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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2019

The White-Rot Basidiomycete

Joanna E Kowalczyk, Mao Peng, Megan Pawlowski, Anna Lipzen, Vivian Ng, Vasanth Singan, Mei Wang, Igor V Grigoriev, Miia R Mäkelä

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Joanna E KowalczykDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Mao PengFungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute and Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Megan PawlowskiU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Anna LipzenU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Vivian NgU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Vasanth SinganU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Mei WangU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Igor V GrigorievU.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States.
Miia R MäkeläDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Joint Genome Institute · USUniversity of Helsinki · FIWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignocellulosic plant biomass is an important feedstock for bio-based economy. In particular, it is an abundant renewable source of aromatic compounds, which are present as part of lignin, as side-groups of xylan and pectin, and in other forms, such as tannins. As filamentous fungi are the main organisms that modify and degrade lignocellulose, they have developed a versatile metabolism to convert the aromatic compounds that are toxic at relatively low concentrations to less toxic ones. During this process, fungi form metabolites some of which represent high-value platform chemicals or important chemical building blocks, such as benzoic, vanillic, and protocatechuic acid. Especially basidiomycete white-rot fungi with unique ability to degrade the recalcitrant lignin polymer are expected to perform highly efficient enzymatic conversions of aromatic compounds, thus having huge potential for biotechnological exploitation. However, the aromatic metabolism of basidiomycete fungi is poorly studied and knowledge on them is based on the combined results of studies in variety of species, leaving the overall picture in each organism unclear.

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aromatic compoundsbasidiomyceteDichomitus squalensgene expressionligninlignocelluloseplatform chemicalstranscriptome

Identifiers

PMID31616664
PMCPMC6763618
OpenAlexW2971439704

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