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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2022

Identification of chitin synthase activator in Aspergillus niger and its application in citric acid fermentation.

Chunxu Jiang, Han Wang, Menghan Liu, Li Wang, Ruwen Yang, Peng Wang, Zongmei Lu, Yong Zhou, Zhiming Zheng, Genhai Zhao

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Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chunxu JiangHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China.
Han WangHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China. wanghan@ipp.ac.cn.
Menghan LiuCOFCO Biotechnology Co, Ltd. No. 1, Zhongliang Avenue, Bengbu Anhui, 233010, People's Republic of China.
Li WangHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China.
Ruwen YangCOFCO Biotechnology Co, Ltd. No. 1, Zhongliang Avenue, Bengbu Anhui, 233010, People's Republic of China.
Peng WangHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China.
Zongmei LuCOFCO Biotechnology Co, Ltd. No. 1, Zhongliang Avenue, Bengbu Anhui, 233010, People's Republic of China.
Yong ZhouCOFCO Biotechnology Co, Ltd. No. 1, Zhongliang Avenue, Bengbu Anhui, 233010, People's Republic of China. Zy197579@163.com.
Zhiming ZhengHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China. zhengzhiming2014@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-8087
Genhai ZhaoHefei Institutes of Physical Science, Comprehensive Laboratory Building, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, P.O. Box 1138, Hefei Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China. zhgh327@ipp.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNKai Biotech (South Korea) · KRUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

Major Projects of Science and Technology in Anhui Province 202103a06020003National Key Research and Development Program of China 2019YFA0904304National Natural Science Foundation of Anhui China 1908085MB43National Natural Science Foundation of China 32070088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biosynthesis of citric acid (CA) using Aspergillus niger as a carrier is influenced by mycelium morphology, which is determined by the expression level of morphology-related genes. As a key component of the fungal cell wall, chitin content has an important effect on morphogenesis, and to investigate the effects of this on fermentation performance, we used RNA interference to knockdown chitin synthase C (CHSC) and chitin synthase activator (CHS3) to obtain the single-gene mutant strains A. niger chs3 and chsC and the double mutant A. niger chs3C. We found that the CA fermentation performance of the two single mutants was significantly better than that of the double mutant. The mutant A. niger chs3-4 exhibited CA production potential compared to that of the parent strain in scale-up fermentation; we determined certain characteristics of CA high-yielding strain fermentation pellets. In addition, when chsC alone was silenced, there was very little change in chs3 mRNA levels, whereas those of chsC were significantly reduced when only chs3 was silenced. As this may be because of a synergistic effect between chsC and chs3, and we speculated that the latent activation target of CHS3 is CHSC, our results confirmed this hypothesis. This study is the first application of a separation and combination silence strategy of chitin synthase and chitin synthase activator in the morphology of A. niger CA fermentation. Furthermore, it provides new insights into the method for the morphological study of A. niger fermentation and the interaction of homologous genes. KEY POINTS: • The function of chitin synthase C (chsC) and chitin synthase activator (chs3) is tightly interrelated. • Mycelial morphology was optimized by knockdown of CHS3, resulting in the overproduction of citric acid. • The separation and combination silence strategies are promising tools for the interaction of homologous housekeeping genes.

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Aspergillus nigerChitin SynthaseChitinCitric AcidFermentationRNA, MessengerChitinChitin SynthaseCitric AcidRNA, MessengerAspergillus nigerChitin synthases activatorCitric acidMorphologyRNAiSynergistic effect

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PMID36149454
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