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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3615-3619, Vol. 64, No. 10
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Transcriptional Activator XlnR Regulates Both Xylanolytic and Endoglucanase Gene Expression in Aspergillus niger

Noël N. M. E. van Peij, Marco M. C. Gielkens, Ronald P. de Vries, Jaap Visser, and Leo H. de Graaff*

Section Molecular Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Wageningen Agricultural University, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Received 11 March 1998/Accepted 5 July 1998

The expression of genes encoding enzymes involved in xylan degradation and two endoglucanases involved in cellulose degradation was studied at the mRNA level in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. A strain with a loss-of-function mutation in the xlnR gene encoding the transcriptional activator XlnR and a strain with multiple copies of this gene were investigated in order to define which genes are controlled by XlnR. The data presented in this paper show that the transcriptional activator XlnR regulates the transcription of the xlnB, xlnC, and xlnD genes encoding the main xylanolytic enzymes (endoxylanases B and C and beta -xylosidase, respectively). Also, the transcription of the genes encoding the accessory enzymes involved in xylan degradation, including alpha -glucuronidase A, acetylxylan esterase A, arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase A, and feruloyl esterase A, was found to be controlled by XlnR. In addition, XlnR also activates transcription of two endoglucanase-encoding genes, eglA and eglB, indicating that transcriptional regulation by XlnR goes beyond the genes encoding xylanolytic enzymes and includes regulation of two endoglucanase-encoding genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Section Molecular Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Wageningen Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 2, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 317 484691. Fax: 31 317 484011. E-mail: office{at}algemeen.mgim.wau.nl.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3615-3619, Vol. 64, No. 10
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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