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Maltose utilization and regulation in aspergilli is of great importance for cellular physiology and industrial fermentation processes. In , maltose utilization requires a functional locus, composed of three genes: encoding a regulatory protein, encoding maltose permease and encoding maltase. Through a comparative genome and transcriptome analysis we show that the regulon system is active in while it is not present in . In order to utilize maltose, requires a different regulatory system that involves the AmyR regulator for glucoamylase () induction. Analysis of reporter metabolites and subnetworks illustrates the major route of maltose transport and metabolism in . This demonstrates that overall metabolic responses of occur in terms of genes, enzymes and metabolites when the carbon source is altered. Although the knowledge of maltose transport and metabolism is far from being complete in spp., our study not only helps to understand the sugar preference in industrial fermentation processes, but also indicates how maltose affects gene expression and overall metabolism.

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