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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 275, Issue 1, Pages 139-145Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00874.x
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laccase; ligninolytic; metal regulation; manganese
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The authors have previously identified and characterized lcs, a gene encoding laccase in the white-rot basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. In this work, the effect of Mn2+ in the production of extracellular laccase in liquid cultures of this fungus has been assessed. It was observed that at low (0-10 mu M) concentrations of Mn2+, high titers of lcs-mRNA were obtained, whereas at high (160-194 mu M) concentrations of this metal ion, transcripts levels decreased markedly. This phenomenon was observed at different days of growth. On the other hand, Cu2+ or Ag+, but not Zn2+ or Cd2+, led to an accumulation of lcs transcripts only in cultures grown in the absence of Mn2+. A dramatic increase in lcs transcript levels was also obtained with syringic acid, a lignin-related aromatic compound. This effect was more pronounced in cultures lacking Mn2+. In the course of these studies it was observed that Mn2+ stimulates mycelium growth. Thus, although extracellular laccase activity appeared higher in cultures containing 160 or 194 mu M Mn2+, i.e. when lcs transcripts were lower, a correlation between lcs-mRNA levels and enzymatic activity was observed when values of the latter were corrected by the amount of mycelium present in the cultures.
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