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Watanabe H, Urano S, Kikuchi N, Kubo Y, Kikuchi A, Gomi K, Shintani T. Ykt6 functionally overlaps with vacuolar and exocytic R-SNAREs in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2024:107274. [PMID: 38588809 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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The soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex forms a 4-helix coiled-coil bundle consisting of 16 layers of interacting side chains upon membrane fusion. The central layer (layer 0) is highly conserved and comprises three glutamines (Q) and one arginine (R), and thus SNAREs are classified into Qa-, Qb-, Qc-, and R-SNAREs. Homotypic vacuolar fusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the SNAREs Vam3 (Qa), Vti1 (Qb), Vam7 (Qc), and Nyv1 (R). However, the yeast strain lacking NYV1 (nyv1Δ) shows no vacuole fragmentation, whereas the vam3Δ and vam7Δ strains display fragmented vacuoles. Here, we provide genetic evidence that the R-SNAREs Ykt6 and Nyv1 are functionally redundant in vacuole homotypic fusion in vivo using a newly isolated ykt6 mutant. We observed the ykt6-104 mutant showed no defect in vacuole morphology, but the ykt6-104 nyv1Δ double mutant had highly fragmented vacuoles. Furthermore, we show the defect in homotypic vacuole fusion caused by the vam7-Q284R mutation was compensated by the nyv1-R192Q or ykt6-R165Q mutations, which maintained the 3Q:1R ratio in the layer 0 of the SNARE complex, indicating that Nyv1 is exchangeable with Ykt6 in the vacuole SNARE complex. Unexpectedly, we found Ykt6 assembled with exocytic Q-SNAREs when the intrinsic exocytic R-SNAREs Snc1 and its paralog Snc2 lose their ability to assemble into the exocytic SNARE complex. These results suggest that Ykt6 may serve as a backup when other R-SNAREs become dysfunctional and that this flexible assembly of SNARE complexes may help cells maintain the robustness of the vesicular transport network.
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- Hayate Watanabe
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan.
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Senoo S, Shintani T, Nieda S, Shintani T, Kariyama M, Gomi K. Construction of self-cloning Aspergillus oryzae strains with high production of multiple biomass-degrading enzymes on solid-state culture. J Biosci Bioeng 2024; 137:204-210. [PMID: 38242757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2023.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
Abstract
Filamentous fungi produce numerous industrially important enzymes. Among them, Aspergillus oryzae-derived enzymes are widely used in various fermentation applications. In this study, we constructed self-cloning strains that overproduce multiple biomass-degrading enzymes under the control of a strong promoter of α-amylase-coding gene (amyB) using the industrial strain A. oryzae AOK11. Two strains (strains 2-4 and 3-26) were introduced with different combinations of genes encoding xylanase (xynG1), phytase (phyA), pectin lyase (pelA), and polygalacturonase (pgaB). These strains had at least one copy of each enzyme gene derived from the expression cassette in the genome. The transcription levels of enzyme-coding genes introduced were more than 100-fold higher than those in the parent strain. Reflecting the high transcription levels, the activities of the enzymes derived from the expression cassettes of these two strains were significantly higher than those of the parent strain in both liquid and solid-state cultures. Even in ventilated solid-state cultures that were scaled up using mechanical equipment for practical applications, the two strains showed significantly higher enzyme activity than the parent strain. These results indicate that these strains constructed using a safe self-cloning technique represent industrially valuable practical strains that can be used in the food and livestock industries.
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- Satoko Senoo
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan; Process Development Division, Fujiwara Techno-Art Co., Ltd., 2827-3 Tomiyoshi, Kita-ku, Okayama 701-1133, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Process Development Division, Fujiwara Techno-Art Co., Ltd., 2827-3 Tomiyoshi, Kita-ku, Okayama 701-1133, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Process Development Division, Fujiwara Techno-Art Co., Ltd., 2827-3 Tomiyoshi, Kita-ku, Okayama 701-1133, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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Tanaka M, Zhang S, Sato S, Yokota JI, Sugiyama Y, Kawarasaki Y, Yamagata Y, Gomi K, Shintani T. Physiological ER stress caused by amylase production induces regulated Ire1-dependent mRNA decay in Aspergillus oryzae. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1009. [PMID: 37794162 PMCID: PMC10551036 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05386-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Regulated Ire1-dependent decay (RIDD) is a feedback mechanism in which the endoribonuclease Ire1 cleaves endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized mRNAs encoding secretory and membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells under ER stress. RIDD is artificially induced by chemicals that generate ER stress; however, its importance under physiological conditions remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate the occurrence of RIDD in filamentous fungus using Aspergillus oryzae as a model, which secretes copious amounts of amylases. α-Amylase mRNA was rapidly degraded by IreA, an Ire1 ortholog, depending on its ER-associated translation when mycelia were treated with dithiothreitol, an ER-stress inducer. The mRNA encoding maltose permease MalP, a prerequisite for the induction of amylolytic genes, was also identified as an RIDD target. Importantly, RIDD of malP mRNA is triggered by inducing amylase production without any artificial ER stress inducer. Our data provide the evidence that RIDD occurs in eukaryotic microorganisms under physiological ER stress.
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- Mizuki Tanaka
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan
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- Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan.
- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8572, Japan.
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Quan S, Wang Y, Ran M, Zhang R, Luo X, Wang W, Wu Z, Gomi K, Zhang W. Contrasting the microbial community and non-volatile metabolites involved in ester synthesis between Qing-flavor Daqu and Nong-flavor Daqu. J Biosci Bioeng 2023; 136:213-222. [PMID: 37429763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2023.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Daqu, a fermentation starter, was important source of key flavors of Chinese Baijiu. The quality of Chinese Baijiu could be significantly affected by the ester-synthesis microorganisms. In order to clarify the microbial community that promoted the ester formation in Daqu, the dynamic changes of microbial community and non-volatile profiles of Qing-flavor Daqu and Nong-flavor Daqu samples through the whole making process were investigated by Illumina MiSeq platform and liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The non-volatile compounds related to ester synthesis were identified by comparing with ester synthesis pathway and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). Correlations between microbial community and non-volatile metabolites involved in ester synthesis of two types of Daqu were disclosed by Pearson correlation analysis. Results showed that a total of 50 key compounds involved in ester synthesis were identified and 25 primary functional microorganisms were screened in 39 samples. Among them, in Qing-flavor Daqu, the top three primary functional microorganisms that had strong correlations with ester-formation precursors were Lactobacillus, Pantoea, and Sphingomonas; Lactobacillus and Pantoea had significantly positive interactions with various microorganisms, but Sphingomonas did not interact with others. In Nong-flavor Daqu, the top three primary functional microorganisms that had strong correlations with ester-formation precursors were Candida, Apiotrichum, and Cutaneotrichosporon. Candida showed strong positive correlation with other microorganisms, whereas Apiotrichum and Cutaneotrichosporon had no interaction with other microorganisms. The study could help our understanding of the microbial metabolism process in Daqu and provided a scientific basis for a controllable and feasible fermentation system.
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- Shikai Quan
- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd., Luzhou, PR China
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- Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd., Luzhou, PR China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China; School of Liquor-Making Engineering, Sichuan University Jinjing College, Meishan, PR China.
