Solid-state fermentation of sugarcane bagasse with Flammulina velutipes and Trametes versicolor

The mushroom Flammulina velutipes and the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor were cultivated separately on sugarcane bagasse for 40 days. Trametes versicolor produced laccase and manganese-peroxidase activities, showing a simultaneous degradation of lignin and holocellulose. However, only phenoloxidase activity was found with Flammulina velutipes. A preferential degradation of lignin was detected in F. velutipes, which exhibited a greater reduction in the ratio of weight loss to lignin loss than T. versicolor. A decrease in the syringyl/guaiacyl ratio observed with both fungi indicated the preferential degradation of non-condensed (syringyl-type) lignin units. An increase in the relative abundance of aromatic carboxylic acids suggested that the oxidative transformation of lignin unit side-chains was occurring. This was more noticeable with Flammulina velutipes than with T. versicolor.     

高通量测序检测金针菇RNAi转化子插入位点及拷贝数

本研究对金针菇Flammulina velutipes的一个RNAi转化子菌株1382R3进行了高通量测序,以本实验室先前获得的野生型W23基因组数据为参考,分析了该转化子的基因插入位点以及拷贝数。转化子菌株1382R3是通过农杆菌介导将fv-hmg1-RNAi载体转化至金针菇菌株并通过PCR检测筛选标记而得到。通过BLAST将转化子测序的reads对外源载体和基因组定位,找到具有基因组序列（GS）和外源载体序列（ES）两种序列的临界reads,并据此使用PERL语言程序成功在转化子1382R3菌株中找到两个插入位点。对两个插入位置的序列分析表明：在插入位点1,T-DNA片段部分插入;在插入位点2,T-DNA全部插入到基因组。两个插入位点都对基因组内源基因的表达造成了一定的干扰。此方法拓宽了高通量测序技术的应用范围,将其运用到遗传转化插入位置和拷贝数的研究中,有利于食用菌的功能基因组及基因工程研究。     

金针菇高表达基因的密码子偏好性及特征分析

为探究金针菇的密码子偏好性,挖掘高表达基因的特征信息,以金针菇基因组及转录组数据为材料,分析金针菇的密码子偏好性及其影响因素,并对发育阶段高表达基因进行功能注释和顺式元件分析。分析表明,金针菇高表达基因表现出较强的密码子偏好性,且其偏好密码子多以胞嘧啶(C)结尾,此外在高表达基因中存在6种氨基酸的最优密码子较为保守。在进化过程中,金针菇高表达基因密码子偏好性受到自然选择压力的影响较大。功能注释分类表明,高表达基因多为核糖体通路相关的基因,与蛋白质翻译和生物合成相关。顺式元件分析表明,高表达基因启动子区域大多存在MeJA响应元件、ABA响应元件、光响应元件及MYB转录因子结合元件。研究结果可为提高金针菇异源表达效率和挖掘强启动子提供理论基础和思路。     

响应面法优化金针菇栽培工艺的研究

以提高金针菇单瓶产量为目的,以常规生产为对照,通过单因素试验、Plackett-Burman试验、响应面优化法、验证试验分析培养基装瓶量、灭菌前pH、接种量、搔菌深度、搔菌补水量对金针菇单瓶平均产量的影响。单因素试验结果表明,单瓶平均产量分别在装瓶量1 000 g、灭菌前pH值 6.80、接种量35 mL、搔菌深度10 mm、搔菌补水量10 mL时达到最大值;Plackett-Burman试验表明装瓶量、灭菌前pH和搔菌补水量是影响金针菇单瓶平均产量的关键因素;响应面优化法预测的最优化条件为培养基装瓶量1 004.05 g、灭菌前pH值6.83、搔菌补水量11.41 mL,金针菇单瓶平均产量为473.81 g;结合单因素试验及响应面预测,将验证试验设置为培养基装瓶量(1 000±5) g、灭菌前pH值(6.80±0.10)、搔菌补水量(11±1) mL、搔菌深度(10±2) mm、接种量(35±5) mL,金针菇单瓶平均产量为466.36 g,比对照组提高11.63 g,与预测值接近,相对误差为1.57%,试验设计符合生产需求。     

金针菇液态发酵培养基的筛选

研究不同碳源、氮源及无机盐对金针菇菌丝体产量的影响,采用正交设计法进行金针菇液态发酵培养基配方筛选和优化,确定了最佳培养基配方为大米粉3%、酵母粉1%、KH2PO40.1%、MgSO4.7H2O 0.05%。同时利用此配方培养测定了发酵过程pH、还原糖和氨基氮含量的变化,结果表明:发酵过程中pH变化很小,培养末期略有上升;还原糖含量呈先增后降的变化,氨基氮含量呈上升趋势。     

