Author(s): Li J; Chroumpi T; Garrigues S; Kun RS; Meng J; Salazar-Cerezo S; Aguilar-Pontes MV; Zhang Y; Tejomurthula S; Lipzen A; Ng V; Clendinen CS; Tolic N; Grigoriev IV; Tsang A; Mäkelä MR; Snel B; Peng M; de Vries RP;

Fungi play a critical role in the global carbon cycle by degrading plant polysaccharides to small sugars and metabolizing them as carbon and energy sources. We mapped the well-established sugar metabolic network of Aspergillus niger to five taxonomically distant species (Aspergillus nidulans, Pen ...

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Author(s): Kun RS; Garrigues S; Di Falco M; Tsang A; de Vries RP;

Aspergillus niger is a filamentous fungus well known for its ability to produce a wide variety of pectinolytic enzymes, which have many applications in the industry. The transcriptional activator GaaR is induced by 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-galactonate, a compound derived from D-galacturonic acid, and plays a major role in the regulation of pectinolytic genes. The ...

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Author(s): Kun RS; Garrigues S; Di Falco M; Tsang A; de Vries RP;

Fungi produce a wide range of enzymes that allow them to grow on diverse plant biomass. Wheat bran is a low-cost substrate with high potential for biotechnological applications. It mainly contains cellulose and (arabino)xylan, as well as starch, proteins, lipids and lignin to a lesser extent. In this study, we dissected the regulatory network governing wh ...

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