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Wang Y, Du Y, Jin X, Xia Y, Zhao Y, Wu Z, Gomi K, Zhang W. Temperature-dependent alcohol acyltransferase reactions as the main enzymatic way to produce short-chain (C4-C8) and medium-chain (C9-C13) esters over the whole Daqu-making process. J Sci Food Agric 2023; 103:3939-3949. [PMID: 36352497 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The ester-synthesis enzymes influenced by environmental factors during Daqu-making process largely determine the flavor of Chinese liquor, but the main ester-synthesis enzyme and its key influencer remain unclear. Here, the volatile ester profiles over the whole Daqu-making process, under different treatments, for at least 90 days, were carefully analyzed, and the potential ester-synthesis enzymes, as well as their dependently environmental factors, were explored. RESULTS In the detected 46 volatile esters, only the short-chain (C4-C8) and medium-chain (C9-C13) ester content obviously changed, as the primary contributor discriminating different samples. Their trends were both consistent with that of the alcohols and the primary metabolism, which included alcohol acyltransferases (AATs) reaction with alcohols and acyl-CoAs as the substrates. Among the potential ester-synthesis enzymes, the typical AAT activity also exhibited the highest correlation with the short- and medium-chain esters (r > 0.78, P < 0.05). The Mantel test between environmental factors and ester production showed that temperature of Daqu was directly correlated with the short-chain esters (r = 0.58, P < 0.01) and AAT activity (r = 0.56, P < 0.01). Further, the short- and medium-chain ester content in Daqu under the treatment nearer to the reported optimal temperature of 40-50 °C of AATs reaction was overall higher than that of the other treatment Daqu. CONCLUSION This study revealed that the temperature-dependent AATs reaction was the main enzymatic method producing the short- and medium-chain esters over the whole Daqu-making process. The results could contribute to the flavor improvement of Baijiu. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Yan Wang
- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- School of Liquor-Brewing Engineering, Sichuan University of Jinjiang College, Meishan, China
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Du YK, Xin W, Xia Y, Zhu M, Qin JL, Pan ZF, Wu RF, Luo GR, Wu PS, Wu ZY, Gomi K, Zhang WX. Analysis of fermentation control factors on volatile compounds of primary microorganisms in Jiang-flavor Daqu. J Food Biochem 2022; 46:e14277. [PMID: 35748096 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.14277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chinese Jiang-flavor Baijiu is the most widely consumed liquor. Jiang-flavor Daqu, a fermentation starter, is important sources of key flavors of Jiang-flavor Baijiu. Some microbes play significant roles in flavor formation of Daqu. In order to clarify the microbial population that promotes the formation of Daqu flavor, we use high throughput sequencing technology combined with headspace solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to investigate microbial population and volatile compounds in Jiang-flavor Daqu. In addition, the dynamic changes of physicochemical factors and enzyme activities in Jiang-flavor Daqu were investigated. Correlations between microbial population, volatile compounds, physicochemical factors, and enzyme activities of Jiang-flavor Daqu were disclosed by redundancy analysis and Spearman correlation analysis. A total of 66 volatile compounds were identified and 14 primary microorganisms were selected. Results showed that high temperature environment could promote the formation of acids, aldehydes and ketones, phenols, furans by affecting the growth of Monascus, Trichomonascus, Cutaneotrichosporon, Wallemia, Millerozyma, Nigrospora, Cladosporium, Bacillus, and Pediococcus in the early fermentation stage. While high nitrogen environment was more suitable for the growth of Virgibacillus and Kroppenstedtia, who could promote the formation of pyrazines in the late fermentation stage. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: This study has provided a scientific basis for the directed regulation of Daqu fermentation through physicochemical factors, developed scientific basis for artificially constructing Daqu microbial population and obtaining an easy-to-operate, reproducible fermentation system for Daqu production.
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- Ya-Ke Du
- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Danquan Wine Industry Co., Ltd, Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Danquan Wine Industry Co., Ltd, Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Danquan Wine Industry Co., Ltd, Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Danquan Wine Industry Co., Ltd, Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Danquan Wine Industry Co., Ltd, Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Wisman AP, Minami M, Tamada Y, Hirohata S, Gomi K, Fukusaki E, Shimma S. Visualization of dipeptidyl peptidase B enzymatic reaction in rice koji using mass spectrometry imaging. J Biosci Bioeng 2022; 134:133-137. [PMID: 35643851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Enzyme histochemistry via mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has garnered attention as a straightforward approach for visualizing enzymatic reactions. While several studies in the medical and physiological fields have shown its promising application potential, its applicability to agricultural or food studies has not yet been demonstrated. Rice koji, known as an enzyme source for various fermented products, is a suitable model for demonstrating the applicability of this method to food-related materials. In this study, the enzymatic reaction of dipeptidyl peptidase B (DppB) in rice koji was visualized using MSI for the first time. The method was optimized and applied to investigate the effects of rice variety, polishing ratio, and cultivation time on the location of the DppB reaction. The DppB enzymatic reaction was found to occur in different locations in each of the two rice varieties, Yamadanishiki and Hakutsurunishiki. The polishing ratio also affected the distribution of the DppB enzymatic reactions. Furthermore, a time-course investigation of rice koji cultivation revealed that while the location of the reaction was largely associated with mycelial penetration, the structure and features of the rice grain may also affect the location of the enzymatic reaction. In summary, these results demonstrate the applicability of enzyme histochemistry by MSI to food-related materials.
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- Adinda Putri Wisman
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co., Ltd., 4-5-5 Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 6580041, Japan
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- Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co., Ltd., 4-5-5 Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 6580041, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808572, Japan; Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808572, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan; Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratory, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan; Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan; Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratory, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan; Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan.
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Xia Y, Zhu M, Du Y, Wu Z, Gomi K, Zhang W. Metaproteomics reveals protein composition of multiple saccharifying enzymes in nongxiangxing daqu and jiangxiangxing daqu under different thermophilic temperatures. Int J Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.15818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Yu Xia
- College of Biomass Science and Engineering Sichuan University 24 South Section, First Ring Road Chengdu Sichuan 610065 China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering Sichuan University 24 South Section, First Ring Road Chengdu Sichuan 610065 China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering Sichuan University 24 South Section, First Ring Road Chengdu Sichuan 610065 China
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering Sichuan University 24 South Section, First Ring Road Chengdu Sichuan 610065 China
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology Graduate School of Agricultural Science Tohoku University Sendai Miyagi 981‐8555 Japan
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- College of Biomass Science and Engineering Sichuan University 24 South Section, First Ring Road Chengdu Sichuan 610065 China
- School of Liquor‐Making Engineering Sichuan University Jinjiang College 1 Jinjiang Road Meishan Sichuan 620860 China
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de Castro PA, Colabardini AC, Moraes M, Horta MAC, Knowles SL, Raja HA, Oberlies NH, Koyama Y, Ogawa M, Gomi K, Steenwyk JL, Rokas A, Gonçales RA, Duarte-Oliveira C, Carvalho A, Ries LNA, Goldman GH. Regulation of gliotoxin biosynthesis and protection in Aspergillus species. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1009965. [PMID: 35041649 PMCID: PMC8797188 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Aspergillus fumigatus causes a range of human and animal diseases collectively known as aspergillosis. A. fumigatus possesses and expresses a range of genetic determinants of virulence, which facilitate colonisation and disease progression, including the secretion of mycotoxins. Gliotoxin (GT) is the best studied A. fumigatus mycotoxin with a wide range of known toxic effects that impair human immune cell function. GT is also highly toxic to A. fumigatus and this fungus has evolved self-protection mechanisms that include (i) the GT efflux pump GliA, (ii) the GT neutralising enzyme GliT, and (iii) the negative regulation of GT biosynthesis by the bis-thiomethyltransferase GtmA. The transcription factor (TF) RglT is the main regulator of GliT and this GT protection mechanism also occurs in the non-GT producing fungus A. nidulans. However, the A. nidulans genome does not encode GtmA and GliA. This work aimed at analysing the transcriptional response to exogenous GT in A. fumigatus and A. nidulans, two distantly related Aspergillus species, and to identify additional components required for GT protection. RNA-sequencing shows a highly different transcriptional response to exogenous GT with the RglT-dependent regulon also significantly differing between A. fumigatus and A. nidulans. However, we were able to observe homologs whose expression pattern was similar in both species (43 RglT-independent and 11 RglT-dependent). Based on this approach, we identified a novel RglT-dependent methyltranferase, MtrA, involved in GT protection. Taking into consideration the occurrence of RglT-independent modulated genes, we screened an A. fumigatus deletion library of 484 transcription factors (TFs) for sensitivity to GT and identified 15 TFs important for GT self-protection. Of these, the TF KojR, which is essential for kojic acid biosynthesis in Aspergillus oryzae, was also essential for virulence and GT biosynthesis in A. fumigatus, and for GT protection in A. fumigatus, A. nidulans, and A. oryzae. KojR regulates rglT, gliT, gliJ expression and sulfur metabolism in Aspergillus species. Together, this study identified conserved components required for GT protection in Aspergillus species. A. fumigatus secretes mycotoxins that are essential for its virulence and pathogenicity. Gliotoxin (GT) is a sulfur-containing mycotoxin, which is known to impair several aspects of the human immune response. GT is also toxic to different fungal species, which have evolved several GT protection strategies. To further decipher these responses, we used transcriptional profiling aiming to compare the response to GT in the GT producer A. fumigatus and the GT non-producer A. nidulans. This analysis allowed us to identify additional genes with a potential role in GT protection. We also identified 15 transcription factors (TFs) encoded in the A. fumigatus genome that are important for conferring resistance to exogenous gliotoxin. One of these TFs, KojR, which is essential for A. oryzae kojic acid production, is also important for virulence in A. fumigatus and GT protection in A. fumigatus, A. nidulans and A. oryzae. KojR regulates the expression of genes important for gliotoxin biosynthesis and protection, and sulfur metabolism. Together, this work identified conserved components required for gliotoxin protection in Aspergillus species.
