Enzymatic Adaptation of Podospora anserina to Different Plant Biomass Provides Leads to Optimized Commercial Enzyme Cocktails

Tiziano Benocci, Paul Daly, Maria Victoria Aguilar-Pontes, Kathleen Lail, Mei Wang, Anna Lipzen, Vivian Ng, Igor V Grigoriev, Ronald P de Vries

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Abstract

As a late colonizer of herbivore dung, Podospora anserina has evolved an enzymatic machinery to degrade the more recalcitrant fraction of plant biomass, suggesting a great potential for biotechnology applications. The authors investigated its transcriptome during growth on two industrial feedstocks, soybean hulls (SBH) and corn stover (CS). Initially, CS and SBH results in the expression of hemicellulolytic and amylolytic genes, respectively, while at later time points a more diverse gene set is induced, especially for SBH. Substrate adaptation is also observed for carbon catabolism. Overall, SBH resulted in a larger diversity of expressed genes, confirming previous proteomics studies. The results not only provide an in depth view on the transcriptomic adaptation of P. anserina to substrate composition, but also point out strategies to improve saccharification of plant biomass at the industrial level.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1800185
JournalBiotechnology Journal
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2019

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