at specific time points to study the enzymatic machinery on the fungus’ natural growth substrate.
Results
According to proteomics analyses, several CAZy oxidoreductase class-II peroxidases with glyoxal and alcohol oxidases were the most abundant proteins produced on wood together with enzymes important for cellulose utilization, such as GH7 and GH6 cellobiohydrolases. Transcriptome additionally displayed expression of multiple AA9 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases indicative of oxidative cleavage of wood carbohydrate polymers. Large differences were observed for individual protein quantities at specific time points, with a tendency of enhanced production of specific peroxidases on the first 2 weeks of growth on wood. Among the 10 class-II peroxidases, new MnP1-long, characterized MnP2-long and LiP3 were produced in high protein abundances, while LiP2 and LiP1 were upregulated at highest level as transcripts on wood together with the oxidases and one acetyl xylan esterase, implying their necessity as primary enzymes to function against coniferous wood lignin to gain carbohydrate accessibility and fungal growth. Majority of the CAZy encoding transcripts upregulated on spruce wood represented activities against plant cell wall and were identified in the proteome, comprising main activities of white-rot decay.
Conclusions
Our data indicate significant changes in carbohydrate-active enzyme expression during the six-week surveillance of P. radiata growing on wood. Response to wood substrate is seen already during the first weeks. The immediate oxidative enzyme action on lignin and wood cell walls is supported by detected lignin substructure sidechain cleavages, release of phenolic units, and visual changes in xylem cell wall ultrastructure. This study contributes to increasing knowledge on fungal genetics and lignocellulose bioconversion pathways, allowing us to head for systems biology, development of biofuel production, and industrial applications on plant biomass utilizing wood-decay fungi.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 192 |
Journal | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
Volume | 9 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISSN | 1754-6834 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Sept 2016 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 414 Agricultural biotechnology
- Fungal biotechnology
- Lignocellulose biodegradation
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- Fungal genomics
- Transcriptomics
- Gene expression
- 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
- Proteomics
- Enzyme activity
- 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology
- Mycology
- Wood-decaying fungi
- Environmental microbiology
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Fungcolife: Fungal interactions and life-styles on wood
Lundell, T. (Project manager), Mali, T. (Participant), Mattila, H. (Participant), Shah, F. (Participant) & Mäkinen, M. (Participant)
01/09/2015 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Genome, transcriptome and proteome of the wood-decay fungus Phlebia radiata
Lundell, T. (Project manager), Kuuskeri, J. (Participant), Mäkinen, M. (Participant), Paulin, L. (Participant), Laine, P. (Participant), Smolander, O.-P. (Participant), Varjosalo, M. (Participant) & Auvinen, P. (Participant)
03/01/2011 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Equipment
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BI Proteomic Unit (LS-RIA/ PPN Helsinki)
Institute of BiotechnologyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
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DNA Genomics and Sequencing (LS-RIA/ HGI)
Institute of BiotechnologyFacility/equipment: Core Facility
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Microbial Domain Biological Resource Centre HAMBI (LS-RIA/ HUBCRI)
Friman, V.-P. (Manager) & Oivanen, P. (Operator)
Department of MicrobiologyFacility/equipment: Core Facility