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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 08 1996, 2859-2865, Vol 62, No. 8
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology

Glucose-induced secretion of Trichoderma reesei xylanases

W Kurzatkowski, A Torronen, J Filipek, RL Mach, P Herzog, S Sowka and CP Kubicek
National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland.

To produce two xylanases with Trichoderma reesei grown on glucose, recombinant strains which carry either the xyn1 or the xyn2 (xylanase I and II [XYN I and XYN II]-encoding) structural genes under the expression signals of the homologous pki1 (pyruvate kinase-encoding) gene were constructed. The two types of transformants secreted XYN I or II, respectively, during growth on glucose, as demonstrated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunostaining. The corresponding specific xylanase activities of the best transformants on glucose were 76 and 145 U/mg of protein for XYN I and XYN II, respectively, as opposed to that obtained by the parent strain (26 U/mg of protein). When related to the amount of biomass formed, however, they produced only about 4 to 5 U/g, in contrast to much higher activities (10 to 12 U/g) during growth on xylan. The ultrastructural location of XYN II in the transformant strain producing the highest constitutive XYN II formation (ATX2-12) was investigated by immunoelectron microscopy and compared with that in the wild-type strain growing on xylan. Cell extracts from both types of transformants grown on glucose exhibited a higher intracellular xylanase activity than did the parent strain grown on xylan. By using electron microscopy and immunogold labelling, XYN II was detected in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi-like vesicles, secretory vesicles, vacuoles, and cell walls. The immunolabel in the vacuoles was detected preferentially in subapical cells. When a recombinant strain which expressed xyn2 from the pki1 promoter was compared with the parent strain during growth on xylan, the former exhibited a less proliferated endoplasmic reticulum and a smaller number of secretory vesicles; however, a higher density of labelling was observed. The relationship of these findings to the efficacy of protein secretion during growth on glucose is discussed.

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