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Effect of Nutritional Factors and Copper on the Regulation of Laccase Enzymes Production in Pleurotus ostreatus

Version 1 : Received: 6 November 2021 / Approved: 9 November 2021 / Online: 9 November 2021 (13:39:50 CET)

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Durán-Sequeda, D.; Suspes, D.; Maestre, E.; Alfaro, M.; Perez, G.; Ramírez, L.; Pisabarro, A.G.; Sierra, R. Effect of Nutritional Factors and Copper on the Regulation of Laccase Enzyme Production in Pleurotus ostreatus. J. Fungi 2022, 8, 7. Durán-Sequeda, D.; Suspes, D.; Maestre, E.; Alfaro, M.; Perez, G.; Ramírez, L.; Pisabarro, A.G.; Sierra, R. Effect of Nutritional Factors and Copper on the Regulation of Laccase Enzyme Production in Pleurotus ostreatus. J. Fungi 2022, 8, 7.

Abstract

This research aimed to establish the relationship between carbon-nitrogen nutritional factors and copper sulfate on laccase activity (LA) by Pleurotus ostreatus. Culture media composition was tested to choose the nitrogen source. Yeast extract (YE) was selected as a better nitrogen source than ammonium sulfate. Then, the effect of glucose and YE concentrations on biomass production and LA as response variables was evaluated using central composite experimental designs with and without copper. The results showed that the best culture medium composition was glucose 45 gL-1 and YE 15 gL-1, simultaneously optimizing these two response variables. The fungal transcriptome was obtained in this medium with or without copper, and the differentially expressed genes were found. Main up-regulated transcripts included three laccase genes (lacc2, lacc6, and lacc10) regulated by copper, whereas the principal down-regulated transcripts included a copper transporter (ctr1) and a regulator of nitrogen metabolism (nmr1). These results suggest that Ctr1, which facilitates the entry of copper in the cell, is regulated by nutrient-sufficiency conditions. Once inside, copper induces transcription of laccase genes. This finding could explain why a 10 to 20-fold increase in LA occurs with copper compared to cultures without copper when using the optimal concentration of YE as nitrogen sources.

Keywords

Multi-copper oxidase; copper-transporter; nutrient-sufficient conditions, white-rot fungus

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology

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