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- Patrícia Alves de Castro
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina United States of America
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 338 Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 338 Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s—PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães/Braga, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s—PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães/Braga, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s—PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães/Braga, Portugal
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (LNAR); (GHG)
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- * E-mail: (LNAR); (GHG)
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Ichikawa T, Tanaka M, Watanabe T, Zhan S, Watanabe A, Shintani T, Gomi K. Crucial role of the intracellular α-glucosidase MalT in the activation of the transcription factor AmyR essential for amylolytic gene expression in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:2076-2083. [PMID: 34245563 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We examined the role of the intracellular α-glucosidase gene malT, which is part of the maltose-utilizing cluster (MAL cluster) together with malR and malP, in amylolytic gene expression in Aspergillus oryzae. malT disruption severely affected fungal growth on medium containing maltose or starch. Furthermore, the transcription level of the α-amylase gene was significantly reduced by malT disruption. Given that the transcription factor AmyR responsible for amylolytic gene expression is activated by isomaltose converted from maltose incorporated into the cells, MalT may have transglycosylation activity that converts maltose to isomaltose. Indeed, transglycosylated products such as isomaltose/maltotriose and panose were generated from the substrate maltose by MalT purified from a malT-overexpressing strain. The results of this study, taken together, suggests that MalT plays a pivotal role in AmyR activation via its transglycosylation activity that converts maltose to the physiological inducer isomaltose.
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- Takanori Ichikawa
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan.,Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, also known as yellow koji mold, produces high levels of hydrolases such as amylolytic and proteolytic enzymes. This property of producing large amounts of hydrolases is one of the reasons why A. oryzae has been used in the production of traditional Japanese fermented foods and beverages. A wide variety of hydrolases produced by A. oryzae have been used in the food industry. The expression of hydrolase genes is induced by the presence of certain substrates, and various transcription factors that regulate such expression have been identified. In contrast, in the presence of glucose, the expression of the glycosyl hydrolase gene is generally repressed by carbon catabolite repression (CCR), which is mediated by the transcription factor CreA and ubiquitination/deubiquitination factors. In this review, we present the current knowledge on the regulation of hydrolase gene expression, including CCR, in A. oryzae.
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- Mizuki Tanaka
- Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Tanaka M, Ito K, Matsuura T, Kawarasaki Y, Gomi K. Identification and distinct regulation of three di/tripeptide transporters in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2020; 85:452-463. [DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbaa030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The uptake of di/tripeptides is mediated by the proton-dependent oligopeptide transporter (POT) family. In this study, 3 POT family transporters, designated PotA, PotB, and PotC were identified in Aspergillus oryzae. Growth comparison of deletion mutants of these transporter genes suggested that PotB and PotC are responsible for di/tripeptide uptake. PotA, which had the highest sequence similarity to yeast POT (Ptr2), contributed little to the uptake. Nitrogen starvation induced potB and potC expression, but not potA expression. When 3 dipeptides were provided as nitrogen sources, the expression profiles of these genes were different. PrtR, a transcription factor that regulates proteolytic genes, was involved in regulation of potA and potB but not in potC expression. Only potC expression levels were dramatically reduced by disruption of ubrA, an orthologue of yeast ubiquitin ligase UBR1 responsible for PTR2 expression. Expression of individual POT genes is apparently controlled by different regulatory mechanisms.
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- Mizuki Tanaka
- Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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- Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
- Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Wisman AP, Tamada Y, Hirohata S, Gomi K, Fukusaki E, Shimma S. Mapping haze-komi on rice koji grains using β-glucuronidase expressing Aspergillus oryzae and mass spectrometry imaging. J Biosci Bioeng 2019; 129:296-301. [PMID: 31623949 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In sake brewing, the quality of rice koji is evaluated by experienced sake brewers based on visual inspection of the haze, which is defined by the extent of fungal hyphae spread on/into the rice grains. There is an increasing interest in understanding the factors that affect the quality of rice koji, which is dependent on its making process. Several studies have focused on the degree of mycelial penetration (haze-komi) and enzyme production during rice koji production. However, there are limited analytical methods available to monitor hyphal growth on a solid surface. Here we used a β-glucuronidase (GUS)-expressing strain of Aspergillus oryzae to visualize and map the fungal growth on rice koji grains. Observation of indigo color revealed that A. oryzae hyphae penetrated the steamed rice grain in the early stage (24 h) of rice koji-making before spreading on the surface during the later stages. Additionally, hyphae penetrated along the endosperm cells and penetrated the cells to form the sou-haze. Furthermore, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of glucose demonstrated that the area of mycelial penetration is directly correlated with the spread of glucose during fermentation. This is the first report on utilizing new tools such as GUS-body-mapping of A. oryzae and MSI to monitor fungal growth during rice koji making.
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- Adinda P Wisman
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- HAKUTSURU SAKE Brewing Co., Ltd., 4-5-5 Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0041, Japan
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- HAKUTSURU SAKE Brewing Co., Ltd., 4-5-5 Sumiyoshi Minamimachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0041, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Osaka University Shimadzu Analytical Innovation Laboratory, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Osaka University Shimadzu Analytical Innovation Laboratory, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Ichikawa K, Shiono Y, Shintani T, Watanabe A, Kanzaki H, Gomi K, Koseki T. Efficient production of recombinant tannase in Aspergillus oryzae using an improved glucoamylase gene promoter. J Biosci Bioeng 2019; 129:150-154. [PMID: 31492608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A tannase-encoding gene, AotanB, from Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 was overexpressed in A. oryzae AOK11 niaD-deficient mutant derived from an industrial strain under the control of an improved glucoamylase gene promoter PglaA142. The recombinant tannase, designated as rAoTanBO, was produced efficiently as an active extracellular enzyme. Purified rAoTanBO showed a smeared band with a molecular mass of approximately 80-100 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The rAoTanBO had a molecular mass of 65 kDa, after treatment with endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H. Purified rAoTanBO exhibited maximum activity at 30-35°C and pH 6.0. The tannase activity of purified rAoTanBO towards natural and artificial substrates was 2-8 folds higher than that of the recombinant enzyme produced by Pichia pastoris, designated as rAoTanBP. N-terminus of the mature rAoTanBP had six more amino acids than the N-terminus of the mature rAoTanBO. Kinetic analyses showed that rAoTanBO had higher catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) than rAoTanBP. rAoTanBO was stable up to 60°C and higher thermostability than rAoTanBP. N-linked oligosaccharides had no effect on the activity and stability of rAoTanBO and rAoTanBP.
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- Kyotaro Ichikawa
- Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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- Department of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan.
