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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2003, p. 56-65, Vol. 69, No. 1
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.56-65.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

ACEI of Trichoderma reesei Is a Repressor of Cellulase and Xylanase Expression

Nina Aro,^* Marja Ilmén, Anu Saloheimo, and Merja Penttilä

VTT Biotechnology, FIN-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland

Received 29 April 2002/ Accepted 23 September 2002

We characterized the effect of deletion of the Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina) ace1 gene encoding the novel cellulase regulator ACEI that was isolated based on its ability to bind to and activate in vivo in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the promoter of the main cellulase gene, cbh1. Deletion of ace1 resulted in an increase in the expression of all the main cellulase genes and two xylanase genes in sophorose- and cellulose-induced cultures, indicating that ACEI acts as a repressor of cellulase and xylanase expression. Growth of the strain with a deletion of the ace1 gene on different carbon sources was analyzed. On cellulose-based medium, on which cellulases are needed for growth, the ace1 strain grew better than the host strain due to the increased cellulase production. On culture media containing sorbitol as the sole carbon source, the growth of the strain with a deletion of the ace1 gene was severely impaired, suggesting that ACEI regulates expression of other genes in addition to cellulase and xylanase genes. A strain with a deletion of the ace1 gene and with a deletion of the ace2 gene coding for the cellulase and xylanase activator ACEII expressed cellulases and xylanases similar to the ace1 strain, indicating that yet another activator regulating cellulase and xylanase promoters was present.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: VTT Biotechnology, Tietotie 2, P.O. Box 1500, FIN-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland. Phone: 358-9-4566189. Fax: 358-9-4552103. E-mail: nina.aro{at}vtt.fi.

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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2003, p. 56-65, Vol. 69, No. 1
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.56-65.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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