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ArticlePlanta2023

Characterization of an antifungal β-1,3-glucanase from Ficus microcarpa latex and comparison of plant and bacterial β-1,3-glucanases for fungal cell wall β-glucan degradation.

Tomoya Takashima, Nao Komori, Keiko Uechi, Toki Taira

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Article in Planta, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tomoya TakashimaDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Nao KomoriDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Keiko UechiDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
Toki TairaDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan. tokey@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8100-8113
University of the Ryukyus · JPKagoshima University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

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conclusionEach β-1,3-glucanase with antifungal activity or yeast lytic activity hydrolyzes different structures of β-1,3-glucans in the fungal cell wall, respectively. Plants express several glycoside hydrolases that target chitin and β-glucan in fungal cell walls and inhibit pathogenic fungal infection. An antifungal β-1,3-glucanase was purified from gazyumaru (Ficus microcarpa) latex, designated as GlxGluA, and the corresponding gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The sequence shows that GlxGluA belongs to glycoside hydrolase family 17 (GH17). To investigate how GlxGluA acts to degrade fungal cell wall β-glucan, it was compared with β-1,3-glucanase with different substrate specificities. We obtained recombinant β-1,3-glucanase (designated as CcGluA), which belongs to GH64, from the bacterium Cellulosimicrobium cellulans. GlxGluA inhibited the growth of the filamentous fungus Trichoderma viride but was unable to lyse the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In contrast, CcGluA lysed yeast cells but had a negligible inhibitory effect on the growth of filamentous fungi. GlxGluA degraded the cell wall of T. viride better than CcGluA, whereas CcGluA degraded the cell wall of S. cerevisiae more efficiently than GlxGluA. These results suggest that the target substrates in fungal cell walls differ between GlxGluA (GH17 class I β-1,3-glucanase) and CcGluA (GH64 β-1,3-glucanase).

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beta-GlucansFicusAntifungal AgentsBacteriaCell WallFungiGlycoside HydrolasesLatexSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAntifungal Agentsbeta-GlucansGlycoside HydrolasesLatexAntifungal activityFicusFungal cell wallGH17LatexPathogenesis-related protein

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