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The koji mold Aspergillus oryzae has been used in traditional Japanese food and beverage fermentation for over a thousand years. Amylolytic enzymes are important in sake fermentation, wherein production is induced by starch or malto-oligosaccharides. This inducible production requires at least two transcription activators, AmyR and MalR. Among amylolytic enzymes, glucoamylase GlaB is produced exclusively in solid-state culture and plays a critical role in sake fermentation owing to its contribution to glucose generation from starch. A recent study demonstrated that glaB gene expression is regulated by a novel transcription factor, FlbC, in addition to AmyR in solid-state culture. Amylolytic enzyme production is generally repressed by glucose due to carbon catabolite repression (CCR), which is mediated by the transcription factor CreA. Modifying CCR machinery, including CreA, can improve amylolytic enzyme production. This review focuses on the role of transcription factors in regulating A. oryzae amylolytic gene expression.
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- Katsuya Gomi
- a Laboratory of Fermentation Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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Tanaka M, Ichinose S, Shintani T, Gomi K. Nuclear export-dependent degradation of the carbon catabolite repressor CreA is regulated by a region located near the C-terminus in Aspergillus oryzae. Mol Microbiol 2018; 110:176-190. [PMID: 29995996 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Carbon catabolite repression (CCR) is regulated by the C2 H2 -type transcription factor CreA/Cre1 in filamentous fungi including Aspergillus oryzae. We investigated the stability and subcellular localization of CreA in A. oryzae. The abundance of FLAG-tagged CreA (FLAG-CreA) was dramatically reduced after incubation in maltose and xylose, which stimulated the export of CreA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Mutation of a putative nuclear export signal resulted in nuclear retention and significant stabilization of CreA. These results suggest that CreA is rapidly degraded in the cytoplasm after export from the nucleus. The FLAG-CreA protein level was reduced by disruption of creB and creC, which encode the deubiquitinating enzyme complex involved in CCR. In contrast, FLAG-CreA stability was not affected by disruption of creD which encodes an arrestin-like protein required for CCR relief. Deletion of the last 40 C-terminal amino acids resulted in remarkable stabilization and increased abundance of FLAG-CreA, whereas deletion of the last 20 C-terminal amino acids had no apparent effect on CreA stability. This result suggests that the 20 amino acid region located between positions 390 and 409 of CreA is critical for the rapid degradation of CreA.
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- Mizuki Tanaka
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-0845, Japan
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Tazawa A, Ye Y, Ozaki T, Liu C, Ogasawara Y, Dairi T, Higuchi Y, Kato N, Gomi K, Minami A, Oikawa H. Total Biosynthesis of Brassicicenes: Identification of a Key Enzyme for Skeletal Diversification. Org Lett 2018; 20:6178-6182. [PMID: 30230338 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The biosynthetic pathway of brassicicenes, derived from the phytopathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis, was fully reconstituted. Heterologous expression of the eight genes highly expressed in infected leaf tissues generated a new brassicicene derivative as a final product. Together with the characterization of P450 from Alternaria brassicicola, a late stage of the biosynthetic pathway, which generates remarkable structural diversity, has been proposed. Notably, a unique P450 that converts 3 to the structurally distinct 4 and 6 was identified.
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- Akihiro Tazawa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-8628 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-8628 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research , Osaka University , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research , Osaka University , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai 981-8555 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810 , Japan
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Miura D, Sugiyama K, Ito A, Ohba-Tanaka A, Tanaka M, Shintani T, Gomi K. The PDR-type ABC transporters AtrA and AtrG are involved in azole drug resistance in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018; 82:1840-1848. [PMID: 30011258 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1497941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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For strain improvement of Aspergillus oryzae, development of the transformation system is essential, wherein dominant selectable markers, including drug-resistant genes, are available. However, A. oryzae generally has a relatively high resistance to many antifungal drugs effective against yeasts and other filamentous fungi. In the course of the study, while investigating azole drug resistance in A. oryzae, we isolated a spontaneous mutant that exhibited high resistance to azole fungicides and found that pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR)-type ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter genes were upregulated in the mutant; their overexpression in the wild-type strain increased azole drug resistance. While deletion of the gene designated atrG resulted in increased azole susceptibility, double deletion of atrG and another gene (atrA) resulted in further azole hypersensitivity. Overall, these results indicate that the ABC transporters AtrA and AtrG are involved in azole drug resistance in A. oryzae.
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- Daisuke Miura
- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan.,b Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science , University of Shizuoka , Shizuoka , Japan
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Kudo K, Liu C, Matsumoto T, Minami A, Ozaki T, Toshima H, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Heterologous Biosynthesis of Fungal Indole Sesquiterpene Sespendole. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1492-1497. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Kosei Kudo
- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Department of Bioresource ScienceCollege of AgricultureIbaraki University Inashiki Ibaraki 300-0393 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural ScienceTohoku University Sendai 981-8555 Japan
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- Division of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceHokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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Fujita S, Sato D, Kasai H, Ohashi M, Tsukue S, Takekoshi Y, Gomi K, Shintani T. The C-terminal region of the yeast monocarboxylate transporter Jen1 acts as a glucose signal-responding degron recognized by the α-arrestin Rod1. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:10926-10936. [PMID: 29789424 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In response to changes in nutrient conditions, cells rearrange the composition of plasma membrane (PM) transporters to optimize their metabolic flux. Not only transcriptional gene regulation, but also inactivation of specific transporters is important for fast rearrangement of the PM. In eukaryotic cells, endocytosis plays a role in transporter inactivation, which is triggered by ubiquitination of these transporters. The Nedd4 family E3 ubiquitin ligase is responsible for ubiquitination of the PM transporters and requires that a series of α-arrestin proteins are targeted to these transporters. The mechanism by which an α-arrestin recognizes its cognate transporters in response to environmental signals is of intense scientific interest. Excess substrates or signal transduction pathways are known to initiate recognition of transporters by α-arrestins. Here, we identified an endocytic-sorting signal in the monocarboxylate transporter Jen1 from yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), whose endocytic degradation depends on the Snf1-glucose signaling pathway. We found that the C-terminal 20-amino acid-long region of Jen1 contains an amino acid sequence required for association of Jen1 to the α-arrestin Rod1, as well as lysine residues important for glucose-induced Jen1 ubiquitination. Notably, fusion of this region to the methionine permease, Mup1, whose endocytosis is normally induced by excess methionine, was sufficient for Mup1 to undergo glucose-induced, Rod1-mediated endocytosis. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the Jen1 C-terminal region acts as a glucose-responding degron for α-arrestin-mediated endocytic degradation of Jen1.
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- Shoki Fujita
- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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Yoshimi A, Yamaguchi S, Fujioka T, Kawai K, Gomi K, Machida M, Abe K. Heterologous Production of a Novel Cyclic Peptide Compound, KK-1, in Aspergillus oryzae. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:690. [PMID: 29686660 PMCID: PMC5900794 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A novel cyclic peptide compound, KK-1, was originally isolated from the plant-pathogenic fungus Curvularia clavata. It consists of 10 amino acid residues, including five N-methylated amino acid residues, and has potent antifungal activity. Recently, the genome-sequencing analysis of C. clavata was completed, and the biosynthetic genes involved in KK-1 production were predicted by using a novel gene cluster mining tool, MIDDAS-M. These genes form an approximately 75-kb cluster, which includes nine open reading frames, containing a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene. To determine whether the predicted genes were responsible for the biosynthesis of KK-1, we performed heterologous production of KK-1 in Aspergillus oryzae by introduction of the cluster genes into the genome of A. oryzae. The NRPS gene was split in two fragments and then reconstructed in the A. oryzae genome, because the gene was quite large (approximately 40 kb). The remaining seven genes in the cluster, excluding the regulatory gene kkR, were simultaneously introduced into the strain of A. oryzae in which NRPS had already been incorporated. To evaluate the heterologous production of KK-1 in A. oryzae, gene expression was analyzed by RT-PCR and KK-1 productivity was quantified by HPLC. KK-1 was produced in variable quantities by a number of transformed strains, along with expression of the cluster genes. The amount of KK-1 produced by the strain with the greatest expression of all genes was lower than that produced by the original producer, C. clavata. Therefore, expression of the cluster genes is necessary and sufficient for the heterologous production of KK-1 in A. oryzae, although there may be unknown factors limiting productivity in this species.
