Elucidating how the saprophytic fungus Aspergillus nidulans uses the plant polyester suberin as carbon source

Lipid polymers in plant cell walls, such as cutin and suberin, build recalcitrant hydrophobic protective barriers. Their degradation is of foremost importance for both plant pathogenic and saprophytic fungi. Regardless of numerous reports on fungal degradation of emulsified fatty acids or cutin, and...

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Published in:BMC Genomics
Main Authors: Martins, Isabel, Hartmann, Diego O, Alves, Paula C, Martins, Celso, Garcia, Helga, Leclercq, Céline C, Ferreira, Rui, He, Ji, Renaut, Jenny, Becker, Jörg D, Silva Pereira, Cristina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Subjects:
Aspergillus nidulans
β -oxidation
Cutinase
Long chain fatty acids
Suberin
Whole-genome profiling
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/355
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-613
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Summary:Lipid polymers in plant cell walls, such as cutin and suberin, build recalcitrant hydrophobic protective barriers. Their degradation is of foremost importance for both plant pathogenic and saprophytic fungi. Regardless of numerous reports on fungal degradation of emulsified fatty acids or cutin, and on fungi-plant interactions, the pathways involved in the degradation and utilisation of suberin remain largely overlooked. As a structural component of the plant cell wall, suberin isolation, in general, uses harsh depolymerisation methods that destroy its macromolecular structure. We recently overcame this limitation isolating suberin macromolecules in a near-native state. work partially supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA financial mechanism (Project PT015), FCT: grant (PEst-OE/EQB/LA0004/2013) and fellowships (SFRH/BD/38378/2007, SFRH/BD/66396/2009, SFRH/BD/66030/2009, SFRH/BD/48286/2008), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian fellowship (21-95587-B).

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