Recent advances in reconstructing microbial secondary metabolites biosynthesis in Aspergillus spp.

Y He, B Wang, W Chen, RJ Cox, J He, F Chen - Biotechnology Advances, 2018 - Elsevier
High throughput genome sequencing has revealed a multitude of potential secondary
metabolites biosynthetic pathways that remain cryptic. Pathway reconstruction coupled with …

Efficient oligo nucleotide mediated CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in Aspergilli

CS Nødvig, JB Hoof, ME Kogle, ZD Jarczynska… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
CRISPR-Cas9 technologies are revolutionizing fungal gene editing. Here we show that
survival of specific Cas9/sgRNA mediated DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) depends on …

Overexpression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase in Aspergillus terreus to increase lovastatin production

H Hasan, MH Abd Rahim, L Campbell, D Carter… - New biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
The present work describes the application of homologous recombination techniques in a
wild-type Aspergillus terreus (ATCC 20542) strain to increase the flow of precursors towards …

High level expression and characterization of tannase tan7 using Aspergillus niger SH-2 with low-background endogenous secretory proteins as the host

F Liu, B Wang, Y Ye, L Pan - Protein Expression and Purification, 2018 - Elsevier
Tannin acyl hydrolase (tannase, EC3. 1.1. 20) catalyzes the hydrolysis of hydrolyzable
tannins. It is used in the manufacture of instant tea and in the production of gallic acid. In this …

An A/U-rich enhancer region is required for high-level protein secretion through the HlyA type I secretion system

S Khosa, R Scholz, C Schwarz, M Trilling… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Efficient protein secretion is often a valuable alternative to classic cellular expression to
obtain homogenous protein samples. Early on, bacterial type I secretion systems (T1SS) …

Efficient Over-expression and Application of High-performance Pectin Lyase by Screening Aspergillus niger Pectin Lyase Gene Family

Y He, L Pan, B Wang - Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, 2018 - Springer
Acidic pectin lyase is of great application value in fruit-processing industry. In this study, five
pectin lyase genes (pelA, pelB, pelC, pelD and pelF) from A. niger pectin lyase gene family …

Overview of gene expression using filamentous fungi

H Nevalainen, R Peterson… - Current Protocols in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Filamentous fungi are lower eukaryotes increasingly used for expression of foreign proteins
ranging from industrial enzymes originating from other fungi and bacteria to proteins of …

Effect of gpd box copy numbers in the gpdA promoter of Aspergillus nidulans on its transcription efficiency in Aspergillus niger

H Zhang, J Yan, H Zhang, T Liu, Y Xu… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we characterised PgpdA, PgpdA2B, PgpdA3B and PgpdA4B promoters,
containing 1–4 copies of gpd box by modifying the gpdA promoter, and constructed pSZHGX …

米曲霉基因工程技术的进展

张智敏, 庄淼, 金锋杰 - 生物技术通报, 2018 - biotech.aiijournal.com
丝状真菌米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae) 是发酵工业的重要菌株, 具有强大的蛋白分泌能力和公认
的食品安全性, 可作为表达外源蛋白的细胞工厂. 然而利用米曲霉分泌生产外源蛋白质常会受限 …

Advances in gene engineering technologies for Aspergillus oryzae

Z ZHANG, M ZHUANG, F JIN - Biotechnology Bulletin, 2018 - biotech.aiijournal.com
The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is an important strain in fermentation industry. It
has a strong capacity of secreting protein and recognized food safety, therefore is widely …