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- Akira Yoshimi
- ABE-Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- ABE-Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Microbial Resources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Morozumi T, Yashima A, Gomi K, Ujiie Y, Izumi Y, Akizuki T, Mizutani K, Takamatsu H, Minabe M, Miyauchi S, Yoshino T, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Hokari T, Yoshie H. Increased systemic levels of inflammatory mediators following one-stage full-mouth scaling and root planing. J Periodontal Res 2018; 53:536-544. [DOI: 10.1111/jre.12543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- T. Morozumi
- Division of Periodontology; Department of Oral Biological Science; Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Yokohama Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Yokohama Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Yokohama Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo Japan
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- Bunkyo-Dori Dental Clinic; Chiba Japan
- Division of Periodontology; Department of Oral Interdisciplinary Medicine; School of Dentistry; Kanagawa Dental University; Yokosuka Japan
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- Seikeikai Hospital; Seikeikai Group; Yokohama Japan
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- Seikeikai Hospital; Seikeikai Group; Yokohama Japan
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- Seikeikai Hospital; Seikeikai Group; Yokohama Japan
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- Division of Periodontology; Department of Oral Biological Science; Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata Japan
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- Division of Periodontology; Department of Oral Biological Science; Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata Japan
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Konno Y, Suzuki K, Tanaka M, Shintani T, Gomi K. Chaperone complex formation of the transcription factor MalR involved in maltose utilization and amylolytic enzyme production in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018. [PMID: 29517411 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1447359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The Zn2Cys6-type transcription factor MalR controls the expression of maltose-utilizing (MAL) cluster genes and the production of amylolytic enzymes in Aspergillus oryzae. In the present study, we demonstrated that MalR formed a complex with Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperones under non-inducing conditions similar to the yeast counterpart Mal63 and that the complex was released from the chaperone complex after the addition of the inducer maltose. The MalR protein was constitutively localized in the nucleus and mutation in both the putative nuclear localization signals (NLSs) located in the zinc finger motif and the C-terminal region resulted in the loss of nuclear localization. This result indicated the involvement of NSLs in the MalR nuclear localization. However, mutation in both NLSs did not affect the dissociation mode of the MalR-Hsp70/Hsp90 complex, suggesting that MalR activation induced by maltose can occur regardless of its intracellular localization.
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- Yui Konno
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Ichinose S, Tanaka M, Shintani T, Gomi K. Increased production of biomass-degrading enzymes by double deletion of creA and creB genes involved in carbon catabolite repression in Aspergillus oryzae. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 125:141-147. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yamane M, Minami A, Liu C, Ozaki T, Takeuchi I, Tsukagoshi T, Tokiwano T, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Biosynthetic Machinery of Diterpene Pleuromutilin Isolated from Basidiomycete Fungi. Chembiochem 2017; 18:2317-2322. [PMID: 28924980 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The diterpene pleuromutilin is a ribosome-targeting antibiotic isolated from basidiomycete fungi, such as Clitopilus pseudo-pinsitus. The functional characterization of all biosynthetic enzymes involved in pleuromutilin biosynthesis is reported and a biosynthetic pathway proposed. In vitro enzymatic reactions and mutational analysis revealed that a labdane-related diterpene synthase, Ple3, catalyzed two rounds of cyclization from geranylgeranyl diphosphate to premutilin possessing a characteristic 5-6-8-tricyclic carbon skeleton. Biotransformation experiments utilizing Aspergillus oryzae transformants possessing modification enzyme genes allowed the biosynthetic pathway from premutilin to pleuromutilin to be proposed. The present study sets the stage for the enzymatic synthesis of natural products isolated from basidiomycete fungi, which are a prolific source of structurally diverse and biologically active terpenoids.
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- Momoka Yamane
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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Ban A, Tanaka M, Fujii R, Minami A, Oikawa H, Shintani T, Gomi K. Subcellular localization of aphidicolin biosynthetic enzymes heterologously expressed in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 82:139-147. [PMID: 29191129 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1399789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The secondary metabolite aphidicolin has previously been produced by Aspergillus oryzae after the heterologous expression of four biosynthetic enzymes isolated from Phoma betae. In this study, we examined the subcellular localization of aphidicolin biosynthetic enzymes in A. oryzae. Fusion of green fluorescent protein to each enzyme showed that geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase and terpene cyclase are localized to the cytoplasm and the two monooxygenases (PbP450-1 and PbP450-2) are localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Protease protection assays revealed that the catalytic domain of both PbP450s was cytoplasmic. Deletion of transmembrane domains from both PbP450s resulted in the loss of ER localization. Particularly, a PbP450-1 mutant lacking the transmembrane domain was localized to dot-like structures, but did not colocalize with any known organelle markers. Aphidicolin biosynthesis was nearly abrogated by deletion of the transmembrane domain from PbP450-1. These results suggest that ER localization of PbP450-1 is important for aphidicolin biosynthesis.
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- Akihiko Ban
- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan.,b Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory, School of Food and Nutritional Science , University of Shizuoka , Shizuoka , Japan
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- c Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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- c Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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- c Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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Yoshimi A, Hirama M, Tsubota Y, Kawakami K, Zhang S, Gomi K, Abe K. Characterization of Cell Wall α-1,3-Glucan-Deficient Mutants in Aspergillus oryzae Isolated by a Screening Method Based on Their Sensitivities to Congo Red or Lysing Enzymes. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2017; 64:65-73. [PMID: 34354498 PMCID: PMC8056903 DOI: 10.5458/jag.jag.jag-2017_004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We previously reported that sensitivity to Congo Red (CR) or Lysing Enzymes (LE) is affected by the loss of cell-wall α-1,3-glucan (AG) in Aspergillus nidulans. We found that the amount of CR adsorbed to AG was significantly less than the amount adsorbed to β-1,3-glucan (BG) or chitin, suggesting that loss of cell-wall AG would increase exposure of BG on the cell surface, and thereby increase the sensitivity to CR. Generally, fungal BGs are known as biological response modifiers because of their recognition by Dectin-1 receptors in human immune systems. Therefore, isolation of AG-deficient mutants in Aspergillus oryzae has been used in the Japanese fermentation industry to create strains with increased ability to promote immune responses. Here, we aimed to isolate AG-deficient strains by mutagenizing A. oryzae conidia with chemical mutagens. Based on the increased sensitivity to CR in AG-deficient strains of A. nidulans and A. oryzae, we established a screening method for isolation of AG-deficient strains. Several candidate AG-deficient mutants of A. oryzae were isolated using the screening method; these strains showed increased sensitivity to CR and/or LE. Cytokine production was increased in the dendritic cells co-incubated with germinated conidia of the AG-deficient mutants. Furthermore, according to a Dectin-1 NFAT (nuclear factor of activator T cells)-GFP (green fluorescent protein) reporter assay, Dectin-1 response levels in the AG-deficient mutants were higher than those in wild-type A. oryzae. These results suggest that we successfully isolated AG-deficient mutants of A. oryzae with immunostimulatory effects.
