The presence of trace components significantly broadens the molecular response of Aspergillus niger to guar gum.

In this study, transcriptome, exoproteome and enzyme activity analyses were employed to decipher the complete enzymatic arsenal for guar gum depolymerization by Aspergillus niger. This multi-omic analysis revealed a set of 46 genes encoding carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) responding to the presence of guar gum, including CAZymes not only with preferred activity towards galactomannan, but also towards (arabino-)xylan, cellulose, starch and pectin, likely due to trace components in guar gum. This demonstrates that the purity of substrates has a strong effect on the resulting enzyme mixture produced by A. niger and probably by other fungi as well, which has significant implications for the commercial production of fungal enzyme cocktails.
PMID: 30797054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: New Biotechnology - February 20, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Coconi Linares N, Di Falco M, Benoit-Gelber I, Gruben BS, Peng M, Tsang A, Mäkelä MR, de Vries RP Tags: N Biotechnol Source Type: research