Carbon catabolite repression(CCR),which is mainly mediated by Cre1 and triggered by glucose,leads to a decrease in cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei.Many studies have focused on modifying Cre1 for alleviating...Carbon catabolite repression(CCR),which is mainly mediated by Cre1 and triggered by glucose,leads to a decrease in cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei.Many studies have focused on modifying Cre1 for alleviating CCR.Based on the homologous alignment of CreA from wild-type Penicillium oxalicum 114–2(Po-0)and cellulase hyperproducer JUA10-1(Po-1),we constructed a C-terminus substitution strain—Po-2—with decreased transcriptional levels of cellulase and enhanced CCR.Results revealed that the C-terminal domain of CreAPo−1 plays an important role in alleviating CCR.Furthermore,we replaced the C-terminus of Cre1 with that of CreAPo−1 in T.reesei(Tr-0)and generated Tr-1.As a control,the C-terminus of Cre1 was truncated and Tr-2 was generated.The transcriptional profiles of these transformants revealed that the C-terminal chimera greatly improves cellulase transcription in the presence of glucose and thus upregulates cellulase in the presence of glucose and weakens CCR,consistent with truncating the C-terminus of Cre1 in Tr-0.Therefore,we propose constructing a C-terminal chimera as a new strategy to improve cellulase production and alleviate CCR in the presence of glucose.展开更多
基金This work was supported by National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0901700)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31870785 and 31570040)+1 种基金the 111 Project(No.B16030)the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology Open Projects Fund.
文摘Carbon catabolite repression(CCR),which is mainly mediated by Cre1 and triggered by glucose,leads to a decrease in cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei.Many studies have focused on modifying Cre1 for alleviating CCR.Based on the homologous alignment of CreA from wild-type Penicillium oxalicum 114–2(Po-0)and cellulase hyperproducer JUA10-1(Po-1),we constructed a C-terminus substitution strain—Po-2—with decreased transcriptional levels of cellulase and enhanced CCR.Results revealed that the C-terminal domain of CreAPo−1 plays an important role in alleviating CCR.Furthermore,we replaced the C-terminus of Cre1 with that of CreAPo−1 in T.reesei(Tr-0)and generated Tr-1.As a control,the C-terminus of Cre1 was truncated and Tr-2 was generated.The transcriptional profiles of these transformants revealed that the C-terminal chimera greatly improves cellulase transcription in the presence of glucose and thus upregulates cellulase in the presence of glucose and weakens CCR,consistent with truncating the C-terminus of Cre1 in Tr-0.Therefore,we propose constructing a C-terminal chimera as a new strategy to improve cellulase production and alleviate CCR in the presence of glucose.