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- Akira Yoshimi
- 1 ABE-project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University
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- 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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- 4 Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University
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- 4 Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University
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- 1 ABE-project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University.,5 Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University.,6 Department of Microbial Resources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
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Zhang S, Ban A, Ebara N, Mizutani O, Tanaka M, Shintani T, Gomi K. Self-excising Cre/mutant lox marker recycling system for multiple gene integrations and consecutive gene deletions in Aspergillus oryzae. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 123:403-411. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Zhang S, Sato H, Ichinose S, Tanaka M, Miyazawa K, Yoshimi A, Abe K, Shintani T, Gomi K. Cell wall α-1,3-glucan prevents α-amylase adsorption onto fungal cell in submerged culture of Aspergillus oryzae. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 124:47-53. [PMID: 28356219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We have previously reported that α-amylase (Taka-amylase A, TAA) activity disappears in the later stage of submerged Aspergillus oryzae culture as a result of TAA adsorption onto the cell wall. Chitin, one of the major components of the cell wall, was identified as a potential factor that facilitates TAA adsorption. However, TAA adsorption only occurred in the later stage of cultivation, although chitin was assumed to be sufficiently abundant in the cell wall regardless of the submerged culture period. This suggested the presence a factor that inhibits TAA adsorption to the cell wall in the early stage of cultivation. In the current study, we identified α-1,3-glucan as a potential inhibiting factor for TAA adsorption. We constructed single, double, and triple disruption mutants of three α-1,3-glucan synthase genes (agsA, agsB, and agsC) in A. oryzae. Growth characteristics and cell wall component analysis of these disruption strains showed that AgsB plays a major role in α-1,3-glucan synthesis. In the ΔagsB mutant, TAA was adsorbed onto the mycelium in all stages of cultivation (early and later), and the ΔagsB mutant cell walls had a significantly high capacity for TAA adsorption. Moreover, the α-1,3-glucan content of the cell wall prepared from the wild-type strain in the later stage of cultivation was markedly reduced compared with that in the early stage. These results suggest that α-1,3-glucan is a potential inhibiting factor for TAA adsorption onto the cell wall component, chitin, in the early stage of submerged culture in A. oryzae.
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- Silai Zhang
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, 6-6-10 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, 6-6-10 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan.
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Yokota JI, Shiro D, Tanaka M, Onozaki Y, Mizutani O, Kakizono D, Ichinose S, Shintani T, Gomi K, Shintani T. Cellular responses to the expression of unstable secretory proteins in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:2437-2446. [PMID: 28064367 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-8086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Filamentous fungi are often used as cell factories for recombinant protein production because of their ability to secrete large quantities of hydrolytic enzymes. However, even using strong transcriptional promoters, yields of nonfungal proteins are generally much lower than those of fungal proteins. Recent analyses revealed that expression of certain nonfungal secretory proteins induced the unfolded protein response (UPR), suggesting that they are recognized as proteins with folding defects in filamentous fungi. More recently, however, even highly expressed endogenous secretory proteins were found to evoke the UPR. These findings raise the question of whether the unfolded or misfolded state of proteins is selectively recognized by quality control mechanisms in filamentous fungi. In this study, a fungal secretory protein (1,2-α-D-mannosidase; MsdS) with a mutation that decreases its thermostability was expressed at different levels in Aspergillus oryzae. We found that, at moderate expression levels, wild-type MsdS was secreted to the medium, while the mutant was not. In the strain with a deletion for the hrdA gene, which is involved in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation pathway, mutant MsdS had specifically increased levels in the intracellular fraction but was not secreted. When overexpressed, the mutant protein was secreted to the medium to a similar extent as the wild-type protein; however, the mutant underwent hyperglycosylation and induced the UPR. Deletion of α-amylase (the most abundant secretory protein in A. oryzae) alleviated the UPR induction by mutant MsdS overexpression. These findings suggest that misfolded MsdS and unfolded species of α-amylase might act synergistically for UPR induction.
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- Jun-Ichi Yokota
- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-0046, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-0046, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan.
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Hagiwara D, Miura D, Shimizu K, Paul S, Ohba A, Gonoi T, Watanabe A, Kamei K, Shintani T, Moye-Rowley WS, Kawamoto S, Gomi K. A Novel Zn2-Cys6 Transcription Factor AtrR Plays a Key Role in an Azole Resistance Mechanism of Aspergillus fumigatus by Co-regulating cyp51A and cdr1B Expressions. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006096. [PMID: 28052140 PMCID: PMC5215518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Successful treatment of aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus is threatened by an increasing incidence of drug resistance. This situation is further complicated by the finding that strains resistant to azoles, the major antifungal drugs for aspergillosis, have been widely disseminated across the globe. To elucidate mechanisms underlying azole resistance, we identified a novel transcription factor that is required for normal azole resistance in Aspergillus fungi including A. fumigatus, Aspergillus oryzae, and Aspergillus nidulans. This fungal-specific Zn2-Cys6 type transcription factor AtrR was found to regulate expression of the genes related to ergosterol biosynthesis, including cyp51A that encodes a target protein of azoles. The atrR deletion mutant showed impaired growth under hypoxic conditions and attenuation of virulence in murine infection model for aspergillosis. These results were similar to the phenotypes for a mutant strain lacking SrbA that is also a direct regulator for the cyp51A gene. Notably, AtrR was responsible for the expression of cdr1B that encodes an ABC transporter related to azole resistance, whereas SrbA was not involved in the regulation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays indicated that AtrR directly bound both the cyp51A and cdr1B promoters. In the clinically isolated itraconazole resistant strain that harbors a mutant Cyp51A (G54E), deletion of the atrR gene resulted in a hypersensitivity to the azole drugs. Together, our results revealed that AtrR plays a pivotal role in a novel azole resistance mechanism by co-regulating the drug target (Cyp51A) and putative drug efflux pump (Cdr1B).
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- Daisuke Hagiwara
- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- * E-mail: (DH); (KG)
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- * E-mail: (DH); (KG)
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Yokota H, Gomi K, Shintani T. Induction of autophagy by phosphate starvation in an Atg11-dependent manner in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 483:522-527. [PMID: 28013049 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.12.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Upon nutrient starvation, eukaryotic cells exploit autophagy to reconstruct cellular components. Although autophagy is induced by depletion of various nutrients such as nitrogen, carbon, amino acids, and sulfur in yeast, it was previously ambiguous whether phosphate depletion could trigger the induction of autophagy. Here, we showed that phosphate depletion induced autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, albeit to a lesser extent than nitrogen starvation. It is known that rapid inactivation of the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) signaling pathway contributes to Atg13 dephosphorylation, which is one of the cues for autophagy induction. We found that phosphate starvation caused Atg13 dephosphorylation with slower kinetics than nitrogen starvation, suggesting that poor autophagic activity during phosphate starvation was associated with slower inactivation of the TORC1 pathway. Phosphate starvation-induced autophagy requires Atg11, an adaptor protein for selective autophagy, but not its cargo recognition domain. These results suggested that Atg11 plays important roles in low-level nonselective autophagy.
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- Hiroto Yokota
- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
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Yamada O, Machida M, Hosoyama A, Goto M, Takahashi T, Futagami T, Yamagata Y, Takeuchi M, Kobayashi T, Koike H, Abe K, Asai K, Arita M, Fujita N, Fukuda K, Higa KI, Horikawa H, Ishikawa T, Jinno K, Kato Y, Kirimura K, Mizutani O, Nakasone K, Sano M, Shiraishi Y, Tsukahara M, Gomi K. Genome sequence of Aspergillus luchuensis NBRC 4314. DNA Res 2016; 23:507-515. [PMID: 27651094 PMCID: PMC5144674 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsw032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Awamori is a traditional distilled beverage made from steamed Thai-Indica rice in Okinawa, Japan. For brewing the liquor, two microbes, local kuro (black) koji mold Aspergillus luchuensis and awamori yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are involved. In contrast, that yeasts are used for ethanol fermentation throughout the world, a characteristic of Japanese fermentation industries is the use of Aspergillus molds as a source of enzymes for the maceration and saccharification of raw materials. Here we report the draft genome of a kuro (black) koji mold, A. luchuensis NBRC 4314 (RIB 2604). The total length of nonredundant sequences was nearly 34.7 Mb, comprising approximately 2,300 contigs with 16 telomere-like sequences. In total, 11,691 genes were predicted to encode proteins. Most of the housekeeping genes, such as transcription factors and N-and O-glycosylation system, were conserved with respect to Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus oryzae An alternative oxidase and acid-stable α-amylase regarding citric acid production and fermentation at a low pH as well as a unique glutamic peptidase were also found in the genome. Furthermore, key biosynthetic gene clusters of ochratoxin A and fumonisin B were absent when compared with A. niger genome, showing the safety of A. luchuensis for food and beverage production. This genome information will facilitate not only comparative genomics with industrial kuro-koji molds, but also molecular breeding of the molds in improvements of awamori fermentation.
