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    Pectin lyase production by recombinant Penicillium griseoroseum strain 105
    (Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2010) Teixeira, Janaina Aparecida; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira de; Araújo, Elza Fernandes de; Cardoso, Patrícia Gomes
    Recombinant Penicillium griseoroseum strain 105 overproduces an extracellular pectin lyase (PL) under the transcriptional control of the strong gpdA promoter of Aspergillus nidulans. Our aim was to evaluate PL production by recombinant P. griseoroseum strain 105 in submerged fermentation system bioreactors BioFloIII and BioFloIV using 2 or 10 L working volumes under different growth conditions and to analyze the production of cellulase, polygalacturonase, pectin methylesterase, and protease. PL overproduction by recombinant P. griseoroseum strain 105 was 112 times higher than that of P. griseoroseum PG63 grown in sugarcane juice. Cellulases and proteases were not detected in the culture filtrate, and evaluation for extracellular proteins in the culture medium by SDS–PAGE showed the presence of a 36 kDa predominant band, similar to the molecular mass estimated from the nucleotide sequence of plg1 gene for PL of P. griseoroseum strain 105. This recombinant strain provides the advantage of PL production, which predominates over other extracellular proteins usually present in most commercial pectinase preparations, using sugarcane juice as a substrate of low cost.
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    The minimal regulatory region necessary for the expression of the Penicillium griseoroseum plg1 gene
    (Annals of Microbiology, 2015-06) Bazzolli, Denise Mara Soares; Reis, Klédna Constância Portes; Teixeira, Janaina Aparecida; Ribon, Andréa Oliveira Barros; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira de; Araújo, Elza Fernandes de
    The expression of the Penicillium griseoroseum plg1 gene is induced by citric pectin and repressed by glucose. In this work, the minimal region of the plg1 gene promoter essential for expression in pectin and sucrose plus yeast extract was identified by using constructs containing the gfp ORF under control of the plg1 gene promoter. The fragment A (283 bp) is essential for plg1 expression in sucrose plus yeast extract. Fragment B (309 bp plus 184; core promoter) was critical for expression in pectin and abolished the catabolic repression by glucose. Therefore, the fragment of 776 bp (fragment A and B) is essential for the expression of the plg1 gene in natural inducing conditions (pectin as carbon source) and in sucrose plus yeast extract. The fragment B is a promising minimal promoter usable for heterologous expression in filamentous fungi, since genes that contain it could be activated by the presence of peel from citric fruits (which contains citric pectin) and are not affected by glucose in these agricultural by-products.
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    Improved pectinase production in Penicillium griseoroseum recombinant strains
    (Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2011-06-27) Teixeira, J.A.; Gonçalves, D.B.; Queiroz, M.V. de; Araújo, E.F. de
    To obtain recombinant strains of Penicillium griseoroseum that produce high levels of pectin lyase (PL) and polygalacturonase (PG) simultaneously. A strain with high production of PL was transformed with the plasmid pAN52pgg2, containing the gene encoding PG of P. griseoroseum, under control of the gpd promoter gene from Aspergillus nidulans. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that all strain had at least one copy of pAN52pgg2 integrated into the genome. The recombinant strain P. griseoroseum T20 produced levels of PL and PG that were 266‐ and 27‐fold greater, respectively, than the wild‐type strain. Furthermore, the extracellular protein profile of recombinant T20 showed two protein bands of c. 36 and 38 kDa, associated with PL and PG, respectively. This recombinant strain T20 produces PL and PG using carbon sources of low costs, and an enzyme preparation that is free of cellulolytic and proteolytic activities. PL and PG play an important role in the degradation of pectin. Owing to their use in the juice and wines industries, there is a growing interest in the inexpensive production of these enzymes. This work describes an efficient system of protein expression and secretion using the fungus P. griseoroseum.
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    Overproduction of polygalacturonase by Penicillium griseoroseum recombinant strains and functional analysis by targeted disruption of the pgg2 Gene
    (Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2013-01-14) Teixeira, Janaina Aparecida; Ribeiro, João Batista; Gonçalves, Daniel Bonoto; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira de; Araújo, Elza Fernandes de
    Inactivation of the pgg2 gene, a polygalacturonase-encoding gene from Penicillium griseoroseum, reduced the total activity of polygalacturonase (PG) by 90 % in wild-type P. griseoroseum, which indicates that the pgg2 gene is the major gene responsible for PG production in this species. To increase PG production, the coding region of the pgg2 gene was cloned under the control of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gpd) promoter and the terminator region of the tryptophan synthase (trpC) gene from Aspergillus nidulans (pAN52pgg2 vector). This vector was then used to transform P. griseoroseum. The transformed strains were characterized according to PG production using glucose, sucrose, or sugar cane juice as the carbon sources. The recombinant P. griseoroseum T146 strain contained an additional copy of the pgg2 gene, which resulted in a 12-fold increase in PG activity when compared with that detected in the supernatant of the control PG63 strain. The proteins secreted by the recombinant strain T146 showed a strong band at 38 kDa, which corresponds to the molecular weight of PG of the P. griseoroseum. The results demonstrate the significant biotechnological potential of recombinant P. griseoroseum T146 for use in PG production.
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    Genome organization and assessment of high copy number and increased expression of pectinolytic genes from Penicillium griseoroseum: a potential heterologous system for protein production
    (Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2014-01-08) Teixeira, Janaina Aparecida; Nogueira, Guilherme Bicalho; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira de; Araújo, Elza Fernandes de
    The fungus Penicillium griseoroseum has the potential for application on an industrial scale as a host for the production of homologous and heterologous proteins, mainly because it does not produce some mycotoxins or secrete proteases under the growth conditions for pectinase production. However, for the fungus to be used effectively as an expression heterologous system, an understanding of the organization of its genome, as well as the mechanisms of gene expression and protein production, is required. In the present study, the size of the P. griseoroseum genome was estimated to be 29.8–31.5 Mb, distributed among four chromosomes. An analysis of plg1 and pgg2 pectinolytic genes expression and copy number in recombinant multi-copy strains of P. griseoroseum demonstrated that an increase in the number of gene copies could increase enzyme production, but the transcription could be affected by the gene integration position. Placing a copy of the plg1 gene under the control of the gpd promoter of Aspergillus nidulans yielded a 200-fold increase in transcription levels compared to the endogenous gene, and two copies of the pgg2 gene produced an 1100-fold increase compared with the endogenous gene. These results demonstrated that transcription, translation, and protein secretion in the fungus P. griseoroseum respond to an increased number of gene copies in the genome. The processing capacity and efficiency of protein secretion in P. griseoroseum are consistent with our premise that this fungus can be used for the industrial-scale production of several enzymes.