The effects of deletion of cellobiohydrolase genes on carbon source-dependent growth and enzymatic lignocellulose hydrolysis in Trichoderma reesei

Meibin Ren; Yifan Wang; Guoxin Liu; Bin Zuo; Yuancheng Zhang; Yunhe Wang; Weifeng Liu; Xiangmei Liu; Yaohua Zhong

doi:10.1007/s12275-020-9630-5

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The effects of deletion of cellobiohydrolase genes on carbon source-dependent growth and enzymatic lignocellulose hydrolysis in Trichoderma reesei: Meibin Ren ^1†, Yifan Wang ^1†, Guoxin Liu ², Bin Zuo ³, Yuancheng Zhang ³, Yunhe Wang ³, Weifeng Liu ¹, Xiangmei Liu ¹, Yaohua Zhong ¹; Journal of Microbiology 2020;58(8):687-695.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-9630-5
Published online: June 10, 2020

¹State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, P. R. China, ²Zibo Center Hospital, Zi Bo 255036, P. R. China, ³Leling Shengli New Energy Co., Ltd., Leling 253600, P. R. China

Corresponding author: Xiangmei Liu ,
Yaohua Zhong ,

Received: 30 December 2019 • Revised: 22 April 2020 • Accepted: 4 May 2020

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The saprophytic fungus Trichoderma reesei has long been used as a model to study microbial degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. The major cellulolytic enzymes of T. reesei are the cellobiohydrolases CBH1 and CBH2, which constitute more than 70% of total proteins secreted by the fungus. However, their physiological functions and effects on enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose substrates are not sufficiently elucidated. Here, the cellobiohydrolase-encoding genes cbh1 and cbh2 were deleted, individually or combinatively, by using an auxotrophic marker-recycling technique in T. reesei. When cultured on media with different soluble carbon sources, all three deletion strains (Δcbh1, Δcbh2, and Δcbh1Δcbh2) exhibited no dramatic variation in morphological phenotypes, but their growth rates increased apparently when cultured on soluble cellulase-inducing carbon sources. In addition, Δcbh1 showed dramatically reduced growth and Δcbh1Δcbh2 could hardly grew on microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), whereas all strains grew equally on sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na), suggesting that the influence of the CBHs on growth was carbon source-dependent. Moreover, five representative cellulose substrates were used to analyse the influence of the absence of CBHs on saccharification efficiency. CBH1 deficiency significantly affected the enzymatic hydrolysis rates of various cellulose substrates, where acid pre-treated corn stover (PCS) was influenced the least. CBH2 deficiency reduced the hydrolysis of MCC, PCS, and acid pre-treated and delignified corncob but improved the hydrolysis ability of filter paper. These results demonstrate the specific contributions of CBHs to the hydrolysis of different types of biomass, which could facilitate the development of tailor-made strains with highly efficient hydrolysis enzymes for certain biomass types in the biofuel industry.

Keywords: Trichoderma reesei, cbh1, cbh2, biomass conversion, biofuels

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The effects of deletion of cellobiohydrolase genes on carbon source-dependent growth and enzymatic lignocellulose hydrolysis in Trichoderma reesei

J. Microbiol. 2020;58(8):687-695. Published online June 10, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-9630-5

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