Polysaccharides are biopolymers made up of a large number of monosaccharides joined
together by glycosidic bonds. Polysaccharides are widely distributed in nature: Some, such …

Enzymes from filamentous fungi are already widely exploited, but new applications for
known enzymes and new enzymic activities continue to be found. In addition, enzymes from …

Malic acid, a petroleum-derived C4-dicarboxylic acid that is used in the food and beverage
industries, is also produced by a number of microorganisms that follow a variety of metabolic …

Strobilurins from fungi are the inspiration for the creation of the β-methoxyacrylate class of
agricultural fungicides. However, molecular details of the biosynthesis of strobilurins have …

Expression of α-amylase genes in both rice suspension cells and germinating embryos is
repressed by sugars and the mechanism involves transcriptional regulation. The promoter of …

A pyrithiamine (PT) resistance gene (ptrA) was cloned from a genomic DNA library prepared
from a PT resistant mutant of Aspergillus oryzae. It conferred high resistance to PT on an A …

In industry, filamentous fungi have a prominent position as producers of economically
relevant primary or secondary metabolites. Particularly, the advent of genetic engineering of …

Hemicellulose is one of the major forms of biomass in lignocellulose, and its essential
component is xylan. We used a cell surface engineering system based on α-agglutinin to …

A gene, designated amyR, coding for a transcriptional activator involved in amylolytic gene
expression has been cloned from Aspergillus oryzae by screening for a clone that enabled …

The koji mold Aspergillus oryzae has been used in traditional Japanese food and beverage
fermentation for over a thousand years. Amylolytic enzymes are important in sake …