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- Osamu Yamada
- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Computational Biology Research Center, AIST, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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- Asahi Breweries, LTD, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8602, Japan
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- Industrial Technology Center, Okinawa Prefectural Government, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Kinki University Faculty of Engineering, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan
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- Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8501, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Liu C, Minami A, Dairi T, Gomi K, Scott B, Oikawa H. Biosynthesis of Shearinine: Diversification of a Tandem Prenyl Moiety of Fungal Indole Diterpenes. Org Lett 2016; 18:5026-5029. [PMID: 27632559 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The late-stage biosynthetic pathway of the indole diterpene shearinine involving four enzymatic reactions (JanQDOJ) was elucidated by an efficient heterologous expression system using Aspergillus oryzae. Key oxidative cyclization, forming a characteristic A/B bicyclic shearinine core by flavoprotein oxidase, was studied using a substrate analogue and a buffer containing H218O. These experimental data provided evidence that JanO catalyzes two-step oxidation via a hydroxylated product and that the JanO reaction involves the hydride-transfer mechanism.
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- Chengwei Liu
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University , Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Miyazawa K, Yoshimi A, Zhang S, Sano M, Nakayama M, Gomi K, Abe K. Increased enzyme production under liquid culture conditions in the industrial fungus Aspergillus oryzae by disruption of the genes encoding cell wall α-1,3-glucan synthase. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:1853-63. [PMID: 27442340 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1209968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Under liquid culture conditions, the hyphae of filamentous fungi aggregate to form pellets, which reduces cell density and fermentation productivity. Previously, we found that loss of α-1,3-glucan in the cell wall of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans increased hyphal dispersion. Therefore, here we constructed a mutant of the industrial fungus A. oryzae in which the three genes encoding α-1,3-glucan synthase were disrupted (tripleΔ). Although the hyphae of the tripleΔ mutant were not fully dispersed, the mutant strain did form smaller pellets than the wild-type strain. We next examined enzyme productivity under liquid culture conditions by transforming the cutinase-encoding gene cutL1 into A. oryzae wild-type and the tripleΔ mutant (i.e. wild-type-cutL1, tripleΔ-cutL1). A. oryzae tripleΔ-cutL1 formed smaller hyphal pellets and showed both greater biomass and increased CutL1 productivity compared with wild-type-cutL1, which might be attributable to a decrease in the number of tripleΔ-cutL1 cells under anaerobic conditions.
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- Ken Miyazawa
- a Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- b Microbial Genomics Laboratory , New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- c Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- d Genome Biotechnology Laboratory , Kanazawa Institute of Technology , Hakusan , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- c Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan.,b Microbial Genomics Laboratory , New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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Gomi K, Iimura Y, Hara S. Integrative Transformation ofAspergillus oryzaewith a Plasmid Containing theAspergillus nidulans argBGene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00021369.1987.10868429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ugai T, Minami A, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Genome mining approach for harnessing the cryptic gene cluster in Alternaria solani: production of PKS–NRPS hybrid metabolite, didymellamide B. Tetrahedron Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ye Y, Minami A, Igarashi Y, Izumikawa M, Umemura M, Nagano N, Machida M, Kawahara T, Shin-ya K, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Unveiling the Biosynthetic Pathway of the Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptide Ustiloxin B in Filamentous Fungi. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201602611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Ying Ye
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC); Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Koto-ku; Tokyo 818 Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Sapporo 062-8517 Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Sapporo 062-8517 Japan
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- Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC); Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Koto-ku; Tokyo 818 Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai 981-8555 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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Ye Y, Minami A, Igarashi Y, Izumikawa M, Umemura M, Nagano N, Machida M, Kawahara T, Shin-ya K, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Unveiling the Biosynthetic Pathway of the Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptide Ustiloxin B in Filamentous Fungi. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:8072-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Ying Ye
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC); Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Koto-ku; Tokyo 818 Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Sapporo 062-8517 Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Sapporo 062-8517 Japan
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- Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC); Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Koto-ku; Tokyo 818 Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science; Tohoku University; Sendai 981-8555 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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Narita K, Chiba R, Minami A, Kodama M, Fujii I, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Multiple Oxidative Modifications in the Ophiobolin Biosynthesis: P450 Oxidations Found in Genome Mining. Org Lett 2016; 18:1980-3. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Koji Narita
- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
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- School
of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Hagiwara D, Sakamoto K, Abe K, Gomi K. Signaling pathways for stress responses and adaptation in Aspergillus species: stress biology in the post-genomic era. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:1667-80. [PMID: 27007956 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1162085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aspergillus species are among the most important filamentous fungi in terms of industrial use and because of their pathogenic or toxin-producing features. The genomes of several Aspergillus species have become publicly available in this decade, and genomic analyses have contributed to an integrated understanding of fungal biology. Stress responses and adaptation mechanisms have been intensively investigated using the accessible genome infrastructure. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades have been highlighted as being fundamentally important in fungal adaptation to a wide range of stress conditions. Reverse genetics analyses have uncovered the roles of MAPK pathways in osmotic stress, cell wall stress, development, secondary metabolite production, and conidia stress resistance. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the stress biology of Aspergillus species, illuminating what we have learned from the genomic data in this "post-genomic era."
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- Daisuke Hagiwara
- a Medical Mycology Research Center , Chiba University , Chiba , Japan
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- c Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- c Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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Mizutani O, Shiina M, Yoshimi A, Sano M, Watanabe T, Yamagata Y, Nakajima T, Gomi K, Abe K. Substantial decrease in cell wall α-1,3-glucan caused by disruption of the kexB gene encoding a subtilisin-like processing protease in Aspergillus oryzae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:1781-91. [PMID: 26980104 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1158632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Disruption of the kexB encoding a subtilisin-like processing protease in Aspergillus oryzae (ΔkexB) leads to substantial morphological defects when the cells are grown on Czapek-Dox agar plates. We previously found that the disruption of kexB causes a constitutive activation of the cell wall integrity pathway. To understand how the disruption of the kexB affects cell wall organization and components, we analyzed the cell wall of ΔkexB grown on the plates. The results revealed that both total N-acetylglucosamine content, which constitutes chitin, and chitin synthase activities were increased. Whereas total glucose content, which constitutes β-1,3-glucan and α-1,3-glucan, was decreased; this decrease was attributed to a remarkable decrease in α-1,3-glucan. Additionally, the β-1,3-glucan in the alkali-insoluble fraction of the ΔkexB showed a high degree of polymerization. These results suggested that the loss of α-1,3-glucan in the ΔkexB was compensated by increases in the chitin content and the average degree of β-1,3-glucan polymerization.
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- Osamu Mizutani
- a Department of Enzymology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan.,b Department of Application Research , National Research Institute of Brewing , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Department of Enzymology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- c ABE-Project , New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- d Department of Genome Biotechnology , Kanazawa Institute of Technology , Hakusan , Japan
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- e Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture , Niigata University , Niigata , Japan
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- a Department of Enzymology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- a Department of Enzymology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- f Bioindustrial Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- c ABE-Project , New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan.,g Applied Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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Tanaka M, Yoshimura M, Ogawa M, Koyama Y, Shintani T, Gomi K. The C2H2-type transcription factor, FlbC, is involved in the transcriptional regulation of Aspergillus oryzae glucoamylase and protease genes specifically expressed in solid-state culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:5859-68. [PMID: 26960315 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7419-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Aspergillus oryzae produces a large amount of secreted proteins in solid-state culture, and some proteins such as glucoamylase (GlaB) and acid protease (PepA) are specifically produced in solid-state culture, but rarely in submerged culture. From the disruption mutant library of A. oryzae transcriptional regulators, we successfully identified a disruption mutant showing an extremely low production level of GlaB but a normal level of α-amylase production. This strain was a disruption mutant of the C2H2-type transcription factor, FlbC, which is reported to be involved in the regulation of conidiospore development. Disruption mutants of other upstream regulators comprising a conidiation regulatory network had no apparent effect on GlaB production in solid-state culture. In addition to GlaB, the production of acid protease in solid-state culture was also markedly decreased by flbC disruption. Northern blot analyses revealed that transcripts of glaB and pepA were significantly decreased in the flbC disruption strain. These results suggested that FlbC is involved in the transcriptional regulation of genes specifically expressed under solid-state cultivation conditions, possibly independent of the conidiation regulatory network.
