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Article: Systems analysis unfolds the relationship between the phosphoketolase pathway and growth in Aspergillus nidulans

TitleSystems analysis unfolds the relationship between the phosphoketolase pathway and growth in Aspergillus nidulans
Authors
Issue Date2008
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
Citation
Plos One, 2008, v. 3 n. 12 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Aspergillus nidulans is an important model organism for studies on fundamental eukaryotic cell biology and on industrial processes due to its close relation to A. niger and A. oryzae. Here we identified the gene coding for a novel metabolic pathway in A. nidulans, namely the phosphoketolase pathway, and investigated the role of an increased phosphoketolase activity. Methodology/Principal Findings: Over-expression of the phosphoketolase gene (phk) improved the specific growth rate on xylose, glycerol and ethanol. Transcriptome analysis showed that a total of 1,222 genes were significantly affected by overexpression of the phk, while more than half of the affected genes were carbon source specific. During growth on glucose medium, the transcriptome analysis showed that the response to phk over-expression is targeted to neutralize the effect of the over-expression by regulating the acetate metabolism and initiate a growth dampening response. Conclusions/Significance: Metabolic flux analysis using 13C-labelled glucose, showed that over-expression of phosphoketolase added flexibility to the central metabolism. Our findings further suggests that A. nidulans is not optimized for growth on xylose, glycerol or ethanol as the sole carbon sources. © 2008 Panagiotou et al.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181253
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839
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dc.contributor.authorPanagiotou, Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, MRen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrotkjær, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorRegueira, TBen_US
dc.contributor.authorHofmann, Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, Len_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T02:03:31Z-
dc.date.available2013-02-21T02:03:31Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.citationPlos One, 2008, v. 3 n. 12en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181253-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Aspergillus nidulans is an important model organism for studies on fundamental eukaryotic cell biology and on industrial processes due to its close relation to A. niger and A. oryzae. Here we identified the gene coding for a novel metabolic pathway in A. nidulans, namely the phosphoketolase pathway, and investigated the role of an increased phosphoketolase activity. Methodology/Principal Findings: Over-expression of the phosphoketolase gene (phk) improved the specific growth rate on xylose, glycerol and ethanol. Transcriptome analysis showed that a total of 1,222 genes were significantly affected by overexpression of the phk, while more than half of the affected genes were carbon source specific. During growth on glucose medium, the transcriptome analysis showed that the response to phk over-expression is targeted to neutralize the effect of the over-expression by regulating the acetate metabolism and initiate a growth dampening response. Conclusions/Significance: Metabolic flux analysis using 13C-labelled glucose, showed that over-expression of phosphoketolase added flexibility to the central metabolism. Our findings further suggests that A. nidulans is not optimized for growth on xylose, glycerol or ethanol as the sole carbon sources. © 2008 Panagiotou et al.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.actionen_US
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dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleSystems analysis unfolds the relationship between the phosphoketolase pathway and growth in Aspergillus nidulansen_US
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dc.identifier.emailPanagiotou, G: gipa@hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0003847en_US
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