Journal
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 73, Issue 5, Pages 1042-1047Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80810
Keywords
Lentinula edodes; tyrosinase gene; transcription; fruit-body browning; post-harvest preservation
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The gill browning of Lentinula edodes fruit-bodies during preservation is thought to be due to melanin biosynthesis catalyzed by tyrosinase. We isolated a genomic DNA sequence and cDNA encoding a putative tyrosinase from the white rot basidiomycete Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushroom). The gene, named Letyr, consists of a 1,854-bp open reading frame interrupted by eight introns, and encodes a putative protein of 618 amino acid residues with an estimated molecular mass of 68 kDa. Amino acid residues known to be involved in copper-binding domains were conserved in the deduced amino acid residues of LeTyr. Transcriptional and translational expression of Letyr in the gills of the fruit-body increased during preservation after harvest. This correlation between Letyr expression and fruit-body preservation suggests that tyrosinase gene expression contributes to gill browning.
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