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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Archives of microbiology 117 (1978), S. 277-285 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: White-rot fungi ; Nutrient nitrogen metabolism ; Fungus physiology ; Mycelial pellets ; pH ; Growth substrate ; Wood decay
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Culture parameters influencing metabolism of synthetic14C-lignins to14CO2 in defined media have been studied in shallow batch cultures of the ligninolytic wood-destroying HymenomycetePhanerochaete chrysosporium Burds. Study of the effect of O2 concentration in the gas phase above non-agitated cultures indicated essentially complete absence of attack on the lignin polymer at 5% O2 in N2, and a 2- to 3-fold enhancement by 100% O2 as compared to air (21% O2). Agitation of the cultures resulting in the formation of mycelial pellets greatly suppressed lignin decomposition. The optimum culture pH for lignin decomposition was 4 to 4.5, with marked suppression above 5.5 and below 3.5. The source of nutrient nitrogen (NO 3 − , NH 4 + , amino acids) had little influence on lignin decomposition, but the concentration of nitrogen was critical; decomposition at 24 mM was only 25–35% of that at 2.4 mM N. Thiamine was the only vitamin required for growth and lignin decomposition. Under the optimum conditions developed, decomposition of 5 mg of synthetic lignin was accompanied by utilization of approximately 100 mg of glucose. The influence of the various culture parameters was analogous for metabolism of synthetic lignin labeled in the ring-,side chain-, and methoxyl carbon atoms.
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    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: White-rot fungi ; Secondary metabolism ; Wood decay ; Mycelial pellets ; Fungus physiology ; l-Glutamic acid repression ; Phenylalanine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The lignin-degrading basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium synthesizes veratryl alcohol (3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol) via phenylalanine, 3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl alcohol and veratrylglycerol. Study of the conversion of 3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl alcohol to veratrylglycerol and veratryl alcohol showed is to be (a) catalyzed by a secondary metabolic system, (b) markedly suppressed by culture agitation, and (c) strongly inhibited by l-glutamate. The amount of veratryl alcohol synthesized de novo was positively correlated with the O2 concentration after primary growth. Other work has shown that the cinnamyl alcohol terminal residue in a lignin substructure model compound is degraded via arylglycerol and benzyl alcohol structures in ligninolytic cultures of P. chrysosporium, and that the ligninolytic system exhibits traits (a)-(c) above. Ligninolytic activity is also strongly and positively correlated with O2 concentration. The results here suggest, therefore, that the actual biosynthetic secondary metabolic product is 3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl alcohol, but that this is degraded by the ligninolytic system to veratryl alcohol via veratrylglycerol. Veratryl alcohol is only slowly metabolized by the fungus, and accumulates.
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