Biosynthetic Pathways of Glycerol Accumulation under Salt Stress in Aspergillus nidulans

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra J. Redkar ◽  
Robert D. Locy ◽  
Narendra K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways

scholarly journals Calcineurin and Calcium Channel CchA Coordinate the Salt Stress Response by Regulating Cytoplasmic Ca2+Homeostasis in Aspergillus nidulans

2016 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
pp. 3420-3430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha Wang ◽  
Xiao Liu ◽  
Hui Qian ◽  
Shizhu Zhang ◽  
Ling Lu
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Feedback Inhibition ◽  
Calcium Influx ◽  
Hyphal Growth ◽  
Salt Stress Response ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Growth Defects

ABSTRACTThe eukaryotic calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin is crucial for the environmental adaption of fungi. However, the mechanism of coordinate regulation of the response to salt stress by calcineurin and the high-affinity calcium channel CchA in fungi is not well understood. Here we show that the deletion ofcchAsuppresses the hyphal growth defects caused by the loss of calcineurin under salt stress inAspergillus nidulans. Additionally, the hypersensitivity of the ΔcnaAstrain to extracellular calcium and cell-wall-damaging agents can be suppressed bycchAdeletion. Using the calcium-sensitive photoprotein aequorin to monitor the cytoplasmic Ca2+concentration ([Ca2+]c) in living cells, we found that calcineurin negatively regulates CchA on calcium uptake in response to external calcium in normally cultured cells. However, in salt-stress-pretreated cells, loss of eithercnaAorcchAsignificantly decreased the [Ca2+]c, but a deficiency in bothcnaAandcchAswitches the [Ca2+]cto the reference strain level, indicating that calcineurin and CchA synergistically coordinate calcium influx under salt stress. Moreover, real-time PCR results showed that the dysfunction ofcchAin the ΔcnaAstrain dramatically restored the expression ofenaA(a major determinant for sodium detoxification), which was abolished in the ΔcnaAstrain under salt stress. These results suggest that double deficiencies ofcnaAandcchAcould bypass the requirement of calcineurin to induceenaAexpression under salt stress. Finally, YvcA, a member of the transient receptor potential channel (TRPC) protein family of vacuolar Ca2+channels, was proven to compensate for calcineurin-CchA in fungal salt stress adaption.IMPORTANCEThe feedback inhibition relationship between calcineurin and the calcium channel Cch1/Mid1 has been well recognized from yeast. Interestingly, our previous study (S. Wang et al., PLoS One7:e46564, 2012,http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046564) showed that the deletion ofcchAcould suppress the hyphal growth defects caused by the loss of calcineurin under salt stress inAspergillus nidulans. In this study, our findings suggest that fungi are able to develop a unique mechanism for adapting to environmental salt stress. Compared to cells cultured normally, the NaCl-pretreated cells had a remarkable increase in transient [Ca2+]c. Furthermore, we show that calcineurin and CchA are required to modulate cellular calcium levels and synergistically coordinate calcium influx under salt stress. Finally, YvcA, a member of of the TRPC family of vacuolar Ca2+channels, was proven to compensate for calcineurin-CchA in fungal salt stress adaption. The findings in this study provide insights into the complex regulatory links between calcineurin and CchA to maintain cytoplasmic Ca2+homeostasis in response to different environments.

Characterization of the Polyamine Biosynthetic Pathways and Salt Stress Response in Brachypodium distachyon

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Takahashi ◽  
Misako Tahara ◽  
Yuki Yamada ◽  
Yuka Mitsudomi ◽  
Kaoruko Koga
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Brachypodium Distachyon ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Salt Stress Response

scholarly journals De novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of genes related to salt stress response in Glehnia littoralis

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e5681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Mimi Li ◽  
Xiwu Qi ◽  
Xingli Tang ◽  
Yifeng Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Rna Sequencing ◽  
Gene Networks ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Salt Stress Response ◽  
Glehnia Littoralis ◽  
Plant Signal Transduction

