Sulphur metabolism and cellulase gene expression are connected processes in the filamentous fungus Hypocrea jecorina (anamorph Trichoderma reesei)

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 174
• Main Authors: Gremel, Gabriela, Dorrer, Marcel, Schmoll, Monika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.10.2008; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Anion Transport Proteins - genetics; Base Sequence; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Carrier Proteins - chemistry; Carrier Proteins - genetics; Cellular control mechanisms; cellulase; Cellulase - genetics; Cellulose - metabolism; cullulase gene; F-Box Proteins - genetics; Fungal Proteins - metabolism; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal - radiation effects; Genetic aspects; Hypocrea - drug effects; Hypocrea - enzymology; Hypocrea - growth & development; Hypocrea - metabolism; Hypocrea jecorina; Light; Methionine - metabolism; microbiology; Molds (Fungi); Molecular Sequence Data; Neurospora crassa; Phylogeny; Promoter Regions, Genetic - genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Selenic Acid; Selenium Compounds - pharmacology; Sulfates - metabolism; Sulfur - metabolism; sulphate uptake; sulphur metabolism; sulphur source; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases - genetics

Sulphur compounds like cysteine, methionine and S-adenosylmethionine are essential for the viability of most cells. Thus many organisms have developed a complex regulatory circuit that governs the expression of enzymes involved in sulphur assimilation and metabolism. In the filamentous fungus Hypocr...