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- Title
Characterization and functional analyses of the chitinase-encoding genes in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora.
- Authors
Yang, Jinkui; Yu, Yan; Li, Juan; Zhu, Wei; Geng, Zongyi; Jiang, Dewei; Wang, Yunchuan; Zhang, Ke-Qin
- Abstract
Nematode-trapping fungi can secrete many extracellular hydrolytic enzymes such as serine proteases and chitinases to digest and penetrate nematode/egg-cuticles. However, little is known about the structure and function of chitinases in these fungi. In this study, 16 ORFs encoding putative chitinases, which all belong to glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 18, were identified from the Arthrobotrys oligospora genome. Bioinformatics analyses showed that these 16 putative chitinases differ in their functional domains, molecular weights and pI. Phylogenetic analysis grouped these A. oligospora chitinases into four clades: clades I, II, III and IV, respectively, including an A. oligospora-specific subclade (Clade IV-B) that contained high-molecular weight chitinases (≥100 kDa). Transcriptional analysis of A. oligospora chitinases suggested that the expression of most chitinases was repressed by carbon starvation, and all chitinases were up-regulated under nitrogen starvation. However, chitinase AO-190 was up-regulated under carbon and/or nitrogen starvation. Moreover, several chitinases (such as AO-59, AO-190 and AO-801) were up-regulated in the presence of chitinous substrates or a plant pathogenic fungus, indicating that they could play a role in biocontrol applications of A. oligospora. Our results provided a basis for further understanding the functions, diversities and evolutionary relationships between chitinase genes in nematode-trapping fungi.
- Subjects
CHITINASE; GENETIC code; NEMATODE-destroying fungi; ARTHROBOTRYS; POLYMERASE chain reaction; PHYTOPATHOGENIC microorganisms; GLYCOSIDASES
- Publication
Archives of Microbiology, 2013, Vol 195, Issue 7, p453
- ISSN
0302-8933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00203-013-0894-6