Oxygen- and Glucose-Dependent Expression of Trhxt1, a Putative Glucose Transporter Gene of Trichoderma reesei,
- 8 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 45 (26), 8184-8192
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi052553y
Abstract
The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei is adapted to nutrient-poor environments, in which it uses extracellular cellulases to obtain glucose from the available cellulose biomass. We have isolated and characterized Trhxt1, a putative glucose transporter gene, as judged by the glucose accumulation phenotype of a DeltaTrhxt1 mutant. This gene is repressed at high glucose concentrations and expressed at micromolar levels and in the absence of glucose. The gene is also induced during the growth of T. reesei on cellulose when the glucose concentration generated from the hydrolysis of cellulose present in the culture medium is in the micromolar range. We also show that oxygen availability controls the expression of the Trxht1 gene. In this regard, the gene is down-regulated by hypoxia and also by the inhibition of the flow of electrons through the respiratory chain using antimycin A. Intriguingly, anoxia but not hypoxia strongly induces the expression of the gene in the presence of an otherwise repressive concentration of glucose. These results indicate that although the absence of repressing concentrations of glucose and an active respiratory chain are required for Trhxt1 expression under normoxic conditions these physiological processes have no effect on the expression of this gene under an anoxic state. Thus, our results highlight the presence of a novel coordinated interaction between oxygen and the regulatory circuit for glucose repression under anoxic conditions.Keywords
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