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Identification of new galactose oxidase genes in Fusarium spp.

✍ Scribed by Fabio Aparecido Cordeiro; Carla Bertechini Faria; Dr. Ione Parra Barbosa-Tessmann

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
416 KB
Volume
50
Category
Article
ISSN
0233-111X

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Galactose oxidase (GO) converts galactose to an aldehyde and has several biotechnological applications, including cancer diagnosis. It is mainly produced by Fusarium austroamericanum but is also produced by Fusarium acuminatum and by isolates of the Fusarium graminearum and Gibberella fujikuroi complexes. The F. austroamericanum GO gaoA gene has been cloned, but the GO genes from other secreting species have not been characterized. Problems associated with the F. austroamericanum GO such as high pI and low catalytic efficiency and thermostability, and the difficult purification process makes the search for homologous genes attractive. In this work, the GO genes from Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium subglutinans, two species of the G. fujikuroi complex, were cloned, sequenced, and analyzed. New GO genes were found in databases and were used to construct a phylogenetic tree, which revealed the existence of three orthologous lineages of GO genes in Fusarium spp. In addition, RT‐PCR analyses revealed that the new GO cloned gene may be endogenously expressed in F. subglutinans but not in F. verticillioides, in the used culture conditions. (Β© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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