两种精油熏蒸处理对金针菇贮藏品质的影响

为了开发高效的食用菌绿色保鲜剂,以新鲜的白色金针菇为供试材料,以花椒精油和丁香精油为供试熏蒸剂,分别在常温（25±1）℃和低温（4±1）℃条件下开展了适用于金针菇保鲜的精油种类和浓度的筛选试验,并对金针菇贮藏期内的感官评价、失重率、呼吸强度、褐变度、多酚氧化酶（PPO）活性、苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）活性、丙二醛（MDA）以及总酚含量进行了测定。结果显示,常温（25±1）℃条件下用0.1 mL·kg-1花椒精油和0.5 mL·kg-1丁香精油保鲜效果优于其他处理,且有统计学意义（P<0.05）,0.1 mL·kg-1花椒精油和0.5 mL·kg-1丁香精油处理组感官评分分别高于对照组23.4%和27.8%,二者均能够抑制金针菇褐变、减轻腐败变质,且有统计学意义（P<0.05）;在低温（4±1）℃贮藏试验中发现,0.1 mL·kg-1花椒精油和0.5 mL·kg-1丁香精油均能有效抑制呼吸强度和PPO活性的升高（P<0.05）,其呼吸高峰较对照组分别降低了28.3%和39.6%;贮藏15 d后,精油处理组PPO活性较对照组分别降低了8.2%和16.6%;精油处理有效降低了MDA含量的产生,保持着较高的总酚含量、减轻腐烂褐变的程度。第15天时,对照组MDA含量为1.75 μmol·g-1,而花椒精油和丁香精油处理组MDA含量分别比对照组低0.15、0.40 μmol·g-1,丁香精油处理组显著低于花椒精油处理组和对照组（P<0.05）。研究结果表明,0.1 mL·kg-1花椒精油和0.5 mL·kg-1丁香精油均对金针菇采后贮藏保鲜效果显著,其中,0.5 mL·kg-1丁香精油的保鲜效果最明显,在15d的贮藏期内,金针菇依然保持着良好的品质,而对照组已经轻微褐变,部分开始腐烂。研究结果为花椒精油和丁香精油应用于金针菇采后贮藏保鲜提供了理论依据。     

Cloning of the Lentinula edodes B mating-type locus and identification of the genetic structure controlling B mating

During the life cycle of heterothallic tetrapolar Agaricomycetes such as Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler, the mating type system, composed of unlinked A and B loci, plays a vital role in controlling sexual development and resulting formation of the fruit body. L. edodes is produced worldwide for consumption and medicinal purposes, and understanding its sexual development is therefore of great importance. A considerable amount of mating type factors has been indicated over the past decades but few genes have actually been identified, and no complete genetic structures of L. edodes B mating-type loci are available. In this study, we cloned the matB regions from two mating compatible L. edodes strains, 939P26 and 939P42. Four pheromone receptors were identified on each new matB region, together with three and four pheromone precursor genes in the respective strains. Gene polymorphism, phylogenetic analysis and distribution of pheromone receptors and pheromone precursors clearly indicate a bipartite matB locus, each sublocus containing a pheromone receptor and one or two pheromone precursors. Detailed sequence comparisons of genetic structures between the matB regions of strains 939P42, 939P26 and a previously reported strain SUP2 further supported this model and allowed identification of the B mating type subloci borders. Mating studies confirmed the control of B mating by the identified pheromone receptors and pheromones in L. edodes.     

Development of a Gene Transfer System for the Mycelia of Flammulina velutipes Fv-1 Strain

To develop a gene transformation method for Flammulina velutipes, we constructed a vector with hph gene under control of the trp1 gene promoter. The vector was integrated into protoplast derived from mycelia by the calcium-polyethylene glycol method, as it has not been reported for F. velutipes. Transformation efficiency was much improved when transformation was performed by the restriction enzyme mediated integration method.     

Occurrence of Nuclease P1-Malonogalactan Complex

Nuclease P₁ from Penicillium citrinum was found to be produced in a form of complex with malonogalactan (a galactan, 1, 5-β-galactofuranoside polymer esterfied with malonic acid at position 3) in the culture on wheat bran. Neither nuclease P₁-malonogalactan complex nor malonogalactan was produced in a liquid medium. Nuclease P₁-malonogalactan complexes, P₁-MG I, II, and III were purified from an aqueous extract of the culture on wheat bran. The most anionic complex, P₁-MG III, was composed of the protein, carbohydrate and malonic acid in the ratio of 1: 2.6: 0.5 (w/w). The complex was not dissociated by purification procedures including fractionations with acetone and ammonium sulfate, gel filtration and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. A malonogalactan-specific carboxylesterase was found in culture of the same mold on wheat bran. Nuclease P₁-malonogalactan was demalonylated by the esterase to yield nuclease P₁-galactan. The binding of nuclease P₁ to galactan was rather loose so that nuclease P₁-galactan complex was partially dissociated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Attempt to reconstitute the complex from nuclease P₁ and malonogalactan upon mixing was unsuccessful. Exogenously supplemented nuclease P₁ did not associate with malonogalactan in the growing culture on wheat bran, either.

Several extracellular enzymes such as RNase, β-galactosidase and protease were also found in a form of complex with malonogalactan in the culture on wheat bran.     

A novel serine protease with caspase- and legumain-like activities from edible basidiomycete Flammulina velutipes

A serine protease with caspase- and legumain-like activities from basidiocarps of the edible basidiomycete Flammulina velutipes was characterized. The protease was purified to near homogeneity by three steps of chromatography using acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp-4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide (Ac-YVAD-MCA) as a substrate. The enzyme was termed FvSerP (F. velutipes serine protease). This enzyme activity was completely inhibited by the caspase-specific inhibitor, Ac-YVAD-CHO, as well as moderately inhibited by serine protease inhibitors. Based on the N-terminal sequence, the cDNA of FvSerP was identified. The deduced protease sequence was a peptide composed of 325 amino acids with a molecular mass of 34.5 kDa. The amino acid sequence of FvSerP showed similarity to neither caspases nor to the plant subtilisin-like serine protease with caspase-like activity called saspase. FvSerP shared identity to the functionally unknown genes from class of Agaricomycetes, with similarity to the peptidase S41 domain of a serine protease. It was thus concluded that this enzyme is likely a novel serine protease with caspase- and legumain-like activities belonging to the peptidase S41 family and distributed in the class Agaricomycetes. This enzyme possibly functions in autolysis, a type of programmed cell death that occurs in the later stages of development of basidiocarps with reference to their enzymatic functions.