Physiological and molecular aspects of degradation of plant polysaccharides by fungi: What have we learned from Aspergillus?. Issue 8 (15th May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Culleton, Helena; McKie, Vincent; de Vries, Ronald P.
• Is Part Of: Biotechnology journal. Volume 8:Issue 8(2013:Aug.)
• Page Start: 884
• Page End: 894
• Publication Date: 2013-05-15
• Subjects: Biotechnology -- Periodicals; 660.605
• DOI: 10.1002/biot.201200382
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1860-6768

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Plant biomass is the most abundant and usable carbon source for many fungal species. Due to its diverse and complex structure, fungi need to produce a large range of enzymes to degrade these polysaccharides into monomeric components. The fine‐tuned production of such diverse enzyme sets requires control through a set of transcriptional regulators. <italic>Aspergillus</italic> has a strong potential for degrading biomass, thus this genus has become the most widely studied group of filamentous fungi in this area. This review examines <italic>Aspergillus</italic> as a successful degrader of plant polysaccharides, and reviews its potential in many industries such as biofuel and as a production host of homologous and heterologous proteins.</p> </abstract>