Soil salinity is one of the major environmental stresses affecting plant growth, development, and reproduction. Salt stress also affects the accumulation of some secondary metabolites in plants. Glehnia littoralis is an endangered medicinal halophyte that grows in coastal habitats. Peeled and dried Glehnia littoralis roots, named Radix Glehniae, have been used traditionally as a Chinese herbal medicine. Although Glehnia littoralis has great ecological and commercial value, salt-related mechanisms in Glehnia littoralis remain largely unknown. In this study, we analysed the transcriptome of Glehnia littoralis in response to salt stress by RNA-sequencing to identify potential salt tolerance gene networks. After de novo assembly, we obtained 105,875 unigenes, of which 75,559 were annotated in public databases. We identified 10,335 differentially expressed genes (DEGs; false discovery rate <0.05 and |log2 fold-change| ≥ 1) between NaCl treatment (GL2) and control (GL1), with 5,018 upregulated and 5,317 downregulated DEGs. To further this investigation, we performed Gene Ontology (GO) analysis and the Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis. DEGs involved in secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways, plant signal transduction pathways, and transcription factors in response to salt stress were analysed. In addition, we tested the gene expression of 15 unigenes by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) to confirm the RNA-sequencing results. Our findings represent a large-scale assessment of the Glehnia littoralis gene resource, and provide useful information for exploring its molecular mechanisms of salt tolerance. Moreover, genes enriched in metabolic pathways could be used to investigate potential biosynthetic pathways of active compounds by Glehnia littoralis.

Altered Gene Expression in Aspergillus nidulans in Response to Salt Stress

Mycologia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra J. Redkar ◽  
Paul A. Lemke ◽  
Narendra K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Altered Gene Expression ◽  
Altered Gene

scholarly journals Speed dating for enzymes! Finding the perfect phosphopantetheinyl transferase partner for your polyketide synthase

2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Bruun Pedersen ◽  
Mikkel Rank Nielsen ◽  
Sebastian Birkedal Kristensen ◽  
Eva Mie Lang Spedtsberg ◽  
Trine Sørensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Fusarium Solani ◽  
Polyketide Synthase ◽  
Fusarium Verticillioides ◽  
Polyketide Synthases ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase ◽  
Brevibacillus Brevis ◽  
Phosphopantetheinyl Transferases

AbstractThe biosynthetic pathways for the fungal polyketides bikaverin and bostrycoidin, from Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium solani respectively, were reconstructed and heterologously expressed in S. cerevisiae alongside seven different phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPTases) from a variety of origins spanning bacterial, yeast and fungal origins. In order to gauge the efficiency of the interaction between the ACP-domains of the polyketide synthases (PKS) and PPTases, each were co-expressed individually and the resulting production of target polyketides were determined after 48 h of growth. In co-expression with both biosynthetic pathways, the PPTase from Fusarium verticillioides (FvPPT1) proved most efficient at producing both bikaverin and bostrycoidin, at 1.4 mg/L and 5.9 mg/L respectively. Furthermore, the remaining PPTases showed the ability to interact with both PKS’s, except for a single PKS-PPTase combination. The results indicate that it is possible to boost the production of a target polyketide, simply by utilizing a more optimal PPTase partner, instead of the commonly used PPTases; NpgA, Gsp and Sfp, from Aspergillus nidulans, Brevibacillus brevis and Bacillus subtilis respectively.

Alleviation of salt stress by arbuscular-mycorrhizal Glomus species in Lactuca sativa plants

1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Ruiz-Lozano ◽  
R. Azcon ◽  
M. Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Lactuca Sativa ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Glomus Species

Discovery of fatty acid synthase inhibitors and their biosynthetic pathways by a novel target-directed genome mining strategy

Planta Medica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Li ◽  
X Tang ◽  
JJ Zhang ◽  
EC O'Neill ◽  
SM Mantovani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthase ◽  
Genome Mining ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Novel Target
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