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- Mizuki Tanaka
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 399 Noda, Noda, Chiba, 278-0037, Japan
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 399 Noda, Noda, Chiba, 278-0037, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan.
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Fujii R, Ugai T, Ichinose H, Hatakeyama M, Kosaki T, Gomi K, Fujii I, Minami A, Oikawa H. Reconstitution of biosynthetic machinery of fungal polyketides: unexpected oxidations of biosynthetic intermediates by expression host. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 80:426-31. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1104234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Reconstitution of whole biosynthetic genes in Aspergillus oryzae has successfully applied for total biosynthesis of various fungal natural products. Heterologous production of fungal metabolites sometimes suffers unexpected side reactions by host enzymes. In the studies on fungal polyketides solanapyrone and cytochalasin, unexpected oxidations of terminal olefin of biosynthetic intermediates were found to give one and four by-products by host enzymes of the transformants harboring biosynthetic genes. In this paper, we reported structure determination of by-products and described a simple solution to avoid the undesired reaction by introducing the downstream gene in the heterologous production of solanapyrone C.
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- Ryuya Fujii
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Watanabe A, Suzuki M, Ujiie S, Gomi K. Purification and enzymatic characterization of a novel β-1,6-glucosidase from Aspergillus oryzae. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 121:259-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gomi K, Matsushima Y, Ujiie Y, Shirakawa S, Nagano T, Kanazashi M, Yashima A. Full-mouth scaling and root planing combined with azithromycin to treat peri-implantitis. Aust Dent J 2015; 60:503-10. [DOI: 10.1111/adj.12257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- K Gomi
- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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- Department of Periodontology; School of Dental Medicine; Tsurumi University; Japan
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Fujii R, Matsu Y, Minami A, Nagamine S, Takeuchi I, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Biosynthetic Study on Antihypercholesterolemic Agent Phomoidride: General Biogenesis of Fungal Dimeric Anhydrides. Org Lett 2015; 17:5658-61. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ryuya Fujii
- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Division
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Ye Y, Minami A, Mandi A, Liu C, Taniguchi T, Kuzuyama T, Monde K, Gomi K, Oikawa H. Genome Mining for Sesterterpenes Using Bifunctional Terpene Synthases Reveals a Unified Intermediate of Di/Sesterterpenes. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:11846-53. [PMID: 26332841 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Genome mining is a promising method to discover novel secondary metabolites in the postgenomic era. We applied the Aspergillus oryzae heterologous expression system to functionally characterize cryptic bifunctional terpene synthase genes found in fungal genomes and identified the sesterfisherol synthase gene (NfSS) from Neosartorya fischeri. Sesterfisherol contains a characteristic 5-6-8-5 tetracyclic ring system and is modified by cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (NfP450) to sesterfisheric acid. The cyclization mechanism was proposed on the basis of the analysis of in vivo and in vitro enzymatic reactions with isotopically labeled precursors. The mechanism involves C1 cation-olefin IV-olefin V cyclization followed by five hydride shifts, allowing us to propose a unified biogenesis for sesterterpenes branching from bicyclic (5-15), tricyclic (5-12-5), and tetracyclic (5-6-8-5) cation intermediates. Furthermore, the mechanism is distinct from that of a separate class of di/sesterterpenes including fusicoccins and ophiobolins. The difference between mechanisms is consistent with phylogenetic analysis of bifunctional terpene synthases, suggesting that the amino acid sequence reflects the initial cyclization mode, which is most likely related to the initial conformation of a linear prenyl diphosphate.
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University , Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Imamura K, Takayama S, Saito A, Inoue E, Nakayama Y, Ogata Y, Shirakawa S, Nagano T, Gomi K, Morozumi T, Akiishi K, Watanabe K, Yoshie H. Evaluation of a novel immunochromatographic device for rapid and accurate clinical detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis in subgingival plaque. J Microbiol Methods 2015; 117:4-10. [PMID: 26159910 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED An important goal for the improved diagnosis and management of infectious and inflammatory diseases, such as periodontitis, is the development of rapid and accurate technologies for the decentralized detection of bacterial pathogens. The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to evaluate the clinical use of a novel immunochromatographic device with monoclonal antibodies for the rapid point-of-care detection and semi-quantification of Porphyromonas gingivalis in subgingival plaque. Sixty-three patients with chronic periodontitis and 28 periodontally healthy volunteers were subjected to clinical and microbiological examinations. Subgingival plaque samples were analyzed for the presence of P. gingivalis using a novel immunochromatography based device DK13-PG-001, designed to detect the 40k-outer membrane protein of P. gingivalis, and compared with a PCR-Invader method. In the periodontitis group, a significant strong positive correlation in detection results was found between the test device score and the PCR-Invader method (Spearman rank correlation, r=0.737, p<0.0001). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the test device were 96.2%, 91.8%, 90.4% and 96.7%, respectively. The detection threshold of the test device was determined to be approximately 10(4) (per two paper points). There were significant differences in the bacterial counts by the PCR-Invader method among groups with different ranges of device scores. With a cut-off value of ≥0.25 in device score, none of periodontally healthy volunteers were tested positive for the subgingival presence of P. gingivalis, whereas 76% (n=48) of periodontitis subjects were tested positive. There was a significant positive correlation between device scores for P. gingivalis and periodontal parameters including probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level (r=0.317 and 0.281, respectively, p<0.01). The results suggested that the DK13-PG-001 device kit can be effectively used for rapid, chair-side detection and semi-quantification of P. gingivalis in subgingival plaque. TRIAL REGISTRATION UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) UMIN000011943.
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- K Imamura
- Department of Periodontology, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061, Japan.
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- Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, 2-870-1 Sakaecho-nishi, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8587, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, 2-870-1 Sakaecho-nishi, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8587, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, 2-870-1 Sakaecho-nishi, Matsudo, Chiba 271-8587, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
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- Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2-5274 Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Reagent R&D Department, Denka Seiken Co., Ltd., 1359-1, Kagamida, Kigoshi, Gosen-shi, Niigata 959-1695, Japan
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- Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd, 4-12-15-19F Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
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- Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2-5274 Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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Hiramoto T, Tanaka M, Ichikawa T, Matsuura Y, Hasegawa-Shiro S, Shintani T, Gomi K. Endocytosis of a maltose permease is induced when amylolytic enzyme production is repressed in Aspergillus oryzae. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 82:136-44. [PMID: 26117687 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, amylolytic enzyme production is induced by the presence of maltose. Previously, we identified a putative maltose permease (MalP) gene in the maltose-utilizing cluster of A. oryzae. malP disruption causes a significant decrease in α-amylase activity and maltose consumption, indicating that MalP is a maltose transporter required for amylolytic enzyme production in A. oryzae. Although the expression of amylase genes and malP is repressed by the presence of glucose, the effect of glucose on the abundance of functional MalP is unknown. In this study, we examined the effect of glucose and other carbon sources on the subcellular localization of green fluorescence protein (GFP)-tagged MalP. After glucose addition, GFP-MalP at the plasma membrane was internalized and delivered to the vacuole. This glucose-induced internalization of GFP-MalP was inhibited by treatment with latrunculin B, an inhibitor of actin polymerization. Furthermore, GFP-MalP internalization was inhibited by repressing the HECT ubiquitin ligase HulA (ortholog of yeast Rsp5). These results suggest that MalP is transported to the vacuole by endocytosis in the presence of glucose. Besides glucose, mannose and 2-deoxyglucose also induced the endocytosis of GFP-MalP and amylolytic enzyme production was inhibited by the addition of these sugars. However, neither the subcellular localization of GFP-MalP nor amylolytic enzyme production was influenced by the addition of xylose or 3-O-methylglucose. These results imply that MalP endocytosis is induced when amylolytic enzyme production is repressed.
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- Tetsuya Hiramoto
- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioindustrial Genomics, Department of Bioindustrial Informatics and Genomics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
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