Transcriptomic analysis of the white rot fungus Polyporus brumalis provides insight into sesquiterpene biosynthesis

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• 作者：Su-Yeon Lee^a ; Myungkil Kim^a ; Seon-Hong Kim^b ; Chang-Young Hong^b ; Sun-Hwa Ryu^a ; ^{shryu@forest.go.kr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; In-Gyu Choi^b ; ^{cingyu@snu.ac.kr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Sesquiterpene ; Polyporus brumalis ; Transcriptome ; Mevalonate pathway ; Methylerythritol phosphate pathway
• 刊名：Microbiological Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：182
• 期：Complete
• 页码：141-149
• 全文大小：2164 K

文摘

Object of this study was to identify genes and enzymes that are involved in sesquiterpene biosynthesis in the wood rotting fungus, Polyporus brumalis. Sesquiterpenes, β-eudesmane and β-eudesmol, were produced by the mycelium of P. brumalis cultured in modified medium. However, theses final products were not observed when the fungus was grown in potato dextrose medium. We used next generation sequencing (NGS) to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to terpene metabolism. This approach generated 25,000 unigenes and 127 metabolic pathways that were assigned to Kyoto Encyclopedia Genes Groups (KEGG). Further analysis of samples from modified medium indicated significant upregulation of 8 unigenes involved in the mevalonate (MVA) and methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) biosynthetic pathways. These pathways generate isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), which are precursors for the synthesis of sesquiterpenes. Furthermore, genes encoding germacrene A synthase, which facilitate the cyclization of FPP, were only differentially expressed in mycelium from fungi grown in modified medium. Our data provide a resource for studying the molecular mechanisms underpinning sesquiterpene biosynthesis and terpene metabolism.