scholarly journals Whole Genome Sequence and CAZyme distribution of the cellulase hyper producing filamentous fungus Penicillium janthinellum NCIM 1366

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meera K Christopher ◽  
AthiraRaj Sreeja-Raju ◽  
Prajeesh K Kooloth-Valappil ◽  
Amith Abraham ◽  
Digambar Vitthal Gokhale ◽  
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Penicillium janthinellum NCIM 1366, capable of secreting cellulases that are highly efficient in the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, was sequenced to understand its cellulolytic machinery. De novo sequencing and assembly revealed a 37.6 Mb genome encoding 11,848 putative proteins, 93% of which had significant BLAST-P hits. The majority of the top hits (those with over 60% UniProt identity) belonged to P. brasilianum. Carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) and other enzymes involved in lignocellulose degradation were also predicted from this strain and compared with those of the industrial workhorse of cellulase production- Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30. The comparison showed that the fungus encodes a far higher number of CAZYmes (422) as compared to T. reesei RUT-C30 (244), which gives a plausible explanation for its overall effectiveness in biomass hydrolysis. An analysis of the secreted CAZymes and annotated ligninases identified 216 predicted proteins which may be directly involved in the breakdown of lignocellulose

1997 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Velkovska ◽  
Mark R Marten ◽  
David F Ollis

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AthiraRaj Sreeja-Raju ◽  
Meera Christopher ◽  
Prajeesh Kooloth-Valappil ◽  
Rajasree Kuni-Parambil ◽  
Digambar Vittal Gokhale ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Major cost of bioethanol is attributed to enzymes employed in biomass hydrolysis. Biomass hydrolyzing enzymes are predominantly produced from the hyper-cellulolytic mutant filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30. Several decades of research have failed to provide an industrial grade organism other than T. reesei, capable of producing higher titers of an effective synergistic biomass hydrolyzing enzyme cocktail. Penicillium janthinellum NCIM1366 was reported as a cellulase hyper producer and a potential alternative to T. reesei, but a comparison of their hydrolytic performance was seldom attempted. Results Hydrolysis of acid or alkali-pretreated rice straw using cellulase enzyme preparations from P. janthinellum and T. reesei indicated 37 and 43% higher glucose release, respectively, with P. janthinellum enzymes. A comparison of these fungi with respect to their secreted enzymes indicated that the crude enzyme preparation from P. janthinellum showed 28% higher overall cellulase activity. It also had an exceptional tenfold higher beta-glucosidase activity compared to that of T. reesei, leading to a lower cellobiose accumulation and thus alleviating the feedback inhibition. P. janthinellum secreted more number of proteins to the extracellular medium whose total concentration was 1.8-fold higher than T. reesei. Secretome analyses of the two fungi revealed higher number of CAZymes and a higher relative abundance of cellulases upon cellulose induction in the fungus. Conclusions The results revealed the ability of P. janthinellum for efficient biomass degradation through hyper cellulase production, and it outperformed the established industrial cellulase producer T. reesei in the hydrolysis experiments. A higher level of induction, larger number of secreted CAZymes and a high relative proportion of BGL to cellulases indicate the possible reasons for its performance advantage in biomass hydrolysis.


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