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ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology2011

Fungal arabinan and L-arabinose metabolism.

Bernhard Seiboth, Benjamin Metz

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Review in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bernhard SeibothResearch Area Gene Technology and Applied Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria. bseiboth@mail.tuwien.ac.at
Benjamin Metz
TU Wien · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-Arabinose is the second most abundant pentose beside D-xylose and is found in the plant polysaccharides, hemicellulose and pectin. The need to find renewable carbon and energy sources has accelerated research to investigate the potential of L-arabinose for the development and production of biofuels and other bioproducts. Fungi produce a number of extracellular arabinanases, including α-L-arabinofuranosidases and endo-arabinanases, to specifically release L-arabinose from the plant polymers. Following uptake of L-arabinose, its intracellular catabolism follows a four-step alternating reduction and oxidation path, which is concluded by a phosphorylation, resulting in D-xylulose 5-phosphate, an intermediate of the pentose phosphate pathway. The genes and encoding enzymes L-arabinose reductase, L-arabinitol dehydrogenase, L-xylulose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase, and xylulokinase of this pathway were mainly characterized in the two biotechnological important fungi Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei. Analysis of the components of the L-arabinose pathway revealed a number of specific adaptations in the enzymatic and regulatory machinery towards the utilization of L-arabinose. Further genetic and biochemical analysis provided evidence that L-arabinose and the interconnected D-xylose pathway are also involved in the oxidoreductive degradation of the hexose D-galactose.

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Metabolic Networks and PathwaysArabinoseAspergillus nigerPolysaccharidesTrichodermaarabanArabinosePolysaccharides

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PMID21212945
PMCPMC3044236
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