Involvement of G-alpha protein GNA3 in production of cell wall-degrading enzymes by Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina) during mycoparasitism against Pythium ultimum

Biotechnol Lett. 2009 Apr;31(4):531-6. doi: 10.1007/s10529-008-9900-5. Epub 2008 Dec 31.

Abstract

The involvement of the G-alpha protein GNA3 in the production of cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs) by Trichoderma reesei during antagonism against Pythium ultimum was investigated. cAMP content was 2.8-fold higher in the T. reesei mutant gna3QL than in the parental TU-6. The gna3QL, like TU-6, inhibited the growth of P. ultimum in dual culture assays. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the gna3QL promoted more morphological alterations of P. ultimum cell wall than TU-6. In general, gna3QL produced higher activities of CWDEs than TU-6. We therefore suggest that CWDEs production during mycoparasitism by T. reesei against P. ultimum may be associated with the level of GNA3 activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiosis
  • Cyclic AMP / analysis
  • Cytoplasm / chemistry
  • Enzymes / genetics
  • Enzymes / metabolism*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Deletion
  • Pythium / growth & development
  • Pythium / microbiology*
  • Trichoderma / enzymology*
  • Trichoderma / pathogenicity*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics
  • Virulence Factors / metabolism*

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Virulence Factors
  • Cyclic AMP