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l-Sorbose induces cellulase gene transcription in the cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei

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l-Sorbose has previously been assumed to stimulate cellulase formation in an indirect manner, different from that of sophorose in Trichoderma reesei. Through Northern blot analysis however, l-sorbose was found to regulate coordinately six cellulase genes (including egl3, whose behavior has not been studied so far) at transcriptional level, as is the case with sophorose in T. reesei strains PC-3-7 and QM9414. Dot blot analysis showed that the proportions of each cellulase mRNA to cbh1 mRNA, the largest amount of mRNA transcribed in T. reesei, did not change when l-sorbose or sophorose was used as an inducer in the PC-3-7 and QM9414 strains. cbh2 and egl1 mRNAs were about 45–60% and 20–30% of the cbh1 transcript, whereas small amounts of mRNA, 1–2% of cbh1, were observed on other endoglucanase genes. Furthermore, the PC-3-7 strain showed an enhanced level of cellulase gene transcription, about two- and four- to six-fold higher than that of the QM9414 strain with sophorose and l-sorbose, respectively.

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Received: 25 May 2000 / Accepted: 24 August 2000

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Nogawa, M., Goto, M., Okada, H. et al. l-Sorbose induces cellulase gene transcription in the cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei . Curr Genet 38, 329–334 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940